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Penninehillbilly

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • West Yorks
Weight of haylage?
« on: August 21, 2018, 08:33:32 pm »
Hi, not sure where to ask this, please move if appropriate.
We are going to buy quite a bit of haylage in, but getting s few first, borrowing a truck to carry them. Obviously don't want to overload, so does anyone have a rough idea of weight of average large bale haylage,  presuming it was got in dryish. Thanks.

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: Weight of haylage?
« Reply #1 on: August 21, 2018, 08:50:46 pm »
Could be anything between 1/3 tonne and a tonne.  Sorry, that’s not a great deal of help!
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

Badger Nadgers

  • Joined Mar 2013
  • Derbyshire/North Staffs
Re: Weight of haylage?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2018, 08:58:25 pm »
I work on the basis of 400kg but they may well be lighter this year.  If you can get any.

Rupert the bear

  • Joined Jun 2015
Re: Weight of haylage?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2018, 09:26:05 pm »
a length of string comes to mind , SallyintNorth has it, depends on the moisture content and the density the bale was made at .
My mini round bales could weigh up to 70kg if I made them really dense .
I think its a case of loading and looking at the truck  :innocent:

 

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