Tractorman810 Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 guys, just wondering what the average weight for a round bale is?? saw a guy today make 4 trips with a jd 6600 and tandem axel marshall bale trailer, over a 7.5 ton restricted bridge, each trip i recon he must have had 15 bales on, 2 lins of 6 on bottom and 4 on top in the middle of them width wise, now i know the tractor combo would prob be under the 7.5 ton limit, but with the bales ?? is ment to be severly weakend structure according to the signs each side, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 The tractor alone weighs just under 5 tons Sean so with the trailer on as well he'd be getting near to the weight limit empty, bale weight would depend on what size bales they are but if you allowed 200-300 kg a bale you probably wouldn't be far out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 Depends on the types of bales too. Straw would be between 200 and 300kgs. Hay closer to 400kgs and silage could be 500-600kgs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 sorry should have said hay, saw the field as i went in to the job, ,hell of a risk going over the bridge then?? ,was wide enough for him, ,guess he does it every year, know roughly where the tractor from, seen it arround before, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masseyjack590 Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 i would agree with nashmach but with our welger baler we can can make 4 foot silage bales over a ton but we don't because thats far too heavy they are usually 700-800kg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted June 22, 2010 Share Posted June 22, 2010 The bales alone would be around the 7.5 tonnes if they're 4 foot bales, which most are nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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