Heavy Hay Bales

[cakadu]

I'm curious to know why, this year of all years, the bales seem to be extremely heavy - I've seen ads for bales in the 1700 to 1900 lb range. This seems a little heavy to me, but I'm sure there is a logical explanation for the weights being so high.

It seems to me that you would need some fairly hefty equipment to be able to handle bales of this size.

[RICHARDJ]

If the baler is not too old that should be right my JD 510 last year put out alfalfa/grass hay bales at 1215 lb average. And that was with the springs at middle belt tension. This yr I have a JD 530 & am hoping my green feed to weigh 1800 lbs/bale