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User Guide – Round Bale Wrapper RB-200
Anderson Group
1.2 Technical specifications
Figure 3 — Dimensions
Table 2 — Dimensions and Weights
Component
Dimension
Length (A)
2.58 m (100.5 in.)
Length at unloading
2.34 m (92.15 in.)
Width (B)
1.62 m (63.95 in.)
Width at unloading
1.85 m (72.68 in.)
Height (C)
1.86 m (73.24 in.)
Total weight
614 kg (1,350 lb.)
Table 3 — General Specifications
Component
Specification
Bale dimensions
Length: 1.2 or 1.52 m (4
or 5 ft.)
Diameter: 1.2 to 1.68 m
(48 to 66 in.)
Stretcher
Number: 1
Length: 76 cm (30 in.)
Plastic film
Roll width: 76 cm (30 in.)
Stretch capacity: 55%
Hydraulic system
Type: Open
Pressure: 2,100 psi
(max.)
Rate: 8 gpm (30 Lpm)
1.3 Tips and recommendations for high-qual-
ity silage
The Anderson round bale wrapper is the ideal machine for
excellent silage. However, for the best possible bales, you
must also know when and how to harvest and wrap your
feed.
When should you cut for a quality harvest?
Good silage depends on two starting conditions: having the
right amount of sugar in the plants as they are growing, and
an adequate moisture content in the plants once they are
cut. When these conditions are met, you just need to seal
the plants in an airtight environment for excellent silage.
The quality of the raw material also influences the quality of
the silage. For good silage, you first and foremost have to
harvest plants with peak nutritional value! Forage crops
should be cut when they have reached their peak sugar
levels, so that they will ferment well, as well as their peak
protein level, so that they are nutritious. The plants are in
their vegetative stage at this time. Grasses (timothy grass
(millet), brome grass, orchard grass, etc.) should be cut
once the ears start to emerge, just before maturity.
Legumes (alfalfa, red or white clover, lotus, etc.) should be
cut when 10% are flowering.
More mature crops produce a better yield and contain more
fibre. However, once put in storage, they tend to
deteriorate after a few months. Early cutting results in a
more flavourful product. It also leads to quick regrowth and
makes second and third cuttings possible.
The quality of the product also depends on the cutting
methods, and if needed, the drying or tedding methods. For
example, wide and even swaths produce more solid and
uniform bales.
Additionally, avoid contaminating the forage with soil,
manure or old crop residues.
When should you bale for a quality harvest?
Before baling the forage, the moisture content of the cut
hay should have decreased just enough, but not too much.
For the forage to keep for at least a year, the ideal moisture
content is approximately 50% for both grasses and
legumes (ranging from 40% to 55%).
To determine the moisture content of your forage, you can
use a microwave or a moisture tester.
If your baled hay contains too much moisture, butyric acid
could form and prevent some of the fermentation needed to
preserve the silage. You should then use the hay within 3
months of it being wrapped.
What's a good way to bale?
During baling, the tractor driver has a large impact on the
quality of the future silage. We recommend proceeding
slowly and keeping the tractor’s power take-off at a high
rpm for high- density bales. You should also ensure that
