We have been looking for an affordable answer for the Ranch and Farm owner who has small acreage that they want to hay. Bales of straw / hay that weigh the same and a small car (800-1200 pounds) are difficult to handle and impracticable for the owner of 1 or 2 horses. Used equipment and Large Round balers were not the answer for a lot of us. These are so popular that there is a 45 day wait so don't delay. Get your mower, hay rake and baler package for the best savings or just replace the worn out old square baler that has seen better days.

MODEL	TC20 $7995	TC24 $8695	Hay Bale Safety
Bale size Diameter X Width	20 X 28 inches	24 X 28 inches
Dimensions Length X Width X Height	45" X 51" X 51"	52" X 52" X 54"
Weight	728 lb.	816 lb.
Pickup width	31 inches	31 Inches
Capacity Bales/hour	80-120	60-90
Tire size	16X6.50-8-4PR	16X6.50-8-4PR
Tractor Horsepower Required	18-30 HP	30-50 HP

MODEL	TC50 $7995	TC65 $9995	Disk Mower
Cutting width	50 Inches	65 Inches
Dimensions Length X Width X Height	59" X 102" X 41"	55" X 126" X 61"
Weight	463 lb.	662 lb.
Number of disk	2	4
Number of knives/disk	3	2
Tractor requirement Horsepower	18-30 HP	30-50 HP

Rotary Rake MODEL	Model TC99 $3995
Working width Raking Tedding	98.5 inches 63 inches
Dimensions Length X Width X Height	83" X 77-99" 37.5"
Number of tines	12
Tractor requirement Horsepower	10 to 40 HP

Bale Wrapper TC ELECTRIC 100 $3995

Package Deal 1	Package Deal 2
Model TC99 Rotary Rake	Model TC99 Rotary Rake
Model TC50 Disk Mower	Model TC65 Disk Mower
Model TC20 Round Baler	Model TC24 Round Baler
Model TC100 Bale Wrapper	Model TC100 Bale Wrapper
$19995 Save over $3,980.00 !!!	$21995 Save over $4,680.00 !!!

John,

Roger

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I’m no professional writer but I’ll try to put a few things that I’m impressed with about both pieces of equipment.

The baler

This baler works great. It is very compact but designed with a fairly straight forward engineering; a few minutes studying and you’ll have it almost all figured out. The baler will fit nicely in the corner of the barn instead of taking up a whole bay like the old square baler did.

It comes ready to use with exception of cutting the PTO shaft to fit your tractor (it’s easy enough done with a hacksaw), tying a rope on the bale ejector lever to connect to your tractor, and connecting a 9v battery. Directions are given in the manual to do all this and from time I got it home until ready to bale was less than 2 hours and I wasn’t in a hurry.

During the first 50 bales, the twine that came with the baler had some difficulty getting pulled into the chamber. About 1 out 3 bales required me to reach back while sitting on the tractor and give the white plastic twine disc a spin before it would take off. After that spool ran out, I used the twine I had left over from an old square baler, which is the old standard style biodegradable twine bought at the local farm store and the twine is a much bigger diameter. This twine worked much better than the factory provided twine; less than one in 30 required assistance. The older style American twine spool is also much bigger and will not fit into the front twine chamber but a bungee cord holds it just fine on the front.  The standard American old style twine diameter is too big for more than one strand to go through all the little pulleys and guides on the TC baler, so any knots between spools or places where the twine is “meshed” together by the factory causes the baler to become unstrung but the machine is easy to restring.

The pickup is narrow but this hasn’t been a problem.  Even my old 1950’s side delivery rake with missing tines gets the windrow good enough for this baler.

The baler attaches to the 3 point.  When it’s down, the tractor is a bit difficult to steer. I normally don’t run the baler all the way down because of the steering issue but split the weight between the baler tires and the 3 point.

You have to stop for every bale.  With my hydrostatic, this is not an issue but might be if you’re using a clutch.  Often while the bale is wrapping, I back up to drop the bale right where I want it, such as next to another bale, so it’s easier to pick up. For this reason, I don’t find stopping to be a disadvantage.

How the twine tying works if anybody wants to know:

The arm that takes the twine from one end to the other of the bale chamber is driven by the twine getting pulled as it wraps around the bale. When the bale reaches the size to be wrapped in twine, a mechanical trip point automatically lets the arm drop so the twine will be pulled into the bale chamber.  The bale spinning in the chamber catches the twine and begins to wrap the bale. There is a buzzer that will go off, if it has been connected to either a 9v battery or the tractor, that warns you the wrapping is starting and to stop feeding more hay in. The buzzer rings until twine starts being pulled into the bale chamber and is plenty loud.  The twine being pulled by the spinning bale, turns the plastic twine disc connected to a gear box that drives the arm. As the arm returns to its original position, it drags the twine across a razor blade that cuts it off.  The razor blade is a standard razor blade and will be easy to replace when it gets dull. At this point, pull the bale ejector lever and the back opens and the bale rolls out. Onward to next bale.

The bale:

The bale is much bigger than I expected coming from such a compact baler. On a normal small square bale, I can get 4 on their side across my standard pickup bed. I can only get three of these.  They are easy to handle, tightly baled, weigh about 50lbs on grass hay, and don’t have sharp, stubbly sides to jab in your forearms when stacking them. Because the baler has a narrow pickup, there has been no problem of cone shaped bales.  I have stacked them on end four high with no problem. They probably would go higher but I haven’t needed to yet. I’m still in the experimental stages of stacking them and maybe laying them down would work just as well.

The bales are easy to feed out.  Stand the bale on end, pull the string up off the end and it unwraps. There is no need to have a knife to cut the twine. The hay can be pulled off the bale while it’s on its end or lay it down and give it a shove and the hay will unroll.

The wrapper.

This is a very simple, easy to use machine.  The design is very simple but it works. It came with a 240v 20A motor. The plug had to be removed and converted to an American Style 240V plug.  Easy to do and available from any hardware store. The electric motor could also be replaced in the USA with either a gas motor or a hydraulic motor, if you so wished.

Put the bale on, attach the plastic, spin the handle, wait for it to finish (about 30-40 sec per bale), cut the plastic, remove the bale, reload and start over.

Roger