An efficient reed harvester, including a preharvest detection unit, a cutting device, a conveyor device, a baling-stacking device, a chassis, and a control unit, where the preharvest detection unit is configured to detect height information of reeds in a preharvest region, and transmit to the control unit; the conveyor device is configured to gather and clamp stems of the reeds, and convey the stems backward to the baling-stacking device; the control unit is configured to calculate an average height h.sub.avg of the reeds in the preharvest region according to the height information of the reeds in the preharvest region, and adjust a height of the conveyor device according to the average height of the reeds; and the control unit is configured to control the baling-stacking device to stack the small bales of reeds vertically or horizontally, and knot the small bales of reeds into the big bale.

A hay skid and method of using the hay skid to haul hay. The hay skid is placed onto a trailer, allowing the hay skid to be used with conventional trailers. The hay skid has at least one hay basket that is rotationally connected to the frame of the hay skid. The hay basket is locked to prevent rotation for loading and hauling hay. The hay basket is unlocked to allow rotation at the desired location. The hay basket is rotated to off-load the hay bale.

It comprises a bundling chamber (2) and a bale conveying device (5), wherein the bundling chamber (2) includes; a first enclosure (2a) to form a first bundle (B1) of bales inside the bundling chamber (2), and a second enclosure (2b) to form a second bundle (B2) of bales inside the bundling chamber (2), wherein said bale conveying device (5) is arranged to convey a first incoming bale (3B1) to a first bale loading position (P1) and a second incoming bale (3B2) to a second bale loading position (P2). The system further includes at least one bale pushing device (8a, 8b) to displace said first and second incoming bales (3B1, 3B2) from the first and second bale loading positions (P1, P2) into the respective first and second enclosures (2a, 2b), and processing and control means configured to successively send a control signal to said at least one bale pushing device (8a, 8b) for said bale pushing device (8a, 8b) to successively displace a number of new incoming bales (3B1, 3B2) into the respective first and second enclosures (2a, 2b).

An efficient reed harvester, including a preharvest detection unit, a cutting device, a conveyor device, a baling-stacking device, a chassis, and a control unit, where the preharvest detection unit is configured to detect height information of reeds in a preharvest region, and transmit to the control unit; the conveyor device is configured to gather and clamp stems of the reeds, and convey the stems backward to the baling-stacking device; the control unit is configured to calculate an average height h.sub.avg of the reeds in the preharvest region according to the height information of the reeds in the preharvest region, and adjust a height of the conveyor device according to the average height of the reeds; and the control unit is configured to control the baling-stacking device to stack the small bales of reeds vertically or horizontally, and knot the small bales of reeds into the big bale.

A bale handling apparatus is operable to receive bales from a square baler and create cubic stacks of bales for discharge from the bale handling apparatus. The bale handing apparatus includes an elevator provided with a lateral shuttle mechanism that creates rows of three laterally aligned bales, and a stacking mechanism that receives accumulated rows of bales from the elevator to create a vertical module of bales. The stacking mechanism includes a pusher plate that pushes the bale modules toward a wrapping apparatus that wraps an accumulated cubic stack of bales with wrapping material to establish integrity to the cubic stack. The cubic stacks are retained on a discharge floor extending rearwardly from the wrapping mechanism until a predetermined number of cubic stacks can be discharged at a desired location for subsequent pick-up and storage.

A bale accumulator for attaching to a round baler and for transporting a bale, with a carrying device for carrying the bale, which is adjustable into a loading position to pick up the bale, into a transport position to transport the bale, and into an unloading position to discharge the bale onto the ground, wherein the bale accumulator has two wheels, wherein the carrying device is mounted, as seen in a first spatial direction, at the height of or below a wheel axis of a wheel of the bale accumulator and/or that the carrying device is arranged between the two wheels of the bale accumulator. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a work train comprising a round baler and such a bale accumulator as well as a method for unloading a first and a second bale from a round baler of such a work train onto the ground.

A bale accumulator for towed conveyance behind a rectangular baler features a bale platform for receiving the bales, a variable length drawbar enabling selective adjustment of the platform between a working field position of close working adjacency and statically in-line relation to the baler, and a road transport position trailing further therebehind and movable relative thereto about a yaw axis. Using an actuated coupler/decoupler, a bale pusher movable longitudinally of the platform to dump accumulated bales onto the field is selectively couplable to, and decouplable from, one or more elongated front bale supports slidably engaged with the baler, over which ejected bales can ride continuously from the baler without awaiting reset of the bale pusher. The front bale supports are coupled to the pusher for working use therewith in the working field mode, and decoupled therefrom to permit yawing of the platform in road transport mode.

A system including a body assembly having an interior surface partially defining an interior space therein, and a floor assembly in the interior space to divide the interior space into a lower duct below the floor assembly, and an upper portion above the floor assembly. When one or more bale bundles are positioned on the floor assembly, the bale bundles at least partially define an upper duct in the upper portion, the upper duct being between the bale bundles and a portion of the interior surface. The system also includes an engagement assembly configured for at least partially compressing the bale bundles positioned on the floor assembly. When an air flow is directed through the bale bundles while the bale bundles are partially compressed by the engagement assembly, the air flow effects a change in a moisture content of the bale bundles.

A system including a body assembly having an interior surface partially defining an interior space therein, and a floor assembly in the interior space to divide the interior space into a lower duct below the floor assembly, and an upper portion above the floor assembly. When one or more bale bundles are positioned on the floor assembly, the bale bundles at least partially define an upper duct in the upper portion, the upper duct being between the bale bundles and a portion of the interior surface. The system also includes an engagement assembly configured for at least partially compressing the bale bundles positioned on the floor assembly. When an air flow is directed through the bale bundles while the bale bundles are partially compressed by the engagement assembly, the air flow effects a change in a moisture content of the bale bundles.

A system for forming a bale bundle that includes a preselected number of columns of bales, each column including a predetermined number of the bales. The system includes an injector for moving the predetermined number of the bales in a predetermined injection sequence into a loading chamber. In the predetermined injection sequence, the injector moves a preselected number of the bales into the chute and subsequently moves the predetermined number of the bales into the loading chamber. The system also includes a plunger assembly for moving columns of the bales positioned in succession in the loading chamber into the compression chamber in a predetermined assembly sequence, until the preselected number of the columns is in the compression chamber. The plunger assembly compresses the preselected number of columns while a knotter assembly ties the columns together to form the bale bundle, and the injector recommences the predetermined injection sequence.