Brand New Round Baler Baling Hay! John Deere 450M Round Baler Demo! (2024 Hay Season)

I farm crazy steep river bluff hills in NE Iowa. Have always ran a 5x4 baler. Absolutely no kicker or even bale ramp in the hills. You need to rake bigger windrows for round baling in the hills. Never single. Always double even in over ripe first crop. You need to set mirrors wide to see behind baler. Always error on side of letting bale out going uphill. Then worst case it rolls into baler. 5x4 dry bales can be turned by hand. So watch mirrors and be ready to run and catch slow rollers. I have to catch and "steer" runaway bales several times a year. Never lost a bale and none went through a fence.

I farm in the hills of Southwest Wisconsin, best thing i did to help out on losing bales on the hills was to get a 5ft wide baler. When i had a 4ft wide one i always had to watch where i let it out. And i had to always make them short to so they wouldn't tip over. Switched to a 5ft wide and don't really have a problem anymore

I can tell by the sound of the tractors the steepness of that piece . Glad u know how to work it. Anyone who hasn't would be in trouble.

Hi Mom it's nice to see you out in the tractor it's nice to see you out with your older boy and your husband it's always nice to be with the family

I know of a local farmer that dropped a bale, he checked to make sure it wasn't rolling, but didn't see it on his next pass. It rolled down a hill, bounced OVER his fence, and landed in the median strip of a very busy highway. Didn't hit anything, but our Deputies had to stop traffic for him to retrieve the bale.

I love your farm! I’m 47 now and probably too late in life to start? I just feel I wasted sooooo much time in my life and now it’s just too late to chase my dreams. But hey enough on me you guys really seem to enjoy your farm and that brings me great joy!

Your name for that hill is perfect. When I was a kid we made hay on a hill similar to that. I was scared to death.

I personally think a round baler would be nice for the farm and maybe even do custom baling for others

We have had a round baler for 40 years we had the only one in our area did about 12000 square bales then remaining round bales we finally had a action sold all our bale wagons and square baler no more milk cows so much faster and one person can handle the job you'll love having one good choice great videos as always

Glad to see the Oliver out working! Another great video.

I bought a new 450M silage baler 2 years ago. Absolutely love it,and It really eats the hay! We farm some steep ground and the large tires make it nice on the hills.

I can tell you from experience it’s hard to get one of those out of a pond 😂.

The jd kickers i know of you can lock it so it stays with the baler and doesn't kick. With it's locked the bale just dumps out and bounces once and stays put. You can place it where you want. We have 2 jd balers a 568 with 21000 bales and a 560m a year old has 1800 bales. Bigger windrows are best for them . We usually double the windrows up. Hope you guys like it.

Baled thousands of round bales on ground just like you have. You definitely have to think about every bale location before you dump it. First, take that bale kicker off, no problem to back up and drop one each time. Next, get the hydraulic pickup, very handy. Especially when you get into high spots. Central line would be nice but for sure hydraulic lift.

Hey man don't feel bad anybody who farms hills has been ther an done that not much you can do but sit there an watch it go great video

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There is an attachment for the back of the baler that will lay them on there side. Europe uses those a lot, might save that corn. Arron, you should have put that run away on film. Be safe

We just backed so the core ends were pointing down hill. John Deere makes a great round baler. Years ago we had a 410, 430, 385, and then a 456 net wrap.

Don't feel bad,it happens on the hills,been there done that, great video thanks for sharing

We run a John Deere 458 baler and took the kicker off. Baling in New Glarus, WI, we have some decent hills. Found it's much nicer to back up while the bale is wrapping and get it positioned so it doesn't roll away before releasing it. With your hills, you're bound to have some runners. Last week, I had 2 runners out of 130 bales. Just takes some practice and luck 😂