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IN THE FIELD
A more compact bale, more
closely approximating the size
box can be enhanced by
of a machine bale and yet
fitting handles at either end
rendering a bale of similar
to facilitate handing and
weight, can be made if you
upending, and the box itself
build a hand baler.
can be repurposed out of
This can be constructed at
season into an effective
home out of wood and in its
poultry brooder.
most sophisticated iteration
will have two
trolley wheels fitted
to facilitate moving
about the field.
Operation is also a
two-man job.
On to a sturdy flat
base is built a
vertical, open
topped chamber
much like an open-
topped cupboard,
the size of a
standard bale, the
front of which
comprises a full-
length hinged door
which, when
closed and locked,
transforms the
Hand baler with plunger removed from chamber. wooden chamber
into a tall
wooden box.
Running
vertically down
the length of
the door are
two slots,
starting about a
quarter of the Bale being compacted by pulling the lever.
way up the
door and ending about 10cm wooden plunger, the
dimensions of the plunger
from the top.
panel being only slightly
At the open top is fitted a
Note slots in door, sturdy base and wheels at rear.
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