Net Wrap Guide

Rear of a Welger RP 220 Profi round baler with the net box open showing a white net wrap roll seated in its cradle

Net Wrap Roll Spacers: Running a Different-Widt...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 13, 2026 · ~12 min read Quick answer: Most round balers will run a roll one size narrower...

Round dry hay bales finished and dropped across a stubble field, the kind of 5-foot bales finished with 64 or 67 inch net wrap

64″ vs 67″ Net Wrap: Edge-to-Edge or Over-the-E...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 18, 2026 · ~22 min read Seller disclosure: XES manufactures and sells bale net wrap. We are not...

Round hay bales of the same width standing in a mown field — bale diameter and width decide how much each bale holds and how easily it handles.

What Round Bale Size Should You Make? 4x5 vs 5x...

By the XES Netting team — bale net-wrap manufacturer · Updated August 16, 2026 · ~15 min read Seller disclosure: XES Netting sells bale net wrap. This guide is product-neutral:...

A John Deere round baler making a hay bale in a southern Illinois field, in the same Roll-Belt lineage as the modern John Deere 460R

What Size Net Wrap Fits a John Deere 460R? (48″...

The John Deere 460R Roll-Belt baler uses 48″ or 51″ net wrap — the same 1.20 m chamber as the 460M it replaced. Quick specs, wraps-per-bale guidance, the 460M-vs-460R differences, and...

Round hay bales scattered across a field after baling, each finished with net wrap, near Moonshine Gap

48 vs 51 Inch Net Wrap: When the 3 Inches Actua...

Both 48-inch and 51-inch net wrap fit the same 4-foot round balers — but the 3-inch difference matters more in some operations than others. Where edge cover pays for itself,...

Round hay bales scattered across a Western ranch meadow after baling — actual weights vary by 175 pounds or more across a single afternoon.

Round Bale Weight by Baler Model: What Your Bal...

Field-weighed averages by baler model — John Deere 568, 569, 460M and 468/469; Vermeer 504R and 605R; New Holland Roll-Belt and BR740; Case IH RB565; Claas Variant 485. Plus the...