complex piece of machinery but look at it this way going to the huge sq bales and the round bales put thousands high school kids out of a summer job and a $200,000.00 machine plus the other expensive machines needed to go along with it, that will last 10 years is cheaper than paying a bunch of kids .20 to .50 cents a bale to haul and stack. we used to get .05 cents a bale when I was a kid