Nicky
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What kind do you use, do you like it and why?
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Hay Rakes
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12 wheel bi-fold, finger wheel, high clearance with center kicker. It is an excellent rake. Five yrs and virtually no maintenance other than grease.
We mow with a 12 foot hydra swing and rake 2 together. Also mow some with a 9 ft disc and rake 3. Center kicker is nice on disc mown hay.
Sure not much being put up here tho. Too much rain. Wish we could share some with you folks that are dry.
We mow with a 12 foot hydra swing and rake 2 together. Also mow some with a 9 ft disc and rake 3. Center kicker is nice on disc mown hay.
Sure not much being put up here tho. Too much rain. Wish we could share some with you folks that are dry.
ran several. Rowse is a good one, new holland is a cheaply built one that is getting traded as soon as possible. right now, I think H&S has the best wheel rake on the market. taller wheels, bigger tooth with less curve to it.
in my experiance, take that center kicker off and cut it up for junk iron.
had a rowse with one, and it just did not pan out like I thought it would. too slow. it was a 20 wheel rake and the center kicker should have been behind the rake as to put the wind row in a different spot.
if you have the time to spare, it is hard to beat a vermeer power rake, but the speed of a wheel rake is precious with the weather we have gotten lately.
in my experiance, take that center kicker off and cut it up for junk iron.
had a rowse with one, and it just did not pan out like I thought it would. too slow. it was a 20 wheel rake and the center kicker should have been behind the rake as to put the wind row in a different spot.
if you have the time to spare, it is hard to beat a vermeer power rake, but the speed of a wheel rake is precious with the weather we have gotten lately.
Big Muddy rancher
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I use a 14 wheel Sovena V wheel rake. Maybe not the best built but i put 2- 18 footers together and it sure speeds up baling.
We have a 10 wheel sovema (or is it a 12 wheel? I guess it's been a while and I forget), it's a poorly built rake and I wish now we'd got the Jiffy or the Sitrix. I do have to say that we've never put up better quality hay than since we started using a v rake.
codymccue
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Sitrex V rake...easy to widen or narrow the back end for swath width.Does a fine job.
Nebraska Sandhills
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Rowse's build a really nice v-rake, but I echo Jigs' concern with the kicker wheels. The last Rowse rake we ordered, we passed on getting kickers.
They aren't cheap, but they are a really well-built rake.
www.rowserakes.com
They aren't cheap, but they are a really well-built rake.
www.rowserakes.com
Sagebrush
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use a H & S 14 wheel V rake. can actually see windrows this year, won't be trying to roll 3 and 4 windrows together like the last several years.