Big Muddy rancher
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What is the hay rake of choice for windrowing hay behind mowers?
Soapweed said:We like our H&S rake, and have had several through the years. Our latest one has black teeth instead of yellow. These teeth are a bit bigger in diameter, and don't break as easy. Our rake was new last year, and we didn't break a single tooth.
Big Muddy rancher said:Soapweed said:We like our H&S rake, and have had several through the years. Our latest one has black teeth instead of yellow. These teeth are a bit bigger in diameter, and don't break as easy. Our rake was new last year, and we didn't break a single tooth.
Do you remember the model number?
Is the middle hay that doesn't get raked just sacrificed or does it have middle kicker wheels?
Denny said:I've got a gehl 10 wheel rake 520 is the number rakes 2 11' discbine swaths. Our windrows are heavy this year 43 1200# bales off 8 acres in one field. I always wanted a 20 wheel v rake now I want hay fileds that produce otherwise I'll just graze them.
Hereford76 said:Denny said:I've got a gehl 10 wheel rake 520 is the number rakes 2 11' discbine swaths. Our windrows are heavy this year 43 1200# bales off 8 acres in one field. I always wanted a 20 wheel v rake now I want hay fileds that produce otherwise I'll just graze them.
Dryland? That's 3.25 ton. Best ever put up here was just shy of 1.5 ton. The quality is typically pretty good tho. Maybe kinda like the native grasses... They are short but potent. First hay field this year went 0.388 ton - hardly worth it.
By the way have a nh ht 154 16 wheel rake. 25'ft draper triple delivery Macedonia and can swath it so I can rake 3 25'ft windrows. Happy with the rake.
PureCountry said:I always wondered what one of these would work like, a Vermeer "Twin Rake", same as the old side discharge but 2 of them acting like a v-rake:
http://www2.vermeer.com/vermeer/LA/en/N/equipment/rakes/r2800_twin_rake
Saw one just like it but in JD Green a few days ago, and can't find a sniff of info anywhere on the web that JD made one with 2 pickups acting like a v-rake.