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Haying, Aug 16-19

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gcreekrch

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This is the field I was cutting in the last post I made.
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Our youngest is helping this year.
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A good windrow. Yes, I know a front tire is on backwards. :oops:
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This little rough, rocky patch can't be 4.5 acres. It made 24 bales.
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The irrigator didn't get a good job done on this field. :oops:
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I asked a guy once why he had his front tires on backward. He said he didn't get as far into trouble and usually could back out. :? Pretty good hay production. Is it coming to an end?
 
per said:
I asked a guy once why he had his front tires on backward. He said he didn't get as far into trouble and usually could back out. :? Pretty good hay production. Is it coming to an end?
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That is usually my excuse with that tire. :)
We are about a third done.
 
Good looking hay crop grceek. Are you gonna have all you need? How do you like the tedder... at least that's what it looks like in the pic. We've got one but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to use it effectively.... so I gave up and adopted a v-rake.
We finally finished our hay today, about 160 acres of oats left to deal with and we'll be wrapped up.
 
Silver said:
Good looking hay crop grceek. Are you gonna have all you need? How do you like the tedder... at least that's what it looks like in the pic. We've got one but I'm not smart enough to figure out how to use it effectively.... so I gave up and adopted a v-rake.
We finally finished our hay today, about 160 acres of oats left to deal with and we'll be wrapped up.
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That's actually a rake Silver, I'll get a better picture of it in the next few days. Because of the nature of the ground we cover (rough and rocky) a V rake is out of the question for us. We do rake two windrows together, the first one gets placed on ground that won't damage the baler and the second gets raked to it.
Good for you on finishing your hay. We still have about 450 acres to cover at 3 to 4 miles an hour.
 
gcreekrch said:
That's actually a rake Silver, I'll get a better picture of it in the next few days. Because of the nature of the ground we cover (rough and rocky) a V rake is out of the question for us. We do rake two windrows together, the first one gets placed on ground that won't damage the baler and the second gets raked to it.
Good for you on finishing your hay. We still have about 450 acres to cover at 3 to 4 miles an hour.
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Well see that's what you get when you assume! :lol:
I feel for you having to creep along like that, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'm getting spoiled now with this discbine and start feeling sorry for myself if I gotta get under 8 mph. I was cutting some oats the other day on a field we actually got good and smooth and wound it up to 13 mph and it cut it like a lawn. I found I could cut about 100 acres a day and still make some bales afterwards. I'm looking forward to next year already :wink:
 
Silver said:
gcreekrch said:
That's actually a rake Silver, I'll get a better picture of it in the next few days. Because of the nature of the ground we cover (rough and rocky) a V rake is out of the question for us. We do rake two windrows together, the first one gets placed on ground that won't damage the baler and the second gets raked to it.
Good for you on finishing your hay. We still have about 450 acres to cover at 3 to 4 miles an hour.
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Well see that's what you get when you assume! :lol:
I feel for you having to creep along like that, but you gotta do what you gotta do. I'm getting spoiled now with this discbine and start feeling sorry for myself if I gotta get under 8 mph. I was cutting some oats the other day on a field we actually got good and smooth and wound it up to 13 mph and it cut it like a lawn. I found I could cut about 100 acres a day and still make some bales afterwards. I'm looking forward to next year already :wink:
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Life in the fast field..........

We have a couple of meadows I can cut at 6 mph but that's it.
 
Whats wrong with cutting at 5mph :???: In the old country we cut most of it at that speed - and with a 5 foot 6 inch mower :cry: We only used the "big" mower (9 foot) on the flatter, less rocky fields.
 
Grassfarmer said:
Whats wrong with cutting at 5mph :???: In the old country we cut most of it at that speed - and with a 5 foot 6 inch mower :cry: We only used the "big" mower (9 foot) on the flatter, less rocky fields.
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Time. The fuel costs the same per hr no matter what speed you travel. I went to a wider discbine this year with 3 inch shoes under it. It leaves a little more stubble but we have a lot less rounds to make.
 
Yes, it's all about time. The quicker you get it up the more regrowth you get for fall, the more hay you get put up during good weather, etc. I dug the old 530 baler out of the bushes this year and gave her a makeover so when we get well ahead with cutting we can really get after the baling. We still have a sickle bar haybine for the rocky spots though.
Unfortunately Boris (the Belarus) came up lame so we are down to 2 tractors. That really hurts to lose the dedicated raking tractor. And tubing bales just got a little slower. On the bright side, I do enjoy going to auction sales so I'll hae a good excuse to go next spring :D
 

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