Smoke, Hay and Rocky Fields. Aug 4th

[gcreekrch]

Have to order a few parts this morning so will post a few photos from yesterday. We have a few fires in the area, the smoke is sure doing a good job of blocking the sun out for drying hay.

A mix of wild and Meadow Foxtail

Not a bad windrow for a dryer field

A snake in the grass

Rocks!

Ready to go again

Smoke to the east

Smoke to the west

Heifers on fresh grass again

 

[Silver]

Have you got and on board generator for that grinder or is it a cordless variety. I've been taking those ones out after both sides are damaged, taking them home, then sharpening them up.
We recently got a 956 JD and I like it , but it seems you have to keep the cutting head pointed down about as far as it will go to get it to cut the cleanest. Is your NH like that?
Looks like your gonna have some pretty fair hay if you can dry it with that smoke in the air. That meadow foxtail looks to be late, up here it would have changed colour and be very coarse by now.

 

[gcreekrch]

Have you got and on board generator for that grinder or is it a cordless variety. I've been taking those ones out after both sides are damaged, taking them home, then sharpening them up.
We recently got a 956 JD and I like it , but it seems you have to keep the cutting head pointed down about as far as it will go to get it to cut the cleanest. Is your NH like that?
Looks like your gonna have some pretty fair hay if you can dry it with that smoke in the air. That meadow foxtail looks to be late, up here it would have changed colour and be very coarse by now.

I carry my welder from field to field on the loader. I sharpened 8 times in 7 hours yesterday because of hidden nuggets.
The lower you cut the cleaner the job with any of them I think and 3 inches of stubble is a lot of tons over the summer.
Some of the foxtail is pretty mature and the second grwth has started to come underneath.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Smoke works for sausage why not hay.