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Hay Rookie

06-16-2001 19:28:05




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Cut some hay today with a sickle mower. Seem to cut fine but clogged up if I went over anything I'd already mowed. (Is this normal??). I'll try to rake it tomorrow with a two wheel rake. Does anyone have any hints on how to set up a two wheel rake on a three point so it works well (Angles etc.).It is really a windrow turner I guess but all the same I'll try to put some windrows together with it so I can get the baler set up.

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Johnny

06-17-2001 19:25:25




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 Re: Cutting and raking in reply to Hay Rookie, 06-16-2001 19:28:05  
Yes, here in Texas you can cut on one day and easily bale the next afternoon, particularly if you have a clean field of coastal. Remember it is 88 degrees at 6:00 in the morning and sometimes no dew at all. Even the best sickle will clog when running over already cut grass. Johnny



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Johnny

06-17-2001 19:27:54




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 Re: Re: Cutting and raking in reply to Johnny, 06-17-2001 19:25:25  
Also one more thing, I never cut or bale on Sunday if I can help it. Seems I when I try to go against my faith I always end up paying dearly for it later. Johnny



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Ol Snuffy

06-17-2001 14:42:56




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 Re: Cutting and raking in reply to Hay Rookie, 06-16-2001 19:28:05  
Any sickel mower that I have ever run will clog up if you don't lift the sickel bar when going over ground that has already been mowed.I put a 2"x8" hydrolic cylinder on my #5 to lift the sickel bar up when making corners that I have to figure 8. Most of the older mowers had a foot peddle mounted on the tractor with a rod running back to the mower for this purpose. As far drying time, that will depend on your weather and the hay. If you are stacking in a barn make sure that you don't rush the bailing and risk burning the barn. Good luck

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haydude

06-16-2001 21:04:21




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 Re: Cutting and raking in reply to Hay Rookie, 06-16-2001 19:28:05  
You can rake it the next day ? Man, it must be really hot where your at.



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hay

06-17-2001 06:08:38




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 Re: Re: Cutting and raking in reply to haydude, 06-16-2001 21:04:21  
i have a friend that cuts with a 7' disc mower in the early morning and rakes and bales the same day!!. as far as i know, none has ever burned. he has jiggs variety bermuda grass and in this climate it drys very quickly. i usually cut my hay(bahia grass) one day and wait 1 day and then rake and bale. bahia drys quickly when cut with a bushhog, because it is cut shorter.i am in se texas where we have 11 months of summer and 30 days of awful warm weather.

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tommyw

06-17-2001 14:10:55




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 Re: Re: Re: Cutting and raking in reply to hay, 06-17-2001 06:08:38  
we have a problem here sometimes with the hay drying too fast, we have to stay right on top of it or it will dry too much in the windrow and lose its color. we are in texas also.



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paul

06-17-2001 16:53:02




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Cutting and raking in reply to tommyw, 06-17-2001 14:10:55  
Well, I live in Minnesota, and some people have had alfalfa laying down for 3 weeks or more - nothing but rain.

Anyhow, it would be a special place to be able to cut with a sickle one day, and rake it the next. Since he is a hay rookie, I hope he listens to the part about wet hay burning the barn down.

--->Paul



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hayman

06-16-2001 19:44:01




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 Re: Cutting and raking in reply to Hay Rookie, 06-16-2001 19:28:05  
your supposed ta raise the sickle before you go over the cut stuff. Plugging is normal.
Seems like your jumping the gun a little with the drying time, don't want to burn down the barn!



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