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John T

06-08-2007 05:02:31

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I remember as a high school kid when I helped my Uncle Ernie in Loogootee put up hay (fifty cents an hour plus a baloney sandwich, wooooo hooooo o) he always had some local retired "old fart" rake for him. Welllll ll that was 45 years ago and now Ive become (matured) that very same guy grrrrr rrrrr rrr. Anywho we were raking yesterday and the wind blew the windrows away as fast as I rolled em up. Finally Henry drove the baler pickup (24T pulled by 720 tricycle) right behind my rakes discharge and followed me around the field and we "got er done" I drove a steady speed (520 in 4th gear at dead idle) and listened to his exhaust n we kept right together, him just knowing which way I was turning according to the field and experience from lots of work together. Nuttin much sweeter then the slow n steady pop pop pop pop from a two banger.

John T (Old fart I reckon)

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Handsome Jim

06-09-2007 07:09:39

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to John T, 06-08-2007 05:02:31

Our's was pretty much a crop operation with hogs and a few steers just for our freezer so what little hay dad needed he bought and the nieghbors left some straw bales they baled after our wheat. The only 'haying' equipment dad had was an old #5 mower he used for trimming around the buildings and mowing levys. Some of our neighbors were dairymen and they always needed extra help in with hay. In our part of the country, these old farmers wouldn't ask us to help, they'd call your dad saying, "I need your boy the next couple days" . Usually, after crops were in and wheat was out, about the only thing Dad had going for me was cultivating corn and soybeans or mowing diverted acres so he'd loan me out for a day or two. I hated working for those dairymen, they had regular help so those guys would be in the field and us extra help guys would spend the day in the hayloft stacking those @*$!#%$ clover bales. You better bring your own water jug and you were lucky to get the baloney sandwich. Dad's old neighbors from his home place would call for help also. I didn't mind going to help them, You got there about 8:30 or 9, helped get the equipment ready, then, morning lunch. maybe did some other farm chore they needed help with since they didn't have extra help all the time, baled and pickup a load or two, noon meal, we called it dinner, went back to the field for a couple hours, afternoon lunch. I'm sure you get the picture.HJ

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06-08-2007 20:57:46

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to John T, 06-08-2007 05:02:31

Should be able to make a good fiddle tune out of that subject line!!!

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machinery-man

06-08-2007 11:30:23

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to John T, 06-08-2007 05:02:31

John T. I don't have any hay to put up but could I suppose, but I mow land with my 1020 and a 350 mower. My neighbor came over and commented on nice appearance and was amazed to see the sickle bar. I explained that the mowing process required probably 1/2 or less power than bushog and he couldn't believe it. I really enjoy see the mower clip. Guess that's a lost area also.

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James Howell

06-08-2007 11:11:05

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to John T, 06-08-2007 05:02:31

Back in the day when I was a kid, there was a large hay field next to our home.

After the hay was baled, I would always go over and start throwing bales on the flatbed truck.

Most of the time I got paid 2 cents per bale. I never got rich, but $8-$10 dollars after a LONG day was good for a 12 year old kid.

These days I have fallen on hard times. I throw bales for free for my favorite wife. However, if I don't help her she might give me a lot of "baloney" without the bread.

I have recently been promoted to OFHRTD ( Old Fart Hay Rake Tractor Driver ). I agree with you that the sound of the "old" 2 cylinder pop, pop, pop, pop is priceless.

We hope to get our first cutting this month. It is very wet in NE Texas and several of my fields are still too wet to cut.

#5 Sickle Mower on 43 B

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gwece

06-08-2007 07:40:20

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to John T, 06-08-2007 05:02:31

John: We had the same problem yesterday here in Southern Illinois (winds gusting to 40 mph). My buddy was raking with a MF1100 and twin vee rake and I was baling right behind him with a JD4020. Occasionally a big gust would come up and blow the hay away even though I was only 15 feet or so behind the rake. But we got it all baled and are getting rain today (thank God....we sure need it). Hay production is really off here due to the week of freezing weather we had in early April. Mine is making about one third of normal.

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gary in tx

06-08-2007 05:16:46

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to John T, 06-08-2007 05:02:31

Been there done that. Its no fun to see your windrow go blowing across the field. I have learned to rake in the same direction the wind is blowing and you have a whole lot less trouble. The windrows will not blow and roll off.
www.yowellscustomhaybaling.net

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bob- n -vt

06-08-2007 19:19:33

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to gary in tx, 06-08-2007 05:16:46

Seen many a hay-devil mess'en up the rows. I find that doubling the rows works well as long as you keep them wide. Although if you have heavy crop ...really slow baling. I rake with INT-H with tricycle front-end. Does a nice job but no "pop-pop-pop"

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Mike n Mo

06-08-2007 05:06:06

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to John T, 06-08-2007 05:02:31

John, Did you get the baloney sandwich???

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John T

06-08-2007 05:15:32

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to Mike n Mo, 06-08-2007 05:06:06

Usually, but if my aunt was home we also got home baked cinammom rolls for dessert. When we put up hay at his dads the grandmas cooked big thresher dinners but they bogged us down so bad it was hard to go back to the field,,,,, ,,,

OJT

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LeeTX

06-08-2007 09:26:29

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Re: Rakin hay on windy day in reply to John T, 06-08-2007 05:15:32

I remember those meals for the threshermen. You had no excuse for going away hungry.

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