sickle bar mowers

For a rake I used to have Ford 503 pto 3 point rake, but it was pretty much worn out when I got it. It was a throw-in when I bought the tractor. After that I used a ground driven MF 36 rake. I didn't like it as well because of my confined spaces. My field is really small. I prefer the 3 point pto rakes ability to be picked up and set back down in another place (especially in corners, etc). The pull behind rake seemed to be more suited to long straight stretches. I now have a Ferguson DE-O-25 3 point pto rake. It does a good job, but it's very old and parts are becoming tough to find. The rake cost me $175 at an auction and I had to spend another $100 to build a new pto driveshaft and some new tines (still available at my MF dealer...same tines as the MF36 and MF25 rakes).

I enjoy baling when the baler works, but I have 2 old balers (one was given to me as a project) and neither one is very dependable. That makes it not fun. I find that others who have small balers and could come bale my hay are usually way too busy at haying time to come bale mine.

Jeb