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Posted by TimV on May 14, 2004 at 06:36:07 from (68.175.159.120):
In Reply to: Hay Making for Idiots or How Stupid is This Idea posted by Kirk Grau on May 14, 2004 at 04:28:50:
Kirk: Go for it! Equipment for haying, (at least for starting out), is minimal--something to cut it, something to rake it, and something to bale it. Your 504 should work fine for all of these--we put up 100+ acres of hay for years with a pair of IH 300's and a Farmall A for raking. Even if you've got to start slow to begin with--drop the bales on the ground and pick them up with a pickup or pile them on a pull-behind flat-rack wagon, you can at least get the job done. Provided you're willing to put in a bit of wrench time, there's plenty of older equipment out there with lots of life left availible dirt cheap--often for little more than salvage value.
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