JBMac said: (quoted from post at 00:42:37 08/23/11) ...This stuff was making dadgum 80+# bales, a little wet. They are usually 40#"s cause that"s what the horse and goat ladies like. Help didnt show up, punk kids!...I single-handidly loaded, stacked, and put in the barn over 180 of the heaviest bales of hay I"ve ever handled in my life.
1. I need a haybine to speed drying, it"s only 20 acres, any model recommendations (prefer New Holland). Actually, Fella offers a crimper attachment for my SM 320 disc mower,but it might be too heavy for My MF 583, any experience with this set-up?
2. I need to sell the JD rake to someone with a different species of hay and buy a "V" rake
3. I am not in the high-school wrestling fighting weight condition that I used to be. It was 97 degrees with 95% humidity, but 180 bales isnt anything crazy.Need to toughen up.
My favorite part of haying is actually the bale pick-up. I handle all the bales myself while the wife drives a pick-up and trailer That said, I am careful to make the bales a weight that I can handle and I do not want any part of any 80lb'ers. I actually enjoy the workout and I am in my forties.
V-rakes are not always universally loved. Many people love them many people hate them. Many haters claim that they result in dirtier hay so keep that in mind if you typically sell to a picky market. I have never used a v-Rake so do not have an opinion either way.
No reason that 640 rake should not work well although they were not as liked as the 56 or 256 New Holland rakes. James Howell has a few videos on Youtube of his 640 in action - might be worth watching.
A tedder is another option to consider instead of a haybine for grassy type hays for increased drying capability. That said I used a well worn Hesston 1120 mo/co for the first time on my last haying. I have to admit that I like the results of the moco compared to my previous method of cutting with an old square back bushog. Took me much less time to cut although drydown was pretty similar to the bushog only without the yield loss of a bushog.
This post was edited by rankrank1 at 18:55:01 08/22/11 3 times.
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