Posted by bison on June 12, 2014 at 12:41:08 from (69.168.144.134):
In Reply to: Buying a tedder posted by Super Steve on June 12, 2014 at 11:58:22:
I prefer to cut and leave it in the swath and bale when ready.
I have no tedder and no rake although i did use them in the past. IMO a tedder is only good to spread fresh cut hay, in dryer hay it acts like a combine,..all you have left is stalks
If the crop gets rained on i use a combine pickup on wheels behind the tractor to lift the swaths to fluff it up and lay it back down again. I can do that a few times if need be and still have mostly green hay.
In my experience once hay is raked together you are hooped when it gets rained on before it can be baled.
I been making hay for 40 odd years.
I lost a hay crop only twice to bad weather,..one was red clover, the other one a sec cut alfalfa
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