Appreciate the replies guys. I get most of what you are saying and a lot of it makes sense. Just to clear up a couple things- I have 342 acres, about 60-70 in hay, another 150 or so in rough pasture and the rest in woods and swamp. We raise hair sheep for lamb, a few dairy cows for feeding the bummer lambs (and because I like Jerseys) my wife has a mess of show quality dairy goats, we have some draft horses (because I like drafters) and a couple riding horses (because my wife likes them) and a few beef heifers that are the foundation for getting back into some small scale beef again. The sheep are used to go into overgrown pasture and eat it down and up. We're talking badly overgrown pasture with prickly ash, thorn apple and buck brush. Send the sheep and goats in, let them eat it out and then go in with the bush hog or crawler. It's slow, but it works over 3 years or so. Right now I'm down to 50 some ewes after a horrible winter that followed a horrible hay year that followed another horrible hay year. But there will be 75 or so head by winter, plus the other stock. Generally I plan on at least 2-250 4x5 rounds and 1000 squares in the barn, all dry hay. Not a huge amount compared to some, but a lot for a one man show with iffy equipment. We have to plan on feeding from maybe the end of October to middle of April. I'm working towards 200 ewes. Been up to 125 or so before.
Anyways, I got 27 rounds done yesterday after noon. The old Hesston is going to stay for now. Just found an ad from a guy who has a bunch of belts for sale. Gotta call him. Found out I;m missing a lot of pickup teeth and the angles on the bottom roller are about worn off. Easy fixes I should have seen before if I hadn't been in a sprint from one crisis to the next. The old 68 NH is a different story, it's out of time even though I've been through it 4 times timing it. Yeah, new chains 3 years back IIRC. Something is bent or out of adjustment someplace. It's time for something newer with a kicker or else go to bale baskets. Kickers are starting to make more sense since I have neighbors that are starting to want to work together and they all have kickers. Guy here on YT just up the road from me has the part I need for the 472, but after using a "worn out" 488 with stub guards I know just how slow I've been going and how worn my old faithful 472 is. So I'm going to do something there one way or the other. The rakes are just abused beyond belief. When you buy a rake for $100.00 you get a $100.00 rake, right?! There's a Class rotary for sale up the road with a busted pto shaft. going to take a look at it.
Sometimes you have to say whats bugging you out loud and hear what it sounds like I guess. Sort of puts things in perspective or something.
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