Posted by Bobl1958 on June 25, 2015 at 07:51:12 from (68.98.205.31):
I have posted on here that I have a new Brome Field that was planted late last year. Got a very good stand but then we had no moisture over the winter, and none this spring until the last 3 weeks. Brome came on fairly good for as dry as it was , but the field now has a lot of Cheat Grass in it.
It's been too wet until now to get in and cut it. Probably should have been cut a couple of weeks ago, but the ground was just too wet.
In anticipation of all the Cheat, I installed a new cycle and sections, and the guards were new late last year with probably less than 50 acres on them. The sections are over-serrated which I realize aren't the best for grass, but they do a great job in normal brome.
Last evening I started in and made the first round fine. The second round I plugged the swather. The third round I plugged the swather 3 times. Just about whipped me in the 90+ degrees temps. What was happening was the cheat would start just tearing off and not really cutting, and then start pushing dirt and finally plug the swather. The trouble was, you couldn't see it happening until it as too late. The brome was cutting fine, but the cheat just would not cut.
Now I started cutting about 6:00 - 6:30 in the evening, and I was having most of my trouble by 7:30. I am wondering if the cheat just got too tough by that point.
I gave up by 7:30 or so and went to a different field of established brome and worked until dark with no problems. What I am thinking about is seeing if a rotary disc swather might be better for this type of application? What are the thoughts of the people who have them? Short of rotary mowing the field to clean it off, I don't think I can get it cut with what I have. The picture is of the swather, but not in the field I was having the troubles in. Thanks for any info in advance - Bob
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