Posted by dmiller on July 23, 2015 at 19:40:03 from (162.253.12.150):
In Reply to: whats better posted by Nick167 on July 23, 2015 at 18:46:57:
Kinda depends where you are at and what you can get for a sickle mower. I started out that way in 2008. Had a JD A and a #5 mower, with a 336 baler (a guy was giving it away for parts), rake I outbid a scrapper on. I found that I could put up hay without much machinery. I also found out I couldn't cut very fast at all and spent as much time broken down as working. Out west here the hay would dry and be ready to bale almost too fast, had to rake it to put it into the baler. It got me started, but I moved up to a 9' haybine as fast as I could afford it (would like to go to a 14 but the gates are too narrow on most places I have access too). Depends on what you have for future opportunity but when looking at the "hay business" as you put it acres are everything. The way I look at it is that you aren't interested in $/acre, or even $/ton but $/day. Haying is a short season. You need to make as much hay as fast as possible. If your opportunity is small acreages that are spread out your limiting factor is going to be travel time and setting equipment up for entering/starting fields. 3pt sickle mower is about as easy as your going to get for roading and starting fields, unless you move up to a self propelled. Of course 3pt sickles are typically 7ft, can't cover very many acres a day at 7'. Depends on your yields and hay prices, I figure I need to net (after fuel, repairs, twine, rent) around $2,000 a year just to be able to replace (30 and 40 year old) equipment in 10 years (with equipment that will be 30 years old then). Keep in mind that the key to building any business is your reputation and relationships.
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