You are on the right track. I am in upstate NY and have had a similar year for first cut , weather wise. I mow with a haybine , rake with a side delivery rake (planning to upgrade to a rotary). When I plan on using the tedder is - early in the season when hay is very green, when ground is damp, or when hay is soo heavy/green that mowing it and laying it out flat when the top is plenty dry to rake and underneath it looks like you just cut it. Also tedding cuts the drying time , ofetn by a whole day if you are around all day long to work on your hay. When I plan to ted the hay I do as you mentioned- windrow the hay to about 5 feet wide as I cut it . This allows the ground to dry out and keeps you from driving on the hay.This time of the year I rarely ted unless hay is so thick I have no choice. Another time the tedder is helpful is if you have hay get rained on , especially if is raked up. You can spread it back out and get it dry much faster than trying to do it just by raking. Be sure to use short drawpins on your haybine and tedder so you dont catch alot of hay . On my tedder I have a real short pin that I put in from underneath , with a washer and pin clip on top to hold it so it cant catch on the hay.
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