Not sure where you live - but we can't bale hay (well) around here without tedding. If you can bale without tedding - these might help you a little.
These reel type tedders are more delicate with the material than the basket type. Just kind of puffs it up a bit as opposed to thrashing it around and spreading it.
They have limited use around here since we need to spread the material out for more surface area. But that's why they're good for alfalfa and crops like that which are more susceptible to high losses through overworking.
As for side rakes "roping" hay - I say try baling "roped" hay in a curvy field and you'll learn to LOVE it. You don't have to get a kink in your neck watching the windrow constantly - the roped hay will pull in even if you go off track a few feet - like one long hay snake. I say it's a pleasure to bale like that because I do a lot of odd shaped fields with sharp twists and turns. Unroped hay would require constant attention and skillful driving - once it's started, roped hay just pulls right in nice and easy no matter what you do.
I'm a big fan of nice and easy. Hay is hay once it's in the bale.
The one complaint that's true about "roped" hay is that it won't dry well in the windrow since it's tighter. But - again - around here, we need to spread it out anyways. You only rake immediately before you bale, we use two tractors, the person raking gets a few windrows head start on the baler who follows. There's no drying in the windrow.
If you dry in the window, you want a rotary rake - no question about it.
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