Posted by Chris in SK on June 09, 2023 at 08:33:12 from (38.142.226.2):
In Reply to: My hay is too dry posted by Fred Werring on June 08, 2023 at 15:37:58:
I've got a NH chain baler and in dry hay or light windrows they will smash it up. Baling with the dew or at night helps. Rake your windrows up as big as you can and feed it into the baler as fast as it'll take it, so it doesn't get time to smash it. I usually start the bale at about 1200 rpm, and a reasonably fast forward speed. Try not to run any distance on the headlands with no hay feeding in. They won't be the prettiest bales but they won't turn to dust. If you run any distance with the bale rolling around and no hay feeding in, they will smash it up and throw it on top of the pickup then you start having real problems!! I've even raked round and round the field so I have a never ending windrow and no empty headland turns...I find that helps sometimes.
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