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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Baling Question?
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Posted by RKS on May 28, 1999 at 19:06:21 from (171.208.66.63):
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Baling Question? posted by C.C. on May 27, 1999 at 21:40:41:
Casey, I just got through with about 5 acres of junk - actually quite a bit of good winter rye grass, and caught it just before it started turning yellow. But there was a lot of weeds also mixed in. My cows love it so I cut it anyway. The windrows were variable, and some of the weeds windrowed up fluffy and thick. Of course, rye is easy to windrow and packs consistently. It took me a while since this was the first cutting to get the baler clicking, and some of the windrows were too big, but after the "beaks" got shiney on the knotters the hay started sliding through ok. Broke about 6 bays or so in the first row until I got the tension set right, then no problem. I remember what you said. I hauled hay all my young life up to to about 20 yr. old. Don't think I ever "saw" a baler, much less the back side of one. All I ever saw was endless fields of bale rows. We used to pull out the choke on an old flathead Ford, put the tractor in double low, and tie the wheel with baling string. The truck would march across the field pulling a trailer behind, no driver, about a mile or so, and we'd throw and stack until we got it all done. If you've cut some really thick stuff, I wouldn't windrow any larger than "two passes," and I like to make all second "finishing passes" slower so as to lift the windrow as high as possible without making it too wide. You want the hay to be a little waxy and hear it "crackling," and set the pickup fingers at a level so it won't toss the hay forward. What is really best is when you see the hay from the windrow lifting like "one continuous belt" from the ground into the auger. Have fun. RKS
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