Posted by Leroy on July 16, 2008 at 05:23:55 from (216.201.38.59):
In Reply to: Hay tedder question posted by Nancy Howell on July 15, 2008 at 19:20:36:
Tedders do not turn the hay over, just lift and fluff it. They were first made in the late 1800's out of wood and in various configurations up untill the implement makers decided they were not needed any more. John Deere quit making the hay kicker (early tedder) in the 30's and untill the hay fluffer of the 60's did not make a tedder, IHC quit in about 1948 and New Idea quit in about 1955 till some short line finnally decided that there was a market for them again as all the old ones were getting wore out. We bought always had a rake-tedder combination when we made hay. Around 1950 Grandpa traded in a heavy wore New Idea 3 bar rake-tedder on a new 594 John Deere rake only, couple of years later hay got rained on and could not get it to dry by rolling only, Dealer had a New Idea No. 4 rake-tedder on the lot and traded on it and finally got the hay up. had that New Idea as long as we made hay.
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