For plain old grass hay or straw a four bar will be OK. If alfalfa or clover better plan on a five bar which will turn slower and cause less leaf loss/damage. I've got a JD but still think NH makes the best rake. However JD is good and parts are generally readily available. Agree with others that the hydraulic is good for heavy hay or combining windrows. However I have never been around any hay heavy enough to stop a ground driven, and never raked in wet enough conditions to suffer from drive tire slippage. A PTO driven rake wouldn't be a bad option, and the owners appear to like them. Less stuff to wear/break than hydraulic driven. I've got rubber teeth now but earlier rakes had steel. Never broke steel teeth "fingers" but have broken several rubber ones. Can't see any disadvantage to steel. Cheaper than rubber and they don't break as easily. Perhaps groups of three improve material movement and also allow trash (small stones and wood) to exit.
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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