Posted by James Howell on July 07, 2009 at 15:39:05 from (71.158.172.163):
Nancy and I cut, raked, and baled one of our fields we call "The Corner" over the holiday weekend.
Started cutting on Friday with the 52A and 39N sickle mower.
We decided to start cutting around 11am before it got too hot; the temperature was 102 in the shade with 105-110 heat index.
Bahia grass was a little too thick for the 52A; put it in 2nd gear and it decided to lock up.
Pulled it out of the way with "#15" and fired up "Vernon" with the JD 350 sickle mower.
Clipped a T-post and broke a section and replaced it, the end section-and-half came off and replaced it, and finally clipped a small tree and broke another section and replaced it.
Decided to avoid all trees and fences for the rest of the day.
On Saturday, July 4th fired up "Uncle Earl" and went on a one tractor parade up to the Hunt Place.
Fired up "Uncle Earl" our 39B and hooked up the JD 640 hay rake and started raking on Sunday around 7:30am; quit at 7:40am because of rain.
You never want your cut hay to get wet, but anytime you can get rain during July in Texas you take it!
Checked the hay Monday morning and decided to use the tedder to aid the drying process; bad idea.
Gave up on making hay and decided to finish the wiring project on "Sam" our 51MT.
Replaced all wiring, ignition switch, cutout relay, battery cables, and spark plug wires.
Tractor fired right up and ran great, hooked up "Sam" to the JD 640 hay rake, and headed back to the field around 3:30pm.
The temperature was 103 in the shade with 105-115 heat index so the cut hay was cured out enough to rake and bale.
Fired up "#15" our 53 model 70 and hooked up the Krone 125 baler.
Started baling about 6pm making the smaller 4x4 bales; finished baling around 9pm.
Had a few problems tying the last couple of bales; need to sharpen the knives first thing next Saturday.
I have a lot of appreciation and respect for you folks that do custom hay baling.
As I've said in the past, if I had to do this for a living I'd starve to death.
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