Posted by ChrisLSD on July 15, 2009 at 06:35:01 from (97.114.229.134):
After last night, I can see why.
After upgrading from the Ford 501 to a JD 350, I thought - What could be better - a few adjustments and the 350 was cutting a lot better - not super great - but OK in most crops -
Then the crop - second cutting - alfalfa/orchardgrass mix - should have been cut about July 5 - was knee high then - then it rained for basically 10 days - now the alfalfa is in full bloom - and a small haying window appeared - I knew it wouldn't be easy going
Boy that was an understatement - I waited until the driest part of the day - started at 4pm - once I knew we weren't getting any more rain yesterday..... crop was laying every direction - everything anywhere near the ground was still damp - first round had to stop a couple of times....
then it only got worse - you couldn't even see where u had mowed and where you hadn't - I found that if you went at a crawling snail's pace it would sneak under the tangled mess - clip it off and not drag it along - but finding out what was cut and what wasn't was virtually impossible - I also swear the crop actually got taller AFTER it was mowed - but I struggled through - and the chunk is done -
the piece i have left isn't quite blooming yet - so will wait until this eve for it - hoping for a little more drying
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