Posted by kyplowboy on August 30, 2010 at 06:20:31 from (98.93.3.69):
In Reply to: Advice posted by Randy Cook on August 29, 2010 at 19:36:16:
You can make hay on the cheap like some on here do. I have tried it, had a disk, mower, tedder, rake, and two balers with less than $7,000 paid for all. It took me all summer to put up 40 acres with my work schedule because I never wanted to cut more than 6 to 8 acres at a time cause something was always breaking down. A pretty small tractor will pull a 4X5 baler if you don't have hills, weight and breaks will be more important than hp. If you want to make hay for fun go at it, if you want to do custom work you will need $30,000+ worth of equipment cause no pay'n customer wants his hay on the ground while you are hunting up parts and it's going to be real hard to cash flow hay equipment for 60 acres.
Best thing I can tell you to do would be to shop around and find some one who will cut and bale it on the shares and you and your brothers sell your share.
As for best color of equipment, there are good and bad in all of them. Best thing to do is stick with something with a strong network of local dealers that have been in buisness 10+ years.
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