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Thank you! And yes, there is always something that needs to be done around the farm. Thank you for watching!

Yes sir, that’s great advice to point out. Guess I’d just have to buy 1 turtle then since there’s one going one direction more than the other. Thank you for commenting!

Yes ma’am!

Thanks!

They did great!

I don’t think he owns anything clean and clear. He lives at his grandmas and even hides his truck behind the barn there to keep it from getting repo’d.

I’ve seen people do it. I’ve hauled with SRW before. Main thing I like is with dual the trailer doesn’t seem to “whip” the truck as bad. It’s holds the road better if that makes sense. Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Hopefully it all works like it should. :-)

Is the old baler fixable so you can run two balers or have a spare ready to go this summer?

@mikew732 it’d take so much to get it going. The frame is bent and everything on the right side of the machine need to be replaced.

I’d say around 1400 lbs.

@joineshayandcattle7629 thank you much.

Typical round bale is 4’ x 5’ & weighs about 900#. 4’ wide is typical because 8’ wide is legal without being a “wide load”.

Yes I did. But the hay spike would just go thru the mud. The tractor was just sitting on the axle and the tires had no bite. And that’s great. With the prices being strong and hay being in short supply I didn’t want to miss my opportunity to make good profit off of the cows.

I’ll look into them! lol

The reason for not running them tandem is because there is an issue with the pto shaft on the rake. I don’t know if it’s too heavy or what but it broke the shaft on my tractor. And on the 5100 it is 540 only so there’s more to replacing the shaft than a snap ring like on tractors that have a 540/1000 pto. Second reason is because the hay was on the light side. You can’t weave the baler back and forth to control bale shape. As for shredding that particular field, there was a little huisache in it. Rather have it shredded/ mulched up than leaving bigger pieces that could cause issue with raking or baling. Still have the moco and looking forward to using it again. Hopefully once I get the accessory plug put in the 4250 and the hay is thicker, I can use the flexrake/baler combo. As for the pto issue, I was told a lighter shaft is the solution. I’ve bought one so when the time comes I’ll be ready. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for the advice!

Thank you for the comment and the encouragement. Good luck!

Thank you! 🤗

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thank you very much.

I had to put in slow motion just so the camera could keep up. Haha. Thanks!!!! We are over do for a visit!

That’s how I found out about flexrake.

He’s the reason I wanted one of those extra wide lowboy goosenecks

Hoping to get one similar to it next year.

@@joineshayandcattle7629 i finally broke down and ordered one 2 weeks ago

Thank you!

There are three reasons, 1) I broke a shaft on a tractor running it like that. They claimed to have solved the problem by putting on a lighter pto on the front of the rake. Buuuuut until I get good feedback I’m not going to risk it. 2) I need to install the new wiring that goes through the rake for the baler hook up. I have the new wiring, just need to run it inside the rake frame. 3) we ran into some issues while cutting the field… so the grass had consistency issues. With what was we dealt with, running them separate was the way to go. That was I had control over the bale shape.

@@joineshayandcattle7629 just curious, building one myself so I was wondering

@@rgcattleandhay2215 no problem. Appreciate the comment. The only drawback with that rake is not being able to control the shape of your windrow. When I ran it tandem, any long curves or thin grass, the bales would come out looking bad. Nothing wrong with them, just their physical shape. And most people these days judge hay like they do other people, by the outside appearance. I’ve seen people buy cheap hay that looks great with netwrap but there’s roadside trash, tires, and other stuff in them. Eventually I plan on putting the rake and baler back together. It saves tremendous time when you’re by yourself. But I want to do that when I put it behind a tractor that has a removable pto. When the the one on my 5100 broke they had to open the rear up to fix it. Had it just been a snap ring and it pulled the remaining piece out it wouldn’t have been as expensive. Good luck with the build!

Yes, at the time I thought they were 10k axles.. after taking it to the shop to have it repaired they informed me that they are actually 16k axles.

Thank you!

We are. Hopefully all before Thanksgiving.

Around 40k lbs… thanks for the comment!

The rake pulls two rows together… so being by myself, I just baled the swaths directly. It’d be the same number of trips on a tractor. Had I had someone else there then yes, I’d have raked and baled.

@joineshayandcattle7629 that makes sense... gotta do what you can with what you have. Only reason I asked is cause it looked like the baler left some hay behind that a rake would have gotten up. Thanks for replying & y'all have a happy Thanksgiving!

Thanks, and you too! And thank you for your comment.

Well… the old goat does pretty good. Helps that it has a 6spd manual with air bags. Although a bigger truck is always welcomed. Lol. Thanks for the comment!

Couldn’t say it better myself.

It all depends on how thick the hay is. If it’s really thin I will. Otherwise no.

They weigh about 1450lbs.

Wow 29,000lbs on that gooseneck

@esh87 yes sir, and the trailer is around 11k. It’s an extremely heavy trailer. It was originally a mini float trailer then we converted it to a gooseneck. Only thing it really needs is a torque tube.

Dam over 30,000lbs, I would love to feel what its like to tow that much ..... did you end up changing just that tires leaf pack

@@esh87 thats correct. The other 3 were fine. Since then I’ve replaced all tires with 16 ply. Now they barely squat when fully loaded.

Thank you!

I have the best of help. :-)

Yes, it’s been too long. Feels good getting back into the swing of it.

He’s a great help. Lol

Thank you!

Thank you so much. That means a lot. And we try. :-)

It can probably. The 4440 back wheels are spread pretty wide. There’s a block that keeps it from going into the transport position (right). The other direction (left) can go farther. If you pull the rope that lets it go into the transport mode it can go farther to the right side.

And this would be dual row crop, so like extend left of right 5.5' of center or even up to 6'?

@@brianlengel the cutter cuts 14.6’. So driving down the middle of the swath it’s able to swing out far enough to utilize the full cut width on the next swatch.

Thanks for watching. I haven’t run it in alfalfa. Mostly blue stem and jigs, which it does great. Good blades make all the difference.

It’s coming along nicely. Have a few things needing to be done before we can move it.

Thank you!

I think they both can as long as they have the transport cylinder on top that allows the tongue of the moco to swing all the way to the right. The 946 we have doesn’t have that specific cylinder.

Yes, our Krone EC320 does a great job cutting, but unlike yours it’s not on a dolly. So every time it’s getting hooked and unhooked it never fails that it’s not on level ground. Main reason for trying the moco is that with the rice, we needed to cut it different heights in different fields. I have the additional skids on the EC320 but other than that, it’s not really easy adjusting cut height. The MoCo has skids that are adjustable, hooking it up is so much easier and also when we ran the Krone, it was on our John Deere 5100…. The tractor handled it fine, but transporting it on a trailer wasn’t always easy. It had to go on a certain trailer to haul it hooked up and that trailer is always used between my dad and myself… I have no complaints with Krone, just the MoCo works better for what we are doing. Thanks for the comment and for watching the video.

I’m pretty fond of her too. Lol

Thanks, and thank you for your support!

Thanks for the comment and the support. It’s truly a blessing being able to be in the field, especially with family. Most of what we bale is leased and would love to turn our own acreage into hay fields or another type of farming commodity. We definitely bleed green. Mainly because of the great service getting parts. If they don’t have it in stock they can get it there later that day or the next. Stay safe and hope all in well.

@@joineshayandcattle7629 Stop by some time. We were in tropical storms this weekend in lower South Texas but did not get rained in my area. I am flood irrigation and spread 2 tons of Urea in our hay field. Thank you hope to see you on our new channel. keep safe friend.

@@southtexashay777 sounds good. We had 6” here where we are trying to bale. Crazy to say this but I need it to dry up where we are cutting lol.

@@joineshayandcattle7629 just never fails. Prayers friend.

Thank you very much! We are relatively new to this but really enjoy sharing what we do and hope people enjoy and get something out of it. Thanks for the support!

Will do! And thanks!