BALING HAY 2021, TWO FORD TRACTORS WORKING - - MY FIRST TIME MAKING HAY
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- My cousin comes to bale my hay with his Ford 6640 and Welger baler, and I'm rowing up in front with the Ford 7710 and Lely Lotus 300. My first attempt at making hay!
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Some of the machinery we run on the farm:
John Deere 8270R
New Holland TM165
Ford 7710
Ford TW-20
JCB Super Agri 532-70
JCB Fastrac 1125
Claas Lexion 760
Claydon Hybrid 6m Drill
Fordson Major
John Deere Gator XUV 855D
Sanderson 725c
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For the non-farmers out there (of which I'm one..):
"Hay" is long cut grass that is dried out to produce an animal feed. Hay is very different from "straw", which is the stalks of wheat, oats, barley and other grain crops - from which the seed heads have been removed. Remember this: "Hay" is an animal feed. "Straw" is best used as bedding, and has very limited nutritional value.
Cut grass needs some processing before it becomes hay. Left untouched in the field the lower layers will stay wet and begin to rot. To prevent this from happening, the cut grass needs to be "tedded", using a "haybob" or tedding machine. This turns the cut grass over, mixes air into it, and allows sunlight and air to dry it out without rotting. That's what Nick was doing.
To become a saleable agricultural product, something a farmer can sell to other livestock farmers, horse stables, etc. hay needs to be "baled." ie. Gathered up into a square or cylindrical shape, tightly compressed. Exactly how the Wegler baling machine accomplishes this is a mystery to me - but obviously it does it very well. But before baling, the tedded hay, which was previously spread evenly across the entire field it needs to sorted into organised rows ("windrows") that the baler can move over, while leaving clear tracks for the tractor's wheels to move over. A haybob or tedding machine will have adjustments that let the farmer choose how wide or narrow the hay will be deposited behind the machine.
"Make hay while the sun shines" is an expression for a very good reason: You simply can't do it if it's raining or if the cut hay is too wet.
A large round hay bale weighs between 300 and 550kg. Hay values very widely depending on the type and overall market conditions, but is generally in the range of £65 to £120 per ton. Every cylinder of hay dropped out of the Wegler baler would probably be worth roughly £40 to £60.
To put this in perspective, a good sized horse will eat more than 20kg of hay per day, or more than half a ton, worth about £80, per month. Making hay for horses is one way that farmers pay the bills.
Please feel free to correct these numbers.
best time of my life in the mid 70s helping hay making with 3 fords was a lot harder work back then small bales all loaded by hand and pitch fork love the smell of fresh hay
I can imagine! Yes can’t beat the smell 👍
Smashing looking hay Nick. I've always been a big fan of the Lely Lotus. Our first one (a 300) lasted 30 years, we only replaced it with a relatively new one last year. I was glad to see Fendt have decided to start producing them again (they seemed to stop for a while), although the smallest is now a 6 rotor. I always found the hooked tine on the Lely to be the best for saving hay. I think the likes of the PZ/Kuhn haybob beat the grass too much, which is not necessary. The Lotus is good for breaking up the crop and spreading it gently. A lot of balermen in our part of the country (Southwest Ireland) used to say the lely would get your hay fit a day earlier than the PZ/Kuhn.
Love love love this! As a horsey person who spends a large chunk of my £ on hay it’s so lovely seeing it being made like this. Really appreciate all that you guys (meaning all farmers) do to make such beautiful hay. I could almost smell it!
I’d love to have a go at it too! Driving the tractors looks like fun and love the way that baler works too.
Great looking hay. Nice to see the fords all hard at it. Think Will needs to get a UA-cam channel. Natural in front of camera....red hills UA-cam has a ring to it 😉
I tend to row up the inside first, so you're not driving over the headland row turning round, or catching it with the haybob if it's a tall row.
If you cut the field in two. Go up one side. Then back down the middle. Work accros the field like that. Then you don't need a 3 point turn on the headland. You can drive between sections, with wheels between headland rows.
Looks like nice hay.
Looks like a great crop of hay nick, some great camera shots of the working machines , nothing better than the sweet smell of hay in the summer sunshine, looking forward as always to your next video, all the best from Ireland nick.
You have doing well for your first time keep up the good work mate
2 brilliant tractors making hay.I tend to do the headlands first because the baler usually runs right behind me but its far easier doing it last cos u dont hit the top of ur row
Personally never saw the point o rowin headlands first as your gonna drive over them turning 🤔 but it's whatever you suits you really Nick 👍👍
I think your doing a perfect job looks good hay good work.
Thanks!
Nice hay Nick, keep up the good work. 👍👍
Thanks Robert
Be nice lol as the actress said to the bishop Cracking job Nick nice baling job too
Great video! As many have said, each to their own when it come to rowing up, we used to do the first two rows all around the field since the outsides may not be as dry because of the shade from the tree's and hedge, then we rowed the rest of the crop finishing with the three or four rows on the headland, if the baler was right behind us we stated on row three and baled inward doing the outer two last, if it was haylage row three was somewhere to drop the bales so the wrapper's loading arm could pick them up from, I am retied now and really miss those long days on the tractors....
Thanks for another great Vid!!! Like memory lane!! Back to basics!!! VIRGIN HAYMAKING AT ITS VERY BEST!!!😊😊😊😉❤️
Done a great job nick..nothing wrong there at all lad.well done.
Cheers John 👍
Looks good. Sometimes we make straight back and forth windrows, but also make right turn rounds. We set the pitch as shallow as it will go (most of the time) and set the times to just touch the ground per the manual. This gives us a pretty clean sweep. I’m sure you have the tines in the rake position at the end of the tine arms. Ford blue looks great too...👍
Great video 👍 love the ford's that baler looks massive 😬nice bale's though I mostly rake middle then headland stops you driving over rows but if the baler is there then rake on front of it
Brilliant video Nick, thank you 👍
Great video nick good looking hay nice 👍 to see to Ford working in the field 👍👍👌🚜🚜🏴🏴🇬🇧🇬🇧👩🌾👩🌾😩
Thanks Sandy 👍
Great video nick great looking hay that’s a nice 66 your cousin has
It’s a great little tractor 👍
Usually go around the headlands first, we go around about 6 times with the haybob
I’ve seen people windrow their headland first as they cut hay in the field next to me and they row their headlands up first
Great video nick, good to see will doing your baling, bet the radio works in his Ford!!!!! Not a good forecast next week your next bit might have to wait, nice second hand baler behind the 7710 be nice next year.
The 7710 would look great pulling a baler!!
Headlands first about 5 or 6 times around
Mint
well nick great video as always you are doing things right
Thanks John 👍
Great video again Nick I was always told if the baler is close behind you its headland first then the rows if not do the rows first then headland mate.
Thanks 👍
That makes good sense to me!
Doesn't matter nick how you go about it once you get good weather like that it's nice and you can enjoy it 🤠 great video as always 😊👍Lely the best rake to ted
Thanks Thomas 👍
Turn in Row out was how I was always told.
But if the baler is there then headlands first but other than that rows first the headland when rowing up.
People rake up in different ways so do what suits you
Nick,not sure you had the Lely set up for rowing up..we have a 600 and when rowing up leaves beautiful rounded rows..the times need to be on the inner setting and wheels lowered..and your gates looked too wide..as if you were tedding in to them rather than rowing..👍
Hi Alan, definitely had the tines on the inside and I did lower the wheels, interesting what you say about the gates though, I’ll hopefully be giving it another go (if it drys up again!) so will keep practicing, I did think it could do a slightly better job 🤔
I was thinking something similar, didnt look as clean as it should. I Spent a lot of hours on PZ haybob when younger and always left a good job provided you had wheels, gates, tines and top link adjusted correctly between rowing up and tedding.
great video as usual Nick, but why has yr cousin got dual wheels on his tractor in summer time bailing hay,,, is the ground that wet.????
You’re hay looks good and it’s in demand just ask the hay team boys there flat out delivering it..
Down in Devon we do the headlands first and then go across the hill if that makes sense and I don’t know how other ppl do it in the rest of the country
Good video nick just do it your way myself would take on a bit instead of changing gears all the time saves the clutch
Nice Fords
Not a criticism but why has the tractor with the bailer got dual wheels on?
Is that 8340 by any chance?
Well as I’m not one for following the norm, I usually row up the outside rounds first, gives them a bit of a turn and fluff up for the wind and sun to get through before the baler🤷♂️. At the end of the day, as long as you get the hay into a square or round bale who care 🤪🤣😁
Yup they’re baled up and in the shed 🙂 Just need the weather to turn good again so I can get the last bit of grass done 😆
Make the headlands bigger though and saves shunting although a 2 wheel drive 6610 would be ideal on the haybob and mower though. Although first overtime I have seen dual wheels on a baling tractor...lol
I think he just did that for fun 😂😂
Good video
Thanks!
No criticism from me just 👍🏻, although I think theres some room left to wind Will up a bit more 😉
Although a decent spike would have been just as good as your bale squeeze.
Tin can the bales and lift two at a time
Good to see the hay bailed up. Hope you got it in before the rain came. It’s chucked it down all day to day here (north midlands).
What will you do with it? Will you sell it, or are some cows about to arrive?😉
Yep all tucked away 🙂 It will be sold later in the year, but I do want some cows!! Maybe one day 😎
I row up headlands first but yours being a hay Bob on the links you may hit the headland swaths when you pick up at the end and we find a Tedder makes better hay than a hay Bob
Your buddys 6640 should be about 85Hp (engine) and about 70ish @ the PTO.
Nice tidy bales. Will you be selling it or using it?
Selling mainly, keep a few back for horses and the few sheep we have left this year 👍
How many bales did you make on your first time at it nick
Hi Paul, About 4 per acre
What has he got twin wheels on for 🤔
Just for fun 😂😂
For the lolz 🤣🤣 they were still on from spring rolling and I thought theyd look a bit different
Fair enough 👍
I thought it was so he could corner faster 🤣
Nice a 6640 we own 1 to What kind of gearbox is in there
Why has will got twin weels on his tractor
He’ll probably answer this, but just for fun I think 😂😂
Unfortunately I haven’t watched your last few videos. Sadly my mam passed away
Sorry to hear that, all the best to you 🙏
Hi nick like the tanker driver said to the posh woman who complained about the smell its your s..t
🤣🤣
Nick you need to sell #haybobz4life t-shirts and give Will 50% of the profits or if someone buys one of those t-shirts and they send you a picture of them wearing it with their haybob you could give them 5% off😂😂
We’re actually gonna be selling them soon 😂😂
Be nice lol as the actress said to the bishop Cracking job Nick nice baling job too