Thank you kindly Sir. Im just a country boy that learned from the school of hard knocks, and have been wrong more than once, lol. However, hanging around some old time hay farmers as a teenager leaned me a few tid-bits of good information. On a tedder....some decent used smaller tedders out there. Just take your time and find one thats been lovingly taken care of. I MUCH prefer a drawbar model in comparison to a 3-point attach model. We did a video about 1.5 years ago on buying our used tedder if that interests you. That video is in our "small-scale hay equipment" playlist. Thanks a bundle and our best to you!
Always the dilemma, is it ready to bale. You made the hard but right decision to wait. The tedder is the most valuable piece of equipment in the hay drying process. I have clover and alfalfa in my hay and leaf shatter is always a concern. However, mold is a bigger concern, so if it needs tedded again it gets it. I hope to make my second and final cut of the season in the next couple of weeks. We had a drought this summer in my area and it put us behind by 3 or 4 weeks. The dew this time of year is always a challenge. Good luck brother and thanks for the videos.
Thank you Sir. A couple years ago we had a lot of hay down and the forecast changed and it rained hard on our hay all day and night and we ended up loosing a whole cutting. That winter I bought a tedder. We would have probably still lost some of it but could have maybe salvaged some too. Our Tedder purchase has been worth every penny we paid for it. We have the same hay philosophies it seems! If they hay needs kicked around it gets it, if it’s starting to dry good, adjust rpm at the pto lower and tractor ground speed up to help reduce leaf shatter some. Premium quality hay don’t just happen, it takes sweat and work. Thanks for watching and we pray you have a FANTASTIC 2nd cut coming up!
We do both, twist and meter. Seems like the twist is close to run a bale for sure. Smell, feel, look all come into play. It's hard to walk off with black clouds in the air, but your already gambling. A few hours can make all the difference. Once it's in a bale it stops the dry down for sure. Good luck bud, I'm with ya, need to wait.
Thanks, Tom. It was a good decision to wait. One more day didn’t hurt a thing. We had great weather the following day and dry down reached a proper level. Our best to you and Mrs Sally.
Great information!! Learned a lot. I do know that I need to get a tedder!
Thank you kindly Sir.
Im just a country boy that learned from the school of hard knocks, and have been wrong more than once, lol. However, hanging around some old time hay farmers as a teenager leaned me a few tid-bits of good information.
On a tedder....some decent used smaller tedders out there. Just take your time and find one thats been lovingly taken care of. I MUCH prefer a drawbar model in comparison to a 3-point attach model. We did a video about 1.5 years ago on buying our used tedder if that interests you. That video is in our "small-scale hay equipment" playlist.
Thanks a bundle and our best to you!
Always the dilemma, is it ready to bale. You made the hard but right decision to wait. The tedder is the most valuable piece of equipment in the hay drying process. I have clover and alfalfa in my hay and leaf shatter is always a concern. However, mold is a bigger concern, so if it needs tedded again it gets it. I hope to make my second and final cut of the season in the next couple of weeks. We had a drought this summer in my area and it put us behind by 3 or 4 weeks. The dew this time of year is always a challenge. Good luck brother and thanks for the videos.
Thank you Sir.
A couple years ago we had a lot of hay down and the forecast changed and it rained hard on our hay all day and night and we ended up loosing a whole cutting. That winter I bought a tedder. We would have probably still lost some of it but could have maybe salvaged some too. Our Tedder purchase has been worth every penny we paid for it.
We have the same hay philosophies it seems! If they hay needs kicked around it gets it, if it’s starting to dry good, adjust rpm at the pto lower and tractor ground speed up to help reduce leaf shatter some. Premium quality hay don’t just happen, it takes sweat and work.
Thanks for watching and we pray you have a FANTASTIC 2nd cut coming up!
@@8thdaychronicles thank you and God bless you and your family.
We do both, twist and meter. Seems like the twist is close to run a bale for sure.
Smell, feel, look all come into play. It's hard to walk off with black clouds in the air, but your already gambling. A few hours can make all the difference. Once it's in a bale it stops the dry down for sure.
Good luck bud, I'm with ya, need to wait.
Thanks, Tom. It was a good decision to wait. One more day didn’t hurt a thing. We had great weather the following day and dry down reached a proper level.
Our best to you and Mrs Sally.