Finishing Second Cut Hay, 2024!
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Part II of the Second cut finale, with some happier results!
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(We are a 50-acre haying operation in Conway, MA - making all small square bales for the local food, fiber, and livestock community. Learn more about our farm at windrowfarmconway.com, or connect with us on instagram @windrow.farm)
Equipment List:
Massey Ferguson 275 Tractor
Massey Ferguson 165 Tractor
Massey Ferguson 135 Tractor
Vermeer TM610 disc mower
Kuhn GF5001 THA tedder
Kuhn GA4101 GTH rotary rake
Massey Ferguson 124 baler (with New Holland 70 bale thrower)
(New Holland 256 hay rake)
(Vicon RS410T Tedder)
Four kicker wagons
Delmhorst FX-2000 Hay Moisture Meter
Sundown Fertilizer Spreader
Your gear has really gotten to a point where you've got a backup for every contingency, and your upgrades/repairs have borne fruit, WF! Great to see. Sorry about those bales you stacked same day. Even Old Salts like you can have something like that escape their attention. I really enjoy you channel. Looking forward to next episode. Cheers.!
Looks like some nice hay. Hope you have all the winter hay you need. We have been in drought for over two years and have no irrigation. But I did get 5.5 inches of rain they day I was heavily fertilizing my grass. Have a Great week.
Thanks!! I was in surplus territory, but it's now almost all spoken for. Working on getting it out of barns before the snow arrives 😅. Sorry it's been so dry for you, but glad to hear you got some rain!
@@windrowfarm I will have about 300 rounds with this cutting. It sure is nice not having to buy hay to feed. Have a great week.
For your wagon that doesn't track straight, check the toe-in. Also make sure your tie rods are the same length. I had one that was just a little bit off and it would wag something awful.
Thanks! Yeah, that wagon was very scratch-built by someone else and was inexpensive. the tie rods are not parallel to the axle (the attachment to the tongue is farther forward than the attachment by the wheel), meaning the wheels turn sharper than the tongue, also causing road waggle. I'm at the point where it's a bigger project than I want to tackle for the ROI, since the wagon still functions fine. I just know I have to stick to 20-25 mph with it, rather than 30-35 for the others.
Another way you can do preservative is to throw salt on the hay as you stack it in
Just salt those sketchy bales pull the moisture right out prevents mold
Thanks - for whatever reason, customers seem to frown on that in our region. Salt has a sentiment of "you didn't do that hay right". I would need to discount and likely have advertising difficulties. I'm also not sure if the barn owners would want me sprinkling salt in their structure, but that could certainly be a question. All of that is to say I agree in theory, but challenging with the customer base and expectations up this way, for whatever reason.
what do your bales weigh on average? they look like some nice bales, I have never been around a mf baler