Baling Hay - early 2021 (Long Play)

Some long-form GoPro footage of baling two small fields of first cut hay on June 7th, 2021 in Conway, MA. These were the last two small fields of a larger batch, and figured it was a good chance to take the GoPro for a spin. Usually we bale in third gear, but due to windrow thickness and the up/down slope on the second field, second gear ruled the day. But the yield still kept the bales flying!
Our baler is a Massey Ferguson 124, but retrofitted with a hydraulic-drive New Holland model 70 thrower. Tractor is a Massey Ferguson 275.
We do about 45 acres of mixed-grass hay, all in small square bales :)

[@brucerazor5202]

Always enjoy watching your farm work, the heart of America

[@windrowfarm]

Thanks!!!

[@atomicwedgie8176]

Slalom. A video of a baler eating windrows without 50 different angles? EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!! Great video!!!!!!!! 10/10

[@windrowfarm]

Thanks!!! Yeah, it’ll be nice to look back on in February 😊

[@andrewjones6360]

thanks for the video I love long videos without a whole bunch of talking

[@windrowfarm]

Thanks!! So glad 😊

[@kcphillips1000]

A nice little system you have there and an excellent demonstration on how to use it ,I was surprised how well it worked in the awkward shaped fields .

[@windrowfarm]

Thanks! Yeah, it’s pretty versatile. Works well in the bigger fields too 😊. The little ones become a pain, but when there’s nice grass…

[@khtractors]

That baler does good! I have a 120 and it almost never miss ties a bale. I’ve always liked Massey square balers myself. You have done nice looking hay!

[@windrowfarm]

Thanks! Yeah, I’ve been checking out your videos too! Definitely love that line of balers. Just did over 1000 this week and it handled it all like a champ 😊

[@keithfeller8957]

Best baling video ever.

[@windrowfarm]

Hey there, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. Do you do any hay yourself?

[@dmsentra]

Good to know a 275 is working hard in 3rd, I'd have thought it would run it fine.

[@windrowfarm]

Oh for sure - I’ll bale lighter stuff up through fourth. Just a lot of hay in these windrows, plus some slope

[@humphreyhomestead]

I’m new here and just subscribed! Hay looks great! Thanks for sharing!

[@windrowfarm]

Hi, thanks so much! Subscribed back too, love to see what you're doing! Appreciating the youtube hay farming community :)

[@willpierce4353]

Do you rake up the hay missed by the baler or leave it ? Great vid and best wishes from Wales

[@windrowfarm]

Thanks! I was in a bit of a rush (rain that night) and also fighting ground moisture so had the pickup one notch higher than usual, so I sadly did miss some. Unfortunately not worth an extra “clean up” raking, but usually I don’t leave as much behind 😊

[@DWHITTEMORE1]

Lots of hay left in the field sad!!!!

[@windrowfarm]

Yeah, it bummed me out too. I was in a bit of a rush (rain that night) and also fighting ground moisture so had the pickup one notch higher than usual, so I sadly did miss some. Unfortunately not worth an extra “clean up” raking - only a couple bales worth of hay left, if that, but usually I don’t leave as much behind 😊

[@davidthomas8972]

I bale hay without earmuffs, I know it's not the best for my long term hearing, but alot of times, you can hear a small issue or problem, and fix it ,before it becomes a large problem or a major issue, your hearing get a tuned to how proper operating equipment and machinery is supposed to sound.

[@windrowfarm]

I know that feeling. I can hear all of the thrums and nuances pretty well even with them - but I say the same thing to folks who ask why I don't listen to music or podcasts. I want to know the *instant* something starts to sound wrong 😅

[@jeffreyhicks4651]

Nice baler what model is the IH

[@windrowfarm]

Hi there, thanks! No IH in the lineup, I’m afraid. Tractor is a Massey 275, baler is a Massey 124 (with a New Holland 70 thrower) 😊

[@jeffreyhicks4651]

@@windrowfarm thanks

[@ronaldduwaynebrown8071]

Think I'd fire the rake man.

[@windrowfarm]

Haha, let me guess - you do large flat rockless fields and aren’t often racing the rain or dealing with ground moisture? 😂

[@ronaldduwaynebrown8071]

@@windrowfarm about 3000 acres it just looked like the winrows were a little close together

[@windrowfarm]

@@ronaldduwaynebrown8071 totally get it! 😊. (That’s an impressive amount of acreage! Whereabouts?). Totally different game here in New England - we’re lucky if we can string three sunny (or even rainless) days together, and the ground was also a bit damp. It’s rare for first cut that we double up windrows, even with a side delivery rake (I use a New Holland 256) or else it doesn’t dry enough 😊

[@ronaldduwaynebrown8071]

@@windrowfarm yeah I'm in Texas we have grass hay Sudan sometimes we'll bale some wheat

[@roger766]

My father in law would have a fit if his fields were raked like that!

[@garyecklar8904]

Seen a rake should use it but nice video

[@windrowfarm]

Thanks! What’s that about a rake? I use a New Holland 256 side delivery

[@davijalo]

slalom

[@jeffbovard-levesque3509]

Slalom

[@windrowfarm]

😆