Baling Thick Second Cut Hay - 2024
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2025
- And the Second Cut Speed-Run continues! A week of (almost) perfect weather, and some of the highest second-cut yields of the season.
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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
Looks good - impressive yields…👍
@@HumbleHaymakers thanks!!
We never windrow very much ahead of the Balers, usually the Rake man catches hell trying to stay ahead of the Round Balers,, especially when you got good baler operators.... We use Auto steer on the rake tractors,,,, and I think the Baler drivers might use auto steer on their tractors also... because sometimes the outside rake wheel barely misses the Baler tire! at 7mph going in opposite directions!.....
@@farmingforfunandprofit940 haha, sounds like a very different world!
Because we rebale, we Round bale everything for speed in getting the crop under cover.... Last cut 200 acres, 995 bales (about 19,000 if converted into small squares)
Good job getting that back together. On the aeration question...I always thought that setting the curtain further out results in more aeration, not so much with the PTO speed. Not sure though!
Thanks!! And that’s interesting, maybe I should play with other tarp positions more. My thinking has been that a narrower windrow means it has to be taller and off the ground more. But doesn’t mean I’m right!
Nice job. What moisture meter do you use?
@@olan6600 thanks!! It’s a Delmhorst FX-2000