Back when we had livestock and put up a lot of hay, I had 5 good wagons that I pulled behind the baler. Wife drove and I stacked. Usually figured to bale 500-600 on the wagons and then unload later at night if extra help was around. Stacked the hay on the floor of the feeder pen so as to avoid too much labor. then fed to the hay bunk right by the indoor stack. Later bought an Owattonna Big round baler so I could handle things by myself as help wasn't to be had anymore.
We had one that was a 3 bar drum. It tended to beat the hay a bit too much as the drum had to spin faster than the 4 bar IHC we also had. But the IHC one used flat/ cut chain links that liked to break, and also break teeth off. This was back when I was a kid and didn't understand the causes. The badly bent height levers on the red one allowed the drum to be too low and cause the teeth to dig too much. I later drilled holes in the quadrant for stop pins, and that pretty much cured that. The Oliver had short, out of the way levers that didn't catch the limbs along the fence row. Never understood the reason for the sheet cover on the front of the Oliver, as no one else used that. We always used the Farmall C to pull the rake and kept the larger tractor on the heavy baler, as we were in hill country. Later on I fixed up an Allis C for raking, as it was cheap on fuel. That's a big field your working, guessing your using a large package baler?
Back when we had livestock and put up a lot of hay, I had 5 good wagons that I pulled behind the baler. Wife drove and I stacked. Usually figured to bale 500-600 on the wagons and then unload later at night if extra help was around. Stacked the hay on the floor of the feeder pen so as to avoid too much labor. then fed to the hay bunk right by the indoor stack. Later bought an Owattonna Big round baler so I could handle things by myself as help wasn't to be had anymore.
I can smell your video Mike! And the sounds really take me back.
Yes & Yes! 👍
We had one that was a 3 bar drum. It tended to beat the hay a bit too much as the drum had to spin faster than the 4 bar IHC we also had. But the IHC one used flat/ cut chain links that liked to break, and also break teeth off. This was back when I was a kid and didn't understand the causes. The badly bent height levers on the red one allowed the drum to be too low and cause the teeth to dig too much. I later drilled holes in the quadrant for stop pins, and that pretty much cured that. The Oliver had short, out of the way levers that didn't catch the limbs along the fence row. Never understood the reason for the sheet cover on the front of the Oliver, as no one else used that. We always used the Farmall C to pull the rake and kept the larger tractor on the heavy baler, as we were in hill country. Later on I fixed up an Allis C for raking, as it was cheap on fuel. That's a big field your working, guessing your using a large package baler?
I think you’re gonna like Oliver Heritage Issue #123 😏
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must have been raking hay when they found Bonnie & Clide
😂 Yeah if only it could talk!!!!
Wow, nine bullet holes, that thing is a survivor
Great Eye! Yeah this Rake took some for the Team!!! lol😂