Back in business, MF50 is running again and I added a John Deere to the fleet too.
Had a great day baling hay today. We've had good weather for making hay this week. My two teen boys and my teen daughter all got a nice workout and square baling experience. We put up about 400 bales today.
MF32 sickle bar mower. Replaced about 15 guards with new ones (these came with the mower) and the 7ft mower cut great. Only problem was an occasional build up of steammy hay wanting to wrap around the drive shaft. The mower was impressive in the mixed grass hay.
JD350 7ft side delivery rake - really like the PTO driven rake and the ability to lift it over windrows.
NH68 - I ran that baler today as hard as it would have been run in 1958/59. Bales are much better since adjusting the knife clearance (to the extent I could) and adjusting the feeder forks.
All in all we made about 1,000 bales this second cutting.
Next up is continuing over the winter refreshing the MF32 sickle mower and the NH68 will get more plunger/knife adjustment and other tweaks. I've got a hay wagon in the weeds I will refresh over the winter and pull it with the baler.
Thanks again for all the help in our hay making journey this summer.
Bill
Had a great day baling hay today. We've had good weather for making hay this week. My two teen boys and my teen daughter all got a nice workout and square baling experience. We put up about 400 bales today.
MF32 sickle bar mower. Replaced about 15 guards with new ones (these came with the mower) and the 7ft mower cut great. Only problem was an occasional build up of steammy hay wanting to wrap around the drive shaft. The mower was impressive in the mixed grass hay.
JD350 7ft side delivery rake - really like the PTO driven rake and the ability to lift it over windrows.
NH68 - I ran that baler today as hard as it would have been run in 1958/59. Bales are much better since adjusting the knife clearance (to the extent I could) and adjusting the feeder forks.
All in all we made about 1,000 bales this second cutting.
Next up is continuing over the winter refreshing the MF32 sickle mower and the NH68 will get more plunger/knife adjustment and other tweaks. I've got a hay wagon in the weeds I will refresh over the winter and pull it with the baler.
Thanks again for all the help in our hay making journey this summer.
Bill