Fred Werring
Well-known Member
A month ago I posted on here asking opinions about frontier v-rakes. Wound up buying it.
The good news is, it works well, raked 8 acres of some really heavy second cut clover today. It was over the push bar on the front of my haybine, and thick, all the rain made it really come on.
I like the way it raked, just kind of scoots the hay over, doesn't beat it like my bar rakes, should hang on to more leaves with it.
I understand the concerns about bunching up in really heavy hay, had it happen once while running over a previously made windrow, have to see how it does next spring on first cut grass hay.
Was hoping it be OK, had a repair on it the guy never mentioned in his ad, and needed a rake wheel. Wound up giving him $1400 for it, another $138 for the wheel, an hour and a half adjusting it per the owners manual that came with it (and a couple more in the field tweaks), and it rakes hay.
I'm satisfied with it.
Fred
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The good news is, it works well, raked 8 acres of some really heavy second cut clover today. It was over the push bar on the front of my haybine, and thick, all the rain made it really come on.
I like the way it raked, just kind of scoots the hay over, doesn't beat it like my bar rakes, should hang on to more leaves with it.
I understand the concerns about bunching up in really heavy hay, had it happen once while running over a previously made windrow, have to see how it does next spring on first cut grass hay.
Was hoping it be OK, had a repair on it the guy never mentioned in his ad, and needed a rake wheel. Wound up giving him $1400 for it, another $138 for the wheel, an hour and a half adjusting it per the owners manual that came with it (and a couple more in the field tweaks), and it rakes hay.
I'm satisfied with it.
Fred
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