So you got your disc mower (or in my case a sickle mower) - no conditioning rolls, just a straight cutting mower.
You got grass hay like timothy or orchard grass - no alfalfa.
In as much as you don't have any roll or flail conditioning the hay off the cutter.
When you ted your grass hay, do you run your tedder at full 540 rpms or somehow adjust your tine pitch such that it not only spreads/fluffs the
hay, but beats the crap out of the stems and in doing so, gives you some measure of conditioning.
Anyone use their tedder as (for lack of a better word), a poor man's flail conditioner?
Just curious.
Thanks!
Bill
You got grass hay like timothy or orchard grass - no alfalfa.
In as much as you don't have any roll or flail conditioning the hay off the cutter.
When you ted your grass hay, do you run your tedder at full 540 rpms or somehow adjust your tine pitch such that it not only spreads/fluffs the
hay, but beats the crap out of the stems and in doing so, gives you some measure of conditioning.
Anyone use their tedder as (for lack of a better word), a poor man's flail conditioner?
Just curious.
Thanks!
Bill