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I've wondered about those. Do they work well in alfalfa, or do they knock the leaves off? To the original poster: In my opinion, if one has to skimp somewhere in buying hay wquipment, skimp on the rake. I just round baled behind a guy with a 3-bar IHC 4-steel wheeled rake, and one of the bars was 1/2 missing so it was really a 2.5 bar! He bought it for $5. Now, I sure would hate to mess around with such a thing, but for 10 round bales, it actually raked up the hay just fine. The best rake today (locally) is the 5-bar Rollabar 256 New Holland. JD has an equally good one, sorry don't know the numbers. The NH is around $4000 new. As Kelley said below, the NH 56 is the same rake, same parts fit on it. They tend to run $400-800 locally. A best bang for the buck. A NH 55 is also the same rake, but does not offset the rear wheel, so it won't follow the ground maybe quite as well. Real good machine for $300-400. Other roll-abar rakes on 2 rubber wheels go for $150-300, and will make you a few acres of hay. The wheel rakes are handy, can pull more dirt into your hay, don't turn as well or make corners. But are pretty good, get the job done. I have a NH 55, and am looking for a 3-pt wheel rake to complement it. I rake a few acres of hay, alfalfa, cornstalks, and weeds each year, and want a backup/ versitility of both types. --->Paul
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