good hay day

FinnMD

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I don't post much but included a picture from today of beautiful northern Maryland cutting hay with the 165 D and MF-31 sickle mower. I figured some folks on this forum can't farm anymore or perhaps used similar equipment "back in the day". Cut 12 acres without a single plug, fun to brake turn square corners. May post again after raking with Ferguson DEO-20 and baling rounds or squares. This equip has served me well for years. The sweet smell of cut hay drying in the fields is something I never get tired of, almost as good as a cold Guinness at the end of the day. Finn
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Nice picture.
Mowing hay was one of my favorite jobs when I was a kid, especially if I got to drive the 165 Massey-Ferguson, instead of the 8N Ford!
 
Went around raking a lot of fields on a Fergie , growing up in central Wisconsin , sometimes fun , and other times , wish I was goofing off !
Wayne
 
Couldn't agree more. It's one of the things that I miss and still enjoy the chance to enjoy it when visiting my customers of they are making hay or silage.
DavidP, South Wales
 
(quoted from post at 14:30:15 06/08/16) Cut 12 acres without a single plug,
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Nice! Have a 41 here, been on the farm since new and I don't think it cut more than an acre with out plugging.
 
I have the companion to that mower, an MF32 pitman mower. It makes a nice combo for my trusty MF 50 diesel.

Moved to a mower conditioner this year as in the mountains of VA, high humidity, frequent thunderstorms and heavy dews make it difficult to cure hay. Used the '32 to clip my fields way early in the spring. 3pt sickle mowers are IMHO very nimble, simple to maintain and a gigantic leap in technology from the old mowing scythe my great grandfather used on our place many years ago.

Also had a Ferguson DEO-20 rake one time too.
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MF32 Mowing Hay 2015
 

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