last hay field finally done - cheers

FinnMD

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Always a good feeling when the last field is cut and baled, especially when all equipment worked great and nothing broke! Knock on wood. The last round bale is usually a small one, left over scrap from windrows. The MF31 sickle still hums along, not a single plug, only time I got off my seat was to take the pic. Notice 2 large turkey vultures on the bare branch on the large poplar tree in upper right of photo staring me down and looking for a snack. Those were some big ones, that poplar is quit large though not apparent in photo. The Badger baler is a really an old Vermeer. Yes I need a newer round baler. MF165D and MF265 my buddies. Figured I'd post these for those that can't farm anymore or used this old equip back in the day. Cheers.
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looks good, glad you had good fortune,

I have never owned equipment that ran the full job without breaking down or plugging up.
maybe someday I can up grade, my old #32 MF mower would have choked up just driving in that nice field of hay,
 
Looks like you have got some decent weather. It rains a little here just about every day in the afternoon so I haven't cut a bale yet. Got the brother to your MF31 mower a 41. Best mower I have ever used. I would like to have an 8 foot cutter bar for it but have never seen one. They list them in the parts book.
 
Thanks for the pics of your older Masseys! Love that 265...here are some pics of 2 of my ol' faithfuls getting ready to pick up bales Saturday night.

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Hi Phil,
EIGHT FOOT you say!!!!! I don't think we ever had any cutterbars bigger that 5'6" in the UK!!!!!!! Anything bigger would have been a big time saver but probably then the rest of the haymaking machinery was geared up to 5'6" swaths.

Cheers

DavidP, South Wales
 

Nice gear. Have a 6' 41 on the farm here, you are lucky if you can mow without stopping!
 
DAVID, IN ;59, WE USED A 9 FT KOCH ON UR FAMOUS IH B-275 DIESEL...BE BLESSED, GRATEFUL, PREPARED...MY OWEN FAM, FROM ANGLESEY
 

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