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Kerry50 · Jul 19, 2014

get er done, baled 152 4X5 bales yesterday. Good timothy mix hay. 40 bales an hour. Here in central MO the hay crop is one of the best ever this year.

Tx Jim · Jul 19, 2014

(reply to post at 07:47:19 07/19/14)

Considering you used twine 40 bales per hour is very good average. Very nice looking bales also.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 19, 2014

I seen wrapped bales this spring around Springfeild left over from last year

Kerry50 · Jul 19, 2014

thanks Jim, this hay was really thick, really went good

Ford9000puller · Jul 19, 2014

Hey Kerry where you located at? I am south of California close to the small town of Latham. Hay has been pretty good for us too. We raise turkeys so the turkey manure sure makes the hay good.

GarryinNC · Jul 19, 2014

Kerry,
Great looking rolls. What kind of baler and how much do those weigh?

Garry

old · Jul 19, 2014

Down here at the Lake of the Ozarks the hay is not real good. Been way to dry around here and with the weather guessers that kept calling for rain most did not bale till now which is about 30 days late. I will be putting up some hay later today and that is the last of it

Tom-NoCenTX · Jul 19, 2014

Could you please tell us what equipment you used? Baler, rake, mower, and tractor? Real good looking hay and 40 per hour is stuffing it through very well. Neighbor got my hay done last week here in TX, got 59 bales 4X5. Tom

JD Seller · Jul 19, 2014

Kerry: That is a real nice job done on a good hay crop. That should make you feel like you have accomplished something.

bison · Jul 19, 2014

(quoted from post at 06:20:29 07/19/14) thanks Jim, this hay was really thick, really went good

ow many bales to the acre and what size bales?

40 bales an hr is quite a few!, i 'm glad if i do 25/hr and i use a JD 567

wvfarmboy54 · Jul 19, 2014

40 bales per hour maybe 30 on a good day

Kerry50 · Jul 19, 2014

Thanks guys for all the compliments and comments. Baling with a John Deere 4040 and New Holland BR740 baler. Raking with my '53 John Deere 50 that was my grandfathers. Pulling a 10 wheel V rake with it, with two wheels up, so 8 on the ground. Also use this tractor to run the 4 basket tedder. Use my John Deere 4020 on the New Holland 411 discbine. My brother started stacking hay today with the 4020 and the clutch went out of it. I bought this tractor in '79. The only other major repair I have done to it was an OH not long after I got it. So today we spent the day pulling the 260 loader off the 4020. Always somethin isn't it.....lol

Kerry50 · Jul 19, 2014

Garry, these bales are probably weighing in the 8-900 pound range.

Kerry50 · Jul 19, 2014

thanks JD

Kerry50 · Jul 19, 2014

Ford, I am north of St James 7 miles.

jennifer408 · Jul 20, 2014

last time mom was out here she said, all she see's in mo is round bales, i know, i remember, but out here where we live we are lucky to get one cutting, so i guess it ain't worth investing more modern machinery, i really wonder how the cow farmers make it out here, unless they have some fields hidden somewhere they are irrigating that they don't show off. ?

GarryinNC · Jul 20, 2014

That is about what I thought on weight. There would be about three of my little Hesston 530 (39"x48") rolls in one of those 5'x6'.

Garry

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