Do they really exist?.
I have 100 acre alfalfa/grass mix on the ground.(200 more to go)
The crop is heavy, the swaths are 5' wide, cut with a 14' pivot tongue haybine.
I had an inch of rain on it 2 days ago and need to turn it cause it don't dry worth a F**k.
I usually use a combine pick up behind the tractor to fluff the swaths up after rain but now it just lifts the swath and throws it right back on the ground, the swath is just to heavy to fluff it up.
I have access to a 12 wheel V-rake and have tried that on a couple swaths but all it does is roll 2 swaths together and as luck will have it most of the wet is again on the ground and now i have 28' of crop in one messy swath.
My baler(JD 567) can hardly swallow that much hay and is constantly grunting and on the verge of plugging up.
The crop also catches under the front axle and tranny and hitch on my tractor and releases big plugs of hay that falls wider than the mega wide pick up on the baler
I have used in the past various rakes with mixed results and never found one that did the trick to my liking.
i've also used a NH 166 swath inverter and found it a big joke for all but a 3' swath, it just can't handle volumes.
Then there is the Matador 7900 swath inverter,..it does a good job and is fast but again only in 3-4 feet wide swaths any wider than that it just lays it beside the orig swath without turning it over
What is out there to turn a heavy swath satisfactory?,.. i mean turning a swath that leaves the wet on top and does not make a rope and/or spread the swath over hells half acre.
What do you say?
I have 100 acre alfalfa/grass mix on the ground.(200 more to go)
The crop is heavy, the swaths are 5' wide, cut with a 14' pivot tongue haybine.
I had an inch of rain on it 2 days ago and need to turn it cause it don't dry worth a F**k.
I usually use a combine pick up behind the tractor to fluff the swaths up after rain but now it just lifts the swath and throws it right back on the ground, the swath is just to heavy to fluff it up.
I have access to a 12 wheel V-rake and have tried that on a couple swaths but all it does is roll 2 swaths together and as luck will have it most of the wet is again on the ground and now i have 28' of crop in one messy swath.
My baler(JD 567) can hardly swallow that much hay and is constantly grunting and on the verge of plugging up.
The crop also catches under the front axle and tranny and hitch on my tractor and releases big plugs of hay that falls wider than the mega wide pick up on the baler
I have used in the past various rakes with mixed results and never found one that did the trick to my liking.
i've also used a NH 166 swath inverter and found it a big joke for all but a 3' swath, it just can't handle volumes.
Then there is the Matador 7900 swath inverter,..it does a good job and is fast but again only in 3-4 feet wide swaths any wider than that it just lays it beside the orig swath without turning it over
What is out there to turn a heavy swath satisfactory?,.. i mean turning a swath that leaves the wet on top and does not make a rope and/or spread the swath over hells half acre.
What do you say?