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Sam (MO)

06-23-2006 08:55:29




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Just a rant guys:
Lets see cut the last 15 acres, that went well. Next day started to rake when the IH 454 just shut down at the farest part for the shop. walked back to the shop load truck with tools then back to the tractor. Well it vapor locked started right up. Finished raking and started running the round baler. Got 4 bale out when the belt twisted. OK back to the shop to fix the belts. while I'm fixing the belts the rain cut loose with the wind blown 50 mph. 2 inch of rain later I still have wet hay in the field. Some days it just don't pay to get out of bed. Maybe I'll get one of those wejee boards next time.

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super99

06-25-2006 04:49:43




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
Understand your frustration, that's why I gave up on hay. Several years ago, a neighbor told me he mowed hay in the rain and that gave him an extra day to dry before the next rain came. Now a different neighbor is mowing when they call for rain hoping to get it rained on. Sandy spots in fields are almost done for. Chris



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Lpman400

06-24-2006 14:57:26




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
I feel for all you guys and gals out there, my local NWS and local weather people are on my hate list as I type, it rains for 2 or 3 days and then they forcast 5 to 6 days of clear low humidity in the 80's and no rain in site @ 5 am. I drop 20 acres of hay before noon and when I get in for lunch they are now forcasting rain within 36 hours and yep they are correct it rains the following morning. Took the rest of the following week to get up pure alfalpha that was rained on 3 times. Cattle will hardly even look at this stuff, and yes it was all pre sold to a good customer that we have supplied hay for years too. I keeping this junk and sold last years 4th cutting to him to make up for my stupidity. I dropped 30 acres on Friday morning after a small tornado or microburst just about ruined everything in site on Wednesday night for my father-inlaw who agreed we need to drop this field now because the NWS says no rain and sunny for several days. Yep you guessed it, their calling for rain after 1:00 pm on Sunday and my father-inlaw is mad at me. I've been haying for almost 30 years now and have never had this much trouble in making dry hay. Guess it could be worse, corn and beans look better now than the past 5 years. Now after stating this it won't rain for the balance of the growing season. Now I know why dad sold me the hay ground and equipment cheap. Go figure!!!!! !

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Lpman400

06-24-2006 14:57:08




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
I feel for all you guys and gals out there, my local NWS and local weather people are on my hate list as I type, it rains for 2 or 3 days and then they forcast 5 to 6 days of clear low humidity in the 80's and no rain in site @ 5 am. I drop 20 acres of hay before noon and when I get in for lunch they are now forcasting rain within 36 hours and yep they are correct it rains the following morning. Took the rest of the following week to get up pure alfalpha that was rained on 3 times. Cattle will hardly even look at this stuff, and yes it was all pre sold to a good customer that we have supplied hay for years too. I keeping this junk and sold last years 4th cutting to him to make up for my stupidity. I dropped 30 acres on Friday morning after a small tornado or microburst just about ruined everything in site on Wednesday night for my father-inlaw who agreed we need to drop this field now because the NWS says no rain and sunny for several days. Yep you guessed it, their calling for rain after 1:00 pm on Sunday and my father-inlaw is mad at me. I've been haying for almost 30 years now and have never had this much trouble in making dry hay. Guess it could be worse, corn and beans look better now than the past 5 years. Now after stating this it won't rain for the balance of the growing season. Now I know why dad sold me the hay ground and equipment cheap. Go figure!!!!! !

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Don-Wi

06-23-2006 22:53:11




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
hat was last week for us. I cut on Sunday, then let it sit until I raked it on Friday. It wokred out good because it's a 14' cut and takes a while to dry out. On Saturday we baled 9 loads, I stacked 8. We planned to go at it again on Sunday, but then the rain came so we went golfing instead.

Today I got back out to the feild and filled all 5 hay racks we have, and there's atleast 2 more loads out there, possibly 3. I also cut the oats, peas & tritcal mix to start chopping it tomorrow, but first we have to finish baling, replace the points, rotor and cap on the 1600, put the hay head on the chopper (and the new shear bar) and get the chopper boxes out and lubed up. On Sunday we gotta be in church 1 hr away by 9 A.M. for my neice's baptism....

Think we bit off a little too much?

Donovan from Wisconsin

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Kelly Campbell

06-23-2006 17:36:59




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
Here's one for ya, the trip arm on my baller got stuck in the tie position and with every plunger stroke the needles went up into the knotters...you can probabbly guess what kinda of a mess that made. Need less to say I'm looking at $230 a piece for a set of new billhooks....I was really ready to throw in the towel that day.

I guess that there's a lot of truth to the saying bellow....



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Kelly Campbell

06-23-2006 17:36:58




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
Here's one for ya, the trip arm on my baller got stuck in the tie position and with every plunger stroke the needles went up into the knotters...you can probabbly guess what kinda of a mess that made. Need less to say I'm looking at $230 a piece for a set of new billhooks....I was really ready to throw in the towel that day.

I guess that there's a lot of truth to the saying bellow....



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hayray

06-23-2006 17:09:43




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
I can top that. I got cocky and doubled up rows of red clover and could not get it dry, so then I went and tried to flip the rows with my wheel rake, which is all I have and that sucks for that applicaiton, I created a disaster. The square baler ran out of shear bolts and the round baler broke a couple chains and the hay crew that I was paying sat and watched as I could not get any hay up, then it rained for two days. Finally got it round baled 3 days ago with a lot of unclogging and pulling hay out. By the way, I had all the small squares sold out of the field for $3.00 a bale if I could have got it done. I was about to stop farming that day, it was a living hell.

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David from Kansas

06-23-2006 15:42:34




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
Well, I can't resist the temptation to add my most recent baling nightmare,,,,er, experience. Had 500 small squares of wheat straw to bale which had been windrowed by the combine. My son had started and said one side was missing a tie occationally. Well, the occasionally turned in to quite freqently so after much frustration I decided to run the baler thru a knotting cycle by hand, determined one tucker finger was not bringing the twine quite far enough back, made a one turn adjustment on the linkage and worked perfect. Then the straw starts hanging up at the end of the auger (JD 348 baler) and after fighting that for an hour our so discovered that if I crowded the windrow to the inside of the baler, it would push the straw on into the path of the forks which drag it into the chamber. Within an hour, found the guage wheel of the pickup laying on the ground where it had decided to drop off. Bolt (cap screw) was out and I couldn't get it to tighten so assumed the threads were stripped. By this time I was totally hot and frustrated (it was 100 plus that day). My son shows up and volunteers to finish the baling so without hesitation I handed over the reins to him and went home. Later he said everything worked just fine. Sure glad I was able to work all the "bugs" out for him.

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old

06-23-2006 09:59:08




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
Shoot that type of problems are just the normal thing around my place. If the MOCO doesn't brake down then the rake tractor does and if both of them work ok then the baler brakes down. Which it did the other day. Got 10 bales out and then the hatch wouldn't stay closed so I baled the last few bales only 3 or 4 foot around. I still have to rebuild the cylinder on it to get it back up and running

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db120

06-23-2006 09:16:11




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Sam (MO), 06-23-2006 08:55:29  
Obviously, you are stalking me and copying my life! Seriously, though, these types of days seem to happen all the time. I guess that's what makes the days where everything falls into place so good. Better luck tommorrow, friend.



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Illinois Boy

06-23-2006 14:29:09




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to db120, 06-23-2006 09:16:11  
I remember someone asking my dad about what it's like to be a farmer. His reply was, "There's always something broke"...



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paul

06-23-2006 21:39:49




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to Illinois Boy, 06-23-2006 14:29:09  
Including the farmer....

--->Paul



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Jboz

06-26-2006 11:15:57




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 Re: baling Woe's in reply to paul, 06-23-2006 21:39:49  
We actually had a kick-but afternoon yesterday. Weather quacks predicted rain starting about 8pm. Neighbor had an alphalfa field down, heard him start baling about 4pm. Saw my other neighbor drive by w/ his baler, so I jumped in too! Hooked up & went to help. Had helper shuttling loaded wagons while all 3 of us baled. We did about 9 wagons in just over 2 hrs, just got the last one under cover when the rain started.

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