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pork

03-24-2008 16:53:06




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we"ve just bought a wheel type v-rake. its made by ogden manufacturing, and folds out to form the "v". it has 5 wheels on each side and a kicker wheel in the center. we have never used this type of rake. does anyone have any tips for use or adjusting? we kept our old bar rake for rough ground and small fields.




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RickL

03-26-2008 06:09:11




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 Re: wheel rake in reply to pork, 03-24-2008 16:53:06  
It depends on which style V rake you talking here. Does it fold up like a butterfly in transport? Or does it simply fold in. Heres another easy way to tell me does it ride on two tires or four. I f two butterfly style four the bifold v rake style. they will both work but I prefer the 4wheel bifold style period over the other. If set correctly they can do a nice job. they can also be used to just turn the hay again if you know how to set them. And some models yes do have plug problems but thats only in the butterfly fold style units. As far as the tedder commment been there done those units and still assemble few year here but would not have one period from time I demo a unit. besides you still have to rake again after them. Let me know if you need more help setting what you have. You will be fine. Inlines are real popular also around here. I would never go back to bar rake personally

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Hay DR

03-25-2008 19:02:54




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 Re: wheel rake in reply to pork, 03-24-2008 16:53:06  
Tedder your hay and put the kicker wheel in the barn. We sold over a thousand wheel rakes and kicker wheels are worthless. The wheel will see the barn quickly if you have a good heavy crop. Tedder your hay and replace missing or broken teeth in your baler's pickup.



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hayray

03-25-2008 15:52:41




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 Re: wheel rake in reply to pork, 03-24-2008 16:53:06  
Good advice from everyone. I have a Gehl 8 wheel V-Rake and lund is right, the 10 wheel is too wide for a 9 or 10 foot mower. The thing I will add is that they are not good for having to re-flip the hay, they are pretty much a one pass instrument. Sometimes if you get caught and have to flip the windrows then that is why it is good to still have that bar rake around, I did not know that years ago when I switched rakes. For the wheel rakes few drawbacks I would still never switch rakes, I love mine.

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rrlund

03-25-2008 06:55:44




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 Re: wheel rake in reply to pork, 03-24-2008 16:53:06  
That 10 wheel is a little too wide for a 9 foot haybine if you just want to pull the 2 swaths together. I had one,the neighbor had an 8 with a 12 foot haybine. He had a problem with it not being wide enough. We just traded even money. Only advice I'd give is don't get it too close together in the rear. The hay will ride up and bunch. Get it just right and it makes a beautiful round bale. You can drive straight,don't even have to weave.

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JoshuaGA

03-24-2008 19:33:16




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 Re: wheel rake in reply to pork, 03-24-2008 16:53:06  
Most wheel rakes are pretty generic. nothing complicated about them, just drop it and go. People say you can go as fast as you can drive, although I found in grass hay it does best at 6 to 8 MPH in good hay. Try to rake in a straight line to make good windrows. I've ran plenty of wheel rakes, and in my opinion, you need to run a wheel rake at 60 degree angle max, after that, it just drags and don't turn. HTH

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KEH

03-24-2008 18:43:39




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 Re: wheel rake in reply to pork, 03-24-2008 16:53:06  

I have a 10 wheel V rake, but not that make so I'll make general statements.

The kicker wheel in the middle is to disturb the hay in the center so the baler can pick it up better. In theory, it will make one side of the windrow larger and therefore cause the bales to be larger on one side. No personal experience there.

You can spread the windrow out or close it up to meet the size of the baler pickup. You will have to experiment.

The wheel rake will do better on rough ground than the bar rake.

The wheel rake will rake as fast as you can sit on the tractor seat.

Be careful about making turns near posts, trees, etc. the back of the rake swings very wide. Don't ask me how I know this.

KEH

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