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Question for Burrhead about cutting grass hay and thanks.

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Warren

08-14-2001 10:09:20




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Back in the archives there was a string about using a rotory mower to cut grass hay. Wondering if it could be done with the mower intact (left side on). Mine's new last year, not real hot on cutting it up.

Also thanks for the fax on the baler timing marks, still haven't found any used needles though. I was wondering if they came from the NH operators guide or somewhere else. Text came through fine, but pics needed help (our fax machine problem).

Thanks again,

Warren

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Robert in W. Mi.

08-14-2001 14:56:23




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 Re: Question for Burrhead about cutting grass hay and thanks. in reply to Warren, 08-14-2001 10:09:20  
I mow most of my hay with my Woods Brush hog. It has a side panel that you can unbolt when useing it for this purpose, but i like the job it does better with the side left on. Around here, it's hard to get hay to dry very fast, so letting the hog break the stems up a bit really helps! Maybe you, like Burrhead, live in a place where it isn't so hard to get hay to dry in a reasonable length of time. Robert

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Colin Mill

08-14-2001 15:36:23




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 Re: Re: Question for Burrhead about cutting grass hay and thanks. in reply to Robert in W. Mi., 08-14-2001 14:56:23  
How do you set the height of the hog? I've seen messages suggesting one side lower than the other and other messages suggesting the front lower than the back. Like you, my problem is getting enough drying weather and I'd also like to leave the side on (I can't quite bring myself to take a cutting torch to a nearly new machine)
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Colin



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Robert in W. Mi.

08-14-2001 17:30:12




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 Re: Re: Re: Question for Burrhead about cutting grass hay and thanks. in reply to Colin Mill, 08-14-2001 15:36:23  
I don't do any thing spl. to my rotary cutter. I leave it the same way year around. I keep the front skids a little off the ground, and have the back several inches higher than that. It does a pretty good job of spreading the hay around behind the hog, and that's what you want! (spread out means faster drying) I've tried sharpening the blades, and there wasn't any difference in how they cut, but i'm sure it takes less HP to cut with the blades sharp. I get the cleanest cut, by going back and forth on the same line, NOT going around the field. I overlap the tire track on each pass, so i'm cutting a second time, and against where the tractor track pushed the hay down. It won't cut as clean as a dedicated hay mower no matter what you do, but it doesn't plug all the time like a sickle bar mower either! (i do have NH 451 all so) BTW, i have a 6' Woods 3 point med. duty cutter, and i use it on an Agco Allis 45 HP tractor. The cutter is going to be replaced soon with a Woods 7' Brush Bull, with twin tail wheels. This is Woods "new" rotary cutter, and the med. duty hog has a 120 HP gear box, and cat. 4 drive line!!! I saw them first last Feb. at the Louisville Farm show, and knew i'd be buying one sooner or later. :) Robert

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Burrhead

08-14-2001 14:01:54




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 Re: Question for Burrhead about cutting grass hay and thanks. in reply to Warren, 08-14-2001 10:09:20  
Yep you can use the cutter intact. There will be some clippings that will be too fine for the rake and baler to pick up, that will cause a loss in quantity of bales, but if that's not a problem then it will do ok.

You're more than welcome and I hope you have good luck with it.



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