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Will a crimper help me?

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Tom A

04-22-2003 04:49:54




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I've got one lowland field that I've tried haying off of for several years. Rarely can I get the hay to dry enough to get it to keep without molding...even in the dead of summer, it just won't quite get dry enough. Seems like it is dry, but then the mold just appears. I don't have the problem with my other hayfields. But even in the worst drought in decades, the grass grows well in this field so I'd really like to get it dried.

I mow with a sicklebar mower, and now put the hay up loose, although I'd like to bale again eventually.

There's a crimper for sale at an auction this week. Is it worth me buying a crimper? How much of a difference will it make in the drying? I really don't want to spend lots of money on implements I don't need (haybine is out of the question) for my little place, but if it'll help and it is cheap I'd like to get it.

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Tom A

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Carter and Carter Machinery

04-23-2003 06:53:31




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 Re: Will a crimper help me? in reply to Tom A, 04-22-2003 04:49:54  
With a disc or drum mower you can mow early in the morning, a sickle bar mower you must wait until the dew is gone. Then use a tedder in the morning to tedd the hay, this will allow the ground to get some air and dry. You can not dry hay until the ground under the hay drys first.



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chaney creek

04-22-2003 18:55:05




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 Re: Will a crimper help me? in reply to Tom A, 04-22-2003 04:49:54  
Get it. It will make better hay all the way around and save you drying time. I bought one for 50 bucks plus another 75 for home made pto shaft at a farm liquidator. It sat on his lot for over a year - no one wanted it. I think I did ok. Some people said I would be sorry but so far so good. Good luck!



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Tractor Dan

04-22-2003 12:34:45




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 Re: Will a crimper help me? in reply to Tom A, 04-22-2003 04:49:54  
yes a crimper would be alot of help but all the crimpers iv ever seen work seem to take alot of power to run good luck



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Bill in Ont.

04-22-2003 09:58:52




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 Re: Will a crimper help me? in reply to Tom A, 04-22-2003 04:49:54  
Tom;
I really feel your best investment would be in a crimper rather than a tedder. The direct benefit of the crimper if used immediately after cutting is that it will reduce drying time and will promote even and thorough drying. This is achieved by the crimper action of crushing the stem which allows the juice to dry faster and the broken stems causes the hay to stand up or lay in a fluffed up condition as it comes out of the crimper. This gets the hay up off the ground away from any dampness that may be there and it is more open to allow air to flow through it. This all makes for quicker and more even drying.
Goodluck....Bill in Ont.

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Sid

04-22-2003 05:07:45




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 Re: Will a crimper help me? in reply to Tom A, 04-22-2003 04:49:54  
In my opinion based on my experience a crimper will help, but it seems to me that the crimper needs to be the same width as the cutter bar of your mower or you will have problems with it feeding through the machine. A crimper not only crimps but fluffs the hay and in the case of grass I think that the fluffing of the grass is what helps the most. I think the use of a tedder would be of more benefit than a crimper in the case of grass hay. This is just what seems to work best around here.

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Sid

04-22-2003 05:07:39




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 Re: Will a crimper help me? in reply to Tom A, 04-22-2003 04:49:54  
In my opinion based on my experience a crimper will help, but it seems to me that the crimper needs to be the same width as the cutter bar of your mower or you will have problems with it feeding through the machine. A crimper not only crimps but fluffs the hay and in the case of grass I think that the fluffing of the grass is what helps the most. I think the use of a tedder would be of more benefit than a crimper in the case of grass hay. This is just what seems to work best around here.

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