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Tom-nj

06-25-2004 04:53:12

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It looks like I can not beat the rain that is forecasted for saturday. The 4 acres of mixed hay was cut Wednesday night with a JD No.5 mower. The hay is laying flat and the rain is on the way. When I cut the chance of rain was 30 %. My question is what should I do after the rain? Let it dry with the hay flat on the ground as it is now or rake the wet hay and let it dry in the raked wind rows. I do not have a tedder.

Thanks for your advise.

Tom

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Kelly C

06-25-2004 21:13:55

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Re: Wet hay in reply to Tom-nj, 06-25-2004 04:53:12

Ok here is the poop on tedding with a rake. it is defenently harder to do that just using a tedder buy you got to use what you have.

1st rake the hay into windrows, just like if you were going to bale it.
This gets the hay up on top of the stubble.
Then you go back over the field with the rake. Only this time you have one side of the rake set low and the other set high.
What this does then is spreads the windrow out over like say a 5 foot area.
Works great. I had to do it about 5 or 6 times last year and never lost any hay.

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Kelly C

06-25-2004 21:24:52

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Re: Re: Wet hay in reply to Kelly C, 06-25-2004 21:13:55

Just one thing. Rake into single windrow. Dont dubble them up.
Just rake clock wise into windrows to center of field. Then reset the rake to ted then bust the windrows counter clock wise back to the out side.

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Tom -nj

06-25-2004 09:10:48

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Re: Wet hay in reply to Tom-nj, 06-25-2004 04:53:12

Thank you all for your advise and replies. I use a NH 56 to rake.

Tom

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Errin OH

06-25-2004 09:02:30

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Re: Wet hay in reply to Tom-nj, 06-25-2004 04:53:12

Just outta curiosity, what are you using for a rake? Prior to getting the tedder a few weeks ago, I was tedding with my rake. Old pull type NI, put it in reverse (roller bars) and it becomes a tedder of sorts. Doesn't really ted but you can set it to flip & fluff, or as I did just skim off the top and expose more surface area to the sun. Dried a lot of clover that way. Cut it, skim it the next day, and filp & fluff a couple times over two or three days.

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Wayne Kittler

06-25-2004 07:20:43

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Re: Wet hay in reply to Tom-nj, 06-25-2004 04:53:12

Let it lay. When the top dries from the rain, completely dry, rake it lossely into a light windrow. I completely agree about the tedders.

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Devin

06-25-2004 06:52:38

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Re: Wet hay in reply to Tom-nj, 06-25-2004 04:53:12

Tom,
DO NOT TAKE THE HAY INTO A ROW. If you don't have a tedder and it's gonna rain let it do it before you rake it. I had some cut two weeks ago and one of my landlords thought he would do me a favor while I was at work and rake the hay for me. I guess he didn't check the forcast. It rained an inch that night and it took me seven days to get it dried out enough to roll. My neighbor fekt sorry for me and went and teddered it back out of the row when he found out about my predicament. I'm buying a tedder next year.
Devin

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Larry S.

06-25-2004 06:30:44

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Re: Wet hay in reply to Tom-nj, 06-25-2004 04:53:12

I agree with somehow getting your hands on a hay tedder. We have been using one since they first stated comming out in the early 1980's. Here in West MI I have had over 14"+ of rain in the past month and a half. I could not put up even an acre if not for my teddar. Do not rake into a windrow if possible. You will have to roll it to many times and it still will not dry properly.

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TGIN

06-25-2004 05:18:52

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Re: Wet hay in reply to Tom-nj, 06-25-2004 04:53:12

Let it dry on top as much as posable then rake up fluffy so air can move through it . You my havto bump it over a few times to get it dry .

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rob

06-25-2004 05:10:59

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Re: Wet hay in reply to Tom-nj, 06-25-2004 04:53:12

You need to borrow or rent a tedder. I quit raking anything until it is ready to bale because it just won't dry in the windrow for me. May be different in other places though.

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Rick in Michigan

06-25-2004 06:21:37

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Re: Re: Wet hay in reply to rob, 06-25-2004 05:10:59

I give up. What is a "Tedder"? How is it different than a rake? Does it spread the windrow out allowing it to dry easier?

Of all the things I have, answers isn't one of them!

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Hay Dr.

06-26-2004 12:29:41

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Re: Re: Re: Wet hay in reply to Rick in Michigan, 06-25-2004 06:21:37

Tedder pictured

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frank

06-25-2004 08:28:05

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Re: Re: Re: Wet hay in reply to Rick in Michigan, 06-25-2004 06:21:37

if you don't know the haying process.Do some reseasrch on it.ALSO use the book called a dictionary. look up rake, tedder. have a find day

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Rick

06-25-2004 12:18:58

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Wet hay in reply to frank, 06-25-2004 08:28:05

Frank,
Remember not everyone can be as smart as you. I bet sometime in your younger years you didn't know everything. Have some patience with others.... Actually judging by your response, I bet you think you know everything. You mention a book called a dictionary. Maybe you should take a look through one to make sure you use the proper grammar and capitalization in your postings.
Signed,
Far from perfect.

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txblu

06-25-2004 06:32:55

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Re: Re: Re: Wet hay in reply to Rick in Michigan, 06-25-2004 06:21:37

Take your hands palm down and put your finger tips on a table top (with hands next to each other).

Now stir your hands in a circular motion outs to ins. That is a tedder. It scatters clumps of hay into a thin even layer of grass.

I bought one this year and will never be without it again. Best thing you can do to get a good, even, fast cure on grass.

Mark

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Rick in Michigan

06-28-2004 05:11:36

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Wet hay in reply to txblu, 06-25-2004 06:32:55

Thanks for the description and picture. Never saw one before, though have read alot about them on this site.

Oh, and "frank" - I have been making hay for 35 years. Always pulling a roll-a-bar rake, on the wagon, or in the barn until last year when I bought my own equipment. I asked a couple of farmers in the area about tedders and they just gave me a puzzled look.

You go ahead and have your own "find day".

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txblu

06-28-2004 05:55:48

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Wet hay in reply to Rick in Michigan, 06-28-2004 05:11:36

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