Hay making Equipment

I would look for a neighbor who is willing to do it on shares. If possible help him, you will learn a lot about equipment, how everything works, and the process if you are out there helping someone. When I first started haying I was helping a friend, after raking half the day he reached in his wallet and offered to pay me. I told him knowledge was all the pay I needed and believe me, it has paid off over the years. I"m still learning as it is a constant learning process but what I learned from helping others has paid off many times over.

You need a pretty good mower conditioner, a rake (for rolling to dry or wet times) and a baler. You will need to spend some money on that equipment.

Then you need a way to move all the bales. That takes time & equipment too.

--->Paul

He drags a 12 ft cut mower-conditioner. Rakes with a NH rollabar behind a 4wheeler usually. Bales almost all of it with a 4x4 NH round baler. Does a few squares with kicker wagons.

The kubota has a quick detach loader for loading and he happens to also run a trucking company. He has to borrow a bigger tractor to get the top row of bales on the truck.

The big mower cuts something like 7 acres an hour. He is looking to move to a bigger tractor and disc mower to save time.

You can buy 1000 pto mowers and round balers. Tractor is a bit big but hey a neighbour bales small squares with a 90 pto hp machine just to have his AC and cab.