A new personal best, 217

kyhayman · Jun 5, 2011

Set a new personal record for myself yesterday, 217 4x5 rounds after 1 pm. Would have gotten more but I ran out of hay, fuel, twine, and energy. Today was as close to a day off as I take. Took my kid to see Pirates, and just generally hung out around the house.

Hired help ran into a legal jam so I was on my own turning it over. Raked it all the day before and rolled 65, started flipping the windrows at 11 yesterday and got on the baler at 1. Old record for me was 166. Hope I never have to try and beat it, or this again. Oh, and the rain that was supposed to come today and tonight faded away.

okierob · Jun 5, 2011

I'll never come close to that with this old twine baler and hilly ground.

Made one round and started on second windrow and poped the a/c belt.

Being sunday and nothing open within 50 miles i had to quit.

Reid1650 · Jun 5, 2011

Sounds like you had a good day David. Im hopin to start rollin here tomorrow.

Formerly PaMike · Jun 6, 2011

Wow, thats good. Friday and Saturday were some of the fastest hay drying days I have ever seen here. It wasnt that hot but we had a good breeze, and the ground was dry.
Did you get them all picked up and in the barn too? You must have a big rake to get that much raked up...

kyhayman · Jun 6, 2011

Rake wise, I start with a 9 wheel inline. I try to set the haybine to swath enough to where I can catch 1.5 11 foot swaths each way, then when that dries out I can flip it with a 256 NH bar rake to get the bottom side dry. May have to flip again, thats why it hurt so bad being down a man.

None of them in yet. The rain didnt appear, slight chance end of this week so I'm going to cut again today. We've got around a hundred staged to go in the barn. What I try to do is move and stage rolls on gravel pads in front of the barn where they are going. Let them sit there for a week or so monitoring moisture. Sometimes hay that was dead dry going into the bale will sweat enough it will act crazy in a tight stack of round bales. Not many things worse than going past a barn that you just stacked 300 rolls in and smelling one that you know is getting hot. Nothing to do but pick through them til you find it, and usually by then its spread to some others.

thurlow · Jun 6, 2011

Lots of hay!!! Owned 2 different 605 Vermeers way back when; always knew I'd get 150 bales one day, but it never happened. Did 140-plus a few times.......

charlie n · Jun 6, 2011

Made a lot a hay and nothing broke?That's always a good day.

sotxbill · Jun 7, 2011

dont move rounds for a week or longer.. otherwise you will burn down the barn!!!!!! leave em spread out in the field.

A new personal best, 217

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