I was chopping our 1st crop on Friday & Saturday. Saturday I broke a shear bolt so I got out the wrenches and hammer. Knocked out the old bolt, set the hammer on a small guard above a pulley and put in the new bolt. I put the wrenches away, fired up the chopper again and then ran the lever to reverse the feed rolls and get the slug through.
As soon as I stepped back form the chopper, the hammer must have fell from the guard and into the pulley. That thing hit me right square between the eyes. Thankfully I had sunglasses on, which absorbed most of the hit. Probably would've broke the bridge of my nose otherwise.
Took me a while to figure out what the heck happened and I only figured it out after looking around a few minutes and I finally spotted the ball pein a few feet away laying in the stubble.
Nothing damaged but my pride on that one, makes one stop & think a little bit.
Good news is, we got all of our 1st crop off this last weekend. We filled a 8x150' bag, and then we baled about 810 bales (5 full wagons). A little later than we would like, but still better than last years situation. The hay dried down fast and we could have baled on Saturday what I cut Wed. evening, without raking it. It was cut with our Hesston 1014+2 which takes a 14' pass, puts it through a 4' crimper unit, and then piles it into a 3' or so windrow. What we chopped was cut on Thurday evening and Friday morning, and was about right to chop.
Donovan from Wisconsin
As soon as I stepped back form the chopper, the hammer must have fell from the guard and into the pulley. That thing hit me right square between the eyes. Thankfully I had sunglasses on, which absorbed most of the hit. Probably would've broke the bridge of my nose otherwise.
Took me a while to figure out what the heck happened and I only figured it out after looking around a few minutes and I finally spotted the ball pein a few feet away laying in the stubble.
Nothing damaged but my pride on that one, makes one stop & think a little bit.
Good news is, we got all of our 1st crop off this last weekend. We filled a 8x150' bag, and then we baled about 810 bales (5 full wagons). A little later than we would like, but still better than last years situation. The hay dried down fast and we could have baled on Saturday what I cut Wed. evening, without raking it. It was cut with our Hesston 1014+2 which takes a 14' pass, puts it through a 4' crimper unit, and then piles it into a 3' or so windrow. What we chopped was cut on Thurday evening and Friday morning, and was about right to chop.
Donovan from Wisconsin
