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RLA · Jun 29, 2012

I believe this is the first year in my 55 years
of be"en on the farm that all the 1st crop hay
is Off in June.. Most years we have 2 weeks one
could put in hay in June, This year had about 4?
We got Good rain last night in NW PA. A welcome
sight.. 7592 stupid cubes in the barn.. Some-
around 290 Round bales & 200 Wrapped bales. I
Hope we get rain all week, But I know we won"t
according to the Heat Wave coming, the
Corn/beans/ 2nd crop ought to JUMP for the next
few days.

rrlund · Jun 29, 2012

I just finished yesterday. 140 acres,755 round bales. Last year I think it was July 8th or some such thing. Could have been done last weekend if I hadn't been duped into believing it was goig to rain. Oh well,got the roundup sprayed on the corn and moved 400 bales off the field last week anyway.

Don-Wi · Jun 29, 2012

We did 2nd crop last weekend. The way it looks, we just might get 5 crops this year, instead of 3 1/2 like most years. Of course, a little more rain won't hurt a bit.

(I say 1/2 because not all of the 4th is worth burning fuel to go after....)

Donovan from Wisconsin

donjr · Jun 29, 2012

Rick- What size bales are you making?

rrlund · Jun 29, 2012

4x5 high density from a Gehl 1475TDC. When I bought it they claimed they were 1200 pound bales,but 900 will about catch most of'em.

Tx Jim · Jun 29, 2012

(quoted from post at 15:18:25 06/29/12) 4x5 high density from a Gehl 1475TDC. When I bought it they claimed they were 1200 pound bales,but 900 will about catch most of'em.

You're not by yourself. I bought some rd bales of Brome from Missouri last Fall and the gentleman stated the bales would weigh between 1150-1200#s because he had a 1 yr old NH baler. Bales were 4X5-1/2 and actually averaged 920# 's each. Certified scales bring out the true weight.

Hay_Man · Jun 29, 2012

Did you get a partial refund since the rolls were 255 lbs. lighter in hay than they were suppose to be? On a simi load of 40 rolls that would be 10,200 lbs. of hay that you were shorted.......or about 11 rolls @ 920 lbs. each.

donjr · Jun 29, 2012

That's some kind of good hay- close to 2 1/2 tons per acre. There have been years around here that was as much as we got all year. I guess we'll approach that this cutting, too. Dam goofy year, but lots of manure last year....

Tx Jim · Jun 30, 2012

(quoted from post at 20:01:22 06/29/12) Did you get a partial refund since the rolls were 255 lbs. lighter in hay than they were suppose to be? On a simi load of 40 rolls that would be 10,200 lbs. of hay that you were shorted.......or about 11 rolls @ 920 lbs. each.

No because I didn't buy the hay by the ton. I notified the seller and all he had to say is "well that he stated that's what he thought they would weigh". There was a lot of hay that was sold and hauled into Texas last year that wasn't the way it was represented.

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