Hay in a day.

Bruce from Can. · Aug 16, 2013

Cut hay just after 6:00am and started chopping at 3:00om on Monday. Beats waiting for it to gry for round bales.Bruce

M Nut · Aug 16, 2013

That is all nice looking, well cared for equipment. I don't see any moisture on the tires mowing at 6am. Must be arid in your area. In my area of MN I am now waiting until noon for the dew to be off to do any hay work.

randallinMo · Aug 16, 2013

Looks like "haylage" in a day to me. 'Cut at 6:00 am? Wow, around here, it would be wringing wet with dew. Sure is nice to not have to worry about leaving it out to dry! Your silage wagons look interesting to me. Are they dump beds, rear unload? Show us pictures of your silo where you store this feed. Did you rake two windrows together prior to chopping?

Bruce from Can. · Aug 16, 2013

Just no dew on this morning, rained that night! And yes those are dump wagons, all haylage and corn silage goes into a pit. And these are true pit silos, I just dug a trench 70 feet long into a hill behind the barn. One for hay, one for corn. They go from zero to 14 feet deep and are 40 feet wide, with earth sides and a cement floor. I built these when I bought this farm in 2004, and will be filling them for the tenth time, this year. Works very well, and cheap. My total cost for both pits was $8500.00 , including cement and excavtion. Bruce

James Howell · Aug 16, 2013

Very interesting!

Looks like quite an operation.

Thanks for sharing your photos with us.

bison · Aug 16, 2013

I wonder why you bought the new baler?

Bruce from Can. · Aug 16, 2013

Wet bales Bison,358 so far this year, sell 2-300 dry horse hay, and about 500 bales of straw. I guess next week I will get to find out how net wrap works on the straw. Just in for lunch now , and I am heading out to combine mixed grain. Maybe the wife will come by and snap some pics. Bruce

4020deereboy · Aug 16, 2013

Nice equipment thanks for the pics

ss55 · Aug 16, 2013

What is "mixed grain"? I've never heard that term used before.
Thank you in advance.

Bob Bancroft · Aug 16, 2013

There's so much demand for straw around here that a custom operator bales all of mine. I don't think they would do it without the net. Wheat straw baled a month ago is still not all picked up as it's been so wet!

Hay in a day.

Bruce from Can.

Well-known Member

M Nut

Well-known Member

randallinMo

Member

Bruce from Can.

Well-known Member

James Howell

Well-known Member

bison

Well-known Member

Bruce from Can.

Well-known Member

4020deereboy

Member

ss55

Well-known Member

Bob Bancroft

Well-known Member

Similar threads