Cutting Hay In Sask

rusty6 · Jul 27, 2020

Got some hay cut today. The 40+ year old tractor and haybine worked great. Beautiful scenery and decent hay crop too. So I shot some video from the cab as I worked.

2090 And 479

jal-SD · Jul 27, 2020

Beautiful scenery, looks like some of your low spots (swamps?) have been or are drying up. I see some dead "brushie" stuff is close to obviously wet areas because you can see water shining out in the middle.

rusty6 · Jul 27, 2020

(quoted from post at 06:20:17 07/27/20) Beautiful scenery, looks like some of your low spots (swamps?) have been or are drying up. I see some dead "brushie" stuff is close to obviously wet areas because you can see water shining out in the middle.

Yes, there is a lot of water killed trees showing now. There are also a lot of new poplars growing right out in the grass. The haybine cuts through them as long as I don't leave them grow more than a year.

Northvale PA · Jul 27, 2020

Ok. So, I use to run a NH 469. Top speed was 4th gear on my JD 4020, doing thinner 3rd cut. Now, I run a NI 5209 discbine in 5th gear. I can go in 6th but normally do not. I want the hay cut and crimped well. But in any case, watching your video is like watching farm work in slow motion. Seriously, I could not go back to mowing with a haybine at such a slow speed. Have you thought about trading up? Ever use one? I envied those guys for years. It is enjoyable to go around a field quickly and finish in a reasonable amount of time. I almost always mow in the evening. Years ago I dreaded 1st cut hay. No problem now.

rusty6 · Jul 27, 2020

(quoted from post at 18:42:52 07/27/20) But in any case, watching your video is like watching farm work in slow motion. Seriously, I could not go back to mowing with a haybine at such a slow speed. Have you thought about trading up? Ever use one?

If you only knew what a huge step up this 479 is for me. Every time I use it I think back to the old sickle bar NH that would plug in prairie grass. Lift, back up, finally get off and unplug it by hand. It was smaller, only 7 feet, and I had to drive even slower or the knife would hammer. It eventually broke the pitmanless drive. So you see its all relative. I'm as happy as can be with my 43 year old Holland haybine that I paid cash for. For the amount of hay I have to cut it is plenty adequate.

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