Posted by Don-Wi on September 24, 2012 at 18:35:05 from (75.249.2.216):
In Reply to: Now it's here... posted by Don-Wi on September 24, 2012 at 16:06:21:
It's alfalfa we'll be mixing. We do somewhere around 1/2 hay to 1/2 corn, give or take, until one or the other is gone. In the past without 2 choppers we'd fill all 4 wagns 1/2 way with corn, then switch heads and fill them the rest of the way but then chop until almost done with the hay and then do all 4 1/2 full again, and then switch back to corn.
Not sure how many loads of hay are out there on the new seeding, as we already took 4th crop off the rest of our hay ground on labor day weekend. This is about a 10-12 acre field only, so it won't be a whole lot. It will still add up though.
It's common enough if a guy has 2 choppers. It drives our county agent nuts when we tell him what the mix is because he says he can't figure out what to say for a ration then... We tell him well we did it anyway so figure it out. It's a 1/2 & 1/2 mix...
He also complains if we mix our oats & peas w/ 1st or 2nd crop. Again, 1/2 & 1/2, give or take...
Weldon- it may have picked up a bit more if it were a narrow head as we plant on 32" centers, but it's a wide head at 38". Still did a great job, and next year I may just try to find a 880N2 instead of the 880R2. Like you said, the center did miss a little bit more, but atleast the outside snout caught enough and we got below the cob. This field has lots of corn in it. The ears were filled all the way to the tip.
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