Posted by Traditional Farmer on July 31, 2017 at 15:10:08 from (184.6.39.113):
In Reply to: The better way posted by 2underage on July 31, 2017 at 06:00:46:
I cut all my hay with 2 New Holland 456 sickle bar mowers.I generally mow with a 31 HP Yanmar and run 4 1/2 MPH with the 7ft mower.Gets the job done but not real fast for sure but in my area real fast equals torn up equipment as there are lots of stationary rocks to hit and very irregular fields.I bale about 400 5 1/2 X 5 1/2 bales a year with a couple NH 851 balers and use a NH 256 to rake most times.My two mowers cost me $500 each and the biggest expense is a new sickle assembly every year at about $125.Plus I like how the mowers cut the hay I hate the way the the disc mowers destroy the hay.Sickle mowers lays it down evenly and all I do most time is let it dry the day I cut, the next day and then rake and bale on the 3rd.No having to run a tedder beating the hay to pieces.Plus when I sell a load of cattle or goats I can do what I want with the money not make equipment payments.
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