Re: more on doing my own hay

Posted by Hayman on December 01, 2004 at 20:23:06 from (24.108.118.118):

In Reply to: more on doing my own hay posted by Doug, Ontario on December 01, 2004 at 17:39:05:

When I was a teen way back when we used an 8.N for our entire haying operation.The mowing was done with a Mcormick 6' horse mower with the tougue cut off.I sat on the mower to operate the sicle lift and also to give enough weight to the ground drive wheels while my 12 yr old brother drove the tractor.We had an old Case side delivery rake the four steel wheeled pull type,two big wheels on front and two small on rhe back.The baler was a P.T.O. New Holland "66",which is a smaller type baler.I operated it for a few seasons{till my dad went broke farming}.It was pretty much a full load for the 8N with lots of shifting in and out of gear to let the baler catch up because of the 8N's high gearing.It could never have pulled a wagon behind the baler.We cut and baled about 25-30 acres a year.
Raking was fun tho.I used to rake in third 7/8 throttle.One of the small trailing wheels broke off the Case rake but the other never did.
I used to wish we had two tractors or three like our neighbours.They used a W4 to rake,a Cockshutt 30 to mow and bale(live P.T.O.}.,and a Farmall A to pull wagons.This was Southern Ont. in the sixties.We got that poorr little tractor rebuilt every spring.It farmed eighty acres by itself.Plowing,discing,seeding,haying,joyriding,gettin'the jerseys snow blowing and more.I NEVER HAD A WIRE ON THE GOVERNOR.

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