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Re: Hay Stakin' Tools
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Posted by Eldon (WA) on January 12, 2005 at 22:47:45 from (24.18.124.185):
In Reply to: Re: Hay Stakin' Tools posted by SuperCmore on January 12, 2005 at 08:04:16:
We mowed and raked the hay....a lot of people used huge dump rakes because the hay was so thin. Then we had a JD B set up with a sweep (hay basket) on the front to buck up the hay in bunches and push it to an area where a stack was made. The sweep only tilted back....no need to lift up. The B had a high speed reverse, so it made for quick trips back to get another buck. You hardly ever turned the tractor around. Then a tractor with FarmHand (or similar) loader with hay basket was used to stack the hay in a big pile. In the fall, the stacks would have settled quite a bit and a hay sled was used to move them into a feed yard. These sleds were made of long rails with roller chains running on top of them. The sled was tilted and the chains helped pull the stack on as the tractor pushed the sled under the stack. Stack was hauled to feed yard and the chains reversed direction and slid the stack off. Earlier sleds had only a big cable on a winch. The cable had to be wrapped around the stack to pull it on the sled.
When feeding the stacked hay, the hay basket on the loader was replaced with a bucket or manure fork and an additional grapple fork on top. This setup could rip the hay out of the stack. A lot of the hay was ground up using a huge tub- like grinder which made it more palatable for the livestock. We loaded this in feeder or mixer wagons to feed...a lot of it got mixed with sileage for a better feed ration.
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