Posted by caterpillar guy on July 04, 2008 at 04:14:11 from (205.188.117.74):
In Reply to: Help! posted by Allan In NE on July 04, 2008 at 03:25:41:
We have 2 of the wheel rakes. If the dew gets off and the hay is too dry it will some times tend to catch on the last 2 wheels and make a rake knot. The big thing is to keep the teeth in those wheels if they break and not replaced it will be worse about rake knots. We took a 3PT wheel Vrake and modified it to rake 2 single windrows at once so every trip makes 2 windrows like with a regular rake a swath apart. Dad rakes in 2nd high with a 1466. So speed is not an issue. If your just raking grass hay and not real tall like 3ft tall they work great. Second cutting alfalfa is where they really shine.We rake singles then double or triple them up even put 4 together sometimes or in third cutting for round bales.
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