Posted by Billy NY on May 13, 2010 at 03:45:54 from (74.70.28.34):
In Reply to: hay combustion posted by chrisinsoky on May 12, 2010 at 23:23:54:
I've had some trouble with moisture over the years with mostly 2nd cut, in ideal weather conditions, it varies, field to field, wet areas in fields etc., on that note I try to check carefully, even then it happened last year, really nice 2nd cut thick grasses, several days of clear sunny days, light winds, 60-70 F, full sun on the fields, I used the tedder and then side delivery rake, one small field it was borderline, long story short, I've found sometimes you really have to check the windrows and use care when raking, darned hay was cut, left in the swath, 2 days, tedded, then raked, still some wet bales.
I had another guy run the baler and I hand stacked the wagon, you could easily tell by the bale weight, what was going on, so I separated what i could when I loaded the truck for delivery to our barn, then separated them at the barn, I reduced the loss, but in a few hundred bales I found a couple of warm or hot ones, you definitely want to check those bales with your hands for heat. In the past, I received hay on the wagon and when stacking, I had 23 wet bales, I left one to see if it would heat, the others I opened the bales and spread on tarps, fed when dry after 2 weeks, (horses) There can be lots of variables, just don't take any chances, any questionable bales, separate them dry em down, salt or discard, it's not worth it.
Seems every time I get involved with 2nd cut this issue arises for one reason or another. The guy I work with on this has just got a Kuhn rake, supposed to be better than the old NH side delivery, we shall see LOL !
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