Sometimes too tight will cause the rolls and shafts to bend in the middle. The result is less overall conditioning. Depends on you are of the country. Is your land irrigated and the hay can safely lay for a week without getting spoiled by rain. Around here we often cut hay when it's raining with hopes of getting 3 good drying days before the next rain storm. We almost always had to rake the hay on the 2nd day to allow the bottom half of the windrow to cure. Rare to bale late in the evening or even before 10:30 in the morning. The evening dew would make the hay too tough. A 9 or 10 foot mower/condiitoner or a crimper equiped swather was the max for square or round bales. A 12ft or wider cut was usually used for haylage as the windrow couldn't be dried in time.
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