Hay inverting video....

[Absent Minded Farmer]

I usually don't think to make a video in between cutting & baling, but there's some footage this round.

This was another tall crop & made for slow going at times.... most of the time. It was a month overdue & stemmy. So, it got conditioned twice (I did not get the second time on camera.) Still had drying issues in the outside windrow & had to pitch a couple bales with some wet material in them. That video is still to come.

Enjoy!

Mike

 

[Ray,IN]

I've never seen a windrower like that; looks like it might knock off a lot of dried leaves?

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

I've never seen a windrower like that; looks like it might knock off a lot of dried leaves?

Generally speaking, no. Under most circumstances, I can go slow enough to save most of the leaves on dry alfalfa/clover hay. The leaves on the hay in this video weren't much worth saving. A lot of it was past it's prime, but not quite gone to seed yet. If anything, I shook out some dust.

Mike

 

[tom upton]

I also use an inverter. Best thing since sliced bread for turning windrows in my opinion. Nice video.

 

[560Dennis]

I think it does a nice job getting hay exposed to air ,if that’s the right . That’s the hot set up !

 

[farmersamm]

Back when I used to put up Haygrazer, I always wanted one of those. As it was, I used a 2 wheel 3pt rake to do pretty much the same thing. Wasn't perfect, but it would flip the windrow pretty well.

Your inverter is still the best way to go

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

I think it does a nice job getting hay exposed to air ,if that’s the right . That’s the hot set up !

It does get the windrows extra fluffy to get the air through. Pretty much the reason why I haven't gone out to get a standard rake. Really don't need it.

Mike

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Back when I used to put up Haygrazer, I always wanted one of those. As it was, I used a 2 wheel 3pt rake to do pretty much the same thing. Wasn't perfect, but it would flip the windrow pretty well.

Your inverter is still the best way to go

It would be interesting to see what the inverter would do in a field of Haygrazer. That stuff can get pretty heavy, even with a 7' cut. It does look like it would flow nicely, just going by some pictures on the 'net.

Mike

 

[560Dennis]

It does get the windrows extra fluffy to get the air through. Pretty much the reason why I haven't gone out to get a standard rake. Really don't need it.

Mike

Thought you had a rake in a previous video ️

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

Back when I used to put up Haygrazer, I always wanted one of those. As it was, I used a 2 wheel 3pt rake to do pretty much the same thing. Wasn't perfect, but it would flip the windrow pretty well.

Your inverter is still the best way to go

That's how I use my Ford 503. It hangs out to the left about four feet. I run the left wheel a little on the windrow and it just turns it over. Usually got the opposite direction and it undoes the roping.

 

[showcrop]

Here in the Northeast we would have run the tedder over it a second or third time before raking. When it isn't quite dry and needs to sit over another night we will rake in late afternoon then tip the windrows mid next morning by using just the last third of a regular rake.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Thought you had a rake in a previous video ️

No sir. There is a three bar rake here, but in need of assembly & some painting yet. That will eventually be going on display behind my '39 H (which has little hope of revival).

Mike

 

[Mike(NEOhio)]

Back when I used to put up Haygrazer, I always wanted one of those. As it was, I used a 2 wheel 3pt rake to do pretty much the same thing. Wasn't perfect, but it would flip the windrow pretty well.

Your inverter is still the best way to go

OK, what is Haygrazer?

 

[farmersamm]

OK, what is Haygrazer?

Sorghum Sudan. A huge producer, but a nasty crop to deal with if you're baling it for hay. Look it up..........you'll be shocked that anyone would mess with it. It's excellent for green chop, but the pits for hay. You have to have a bit of masochism in you to put it up as hay.

 

[farmersamm]

Sorghum Sudan. A huge producer, but a nasty crop to deal with if you're baling it for hay. Look it up..........you'll be shocked that anyone would mess with it. It's excellent for green chop, but the pits for hay. You have to have a bit of masochism in you to put it up as hay.

But, it's cow candy. Back in the day, I never used to do any kind of supplemental feed. Just cubed them to get them out of the dry lot to put out bales. It's some awesome stuff. Pure sugar. 10 round bales to the acre on 2 cuttings. AWESOME.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

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But, it's cow candy. Back in the day, I never used to do any kind of supplemental feed. Just cubed them to get them out of the dry lot to put out bales. It's some awesome stuff. Pure sugar. 10 round bales to the acre on 2 cuttings. AWESOME.

That stuff is a mile high! nice crop!

Wonder how my hay conditioner would handle it?

Mike

 

[paul]

Nice video. Need to have a windrower and size the inverter to the windrower to make that work well. They do make bigger inverters that gather up loose hay and windrow it, but they seem to be a different design really.

Back in the late 70s early 80s all the dairy folk discovered inverters around here for the alfalfa. Low leaf loss and sure helps drying. Over time now dairy has faded away to only a few bigger outfits, and they put up wet alfalfa any more, too difficult to make hundreds of acres of dry hay in our typical wet humid summers.

Tedders just are not a thing here. I bought one last fall at an auction, that makes one person I know having one. It did help me get some hay through the multiple rains we have had. But they are not a normal common tool around here, likely because alfalfa is popular. Yea I even used the Tedder on my 4 acres of alfalfa, but it’s not a good normal practice really beats up the leaves. Just tried it to see what it does with the rain that was coming not much to lose.

Again, neat video!

Paul

 

[joeysmith]

You have to have a bit of masochism in you to put it up as hay

Lol
Excellent description
Stuff can be a pain

 

[paul]

That stuff is a mile high! nice crop!

Wonder how my hay conditioner would handle it?

Mike

I hear of Haygrazer, I didn’t realize that’s what it is!

Fast growing tall leafy stuff that yields well but just very tough to deal with, doesn’t dry well and according to the neighbor it doesn’t ferment well at least for him, either.

I deal with 8 acres of reed canary grass, grows almost the same taller than the tractor, more coarse less sugars but dries down much easier. If only the ground under it ever does.

Paul

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

I hear of Haygrazer, I didn’t realize that’s what it is!

Fast growing tall leafy stuff that yields well but just very tough to deal with, doesn’t dry well and according to the neighbor it doesn’t ferment well at least for him, either.

I deal with 8 acres of reed canary grass, grows almost the same taller than the tractor, more coarse less sugars but dries down much easier. If only the ground under it ever does.

Paul

I have one plant of canary grass on the corner of my field. Been there for years & hasn't left it's spot. Been thinking of spraying it off as it does not dry down with the rest of the field.

I bet it would be really good green chopped!

Mike