Hay is baled

[jon f mn]

Cut my alfalfa hay last Saturday, Sunday I ran over it with the conditioner to fluff and crimp it again to help drying.

I've thought about getting a Tedder, but with all the rain I get here I think this is better. It still fluffs the hay, but also crimps it again which I think helps a lot. Also it leaves it in a row so rain doesn't destroy it right away. There are some tedders in use around here, especially those that do grass hay, but many use these old conditioners too. I did get 2 small showers totalling 1/10" Tuesday and Wednesday, but that didn't hurt the hay too much. Thursday my brother came and turned the hay so it could dry on the bottom.
Friday morning I raked 2 rows together for baling.

That made some very large wind rows. Was still a bit of wet left in it so I went and spread nitrogen on the corn.

Corn is doing well, coming up on knee high.

Forgot a pic of baling, but the 830 works good on my Vermeer 504 super G baler. Got 25 4x5 bales from 3.6 acres.

I didn't get enough twine on some of the bales and it busted it after the bales sat for a while. I'll have to work on getting more on in the future.

I forgot the pic I took of the grass hay I have to cut yet, it is also very tall and thick. You can see in this puc it's taller than the 18.4/34 tires on my 830.

Looks like a week of rain coming so the other hay will wait a bit.

 

[Hoofer B]

Looking good with all those cases. What animals do you all have now. I lost track? Bill

 

[M Nut]

Glad you got the hay baled, and great yield too! I need to get going on hay here too, but can’t catch a break in the rains. Our clay soil holds moisture, just too wet yet. I saw one field yesterday afternoon that was raked, and about 100ft into the windrow, the John Deere 4230 and round baler were sunk down in the mud…….. Thats why I’m staying out of the fields for now!

 

[Bruce from Can.]

Nice ! You certainly have had more cooperative weather than we have been experiencing. We have had frequent showers and tornado warnings, a crazy thunderstorm all in the past 4 days.

 

[JOCCO]

Jon old rule of thumb was up to 1/4 inch of rain on windrows would be ok. I like tedders (even with a conditioner) I like the spinner type with 2 to 6 spinners. nice to see pictures of the 400 on here.

 

[jon f mn]

Looking good with all those cases. What animals do you all have now. I lost track? Bill

The last of the fat hogs go to butcher later today, that leaves 6 bred gilts and boar for pigs. The fat cattle went to butcher a couple weeks ago, that leaves 5 left for next year. The pigs will start farrowing in August and I'll buy more cattle about then too.

 

[chcase]

Cut my alfalfa hay last Saturday, Sunday I ran over it with the conditioner to fluff and crimp it again to help drying.

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I've thought about getting a Tedder, but with all the rain I get here I think this is better. It still fluffs the hay, but also crimps it again which I think helps a lot. Also it leaves it in a row so rain doesn't destroy it right away. There are some tedders in use around here, especially those that do grass hay, but many use these old conditioners too. I did get 2 small showers totalling 1/10" Tuesday and Wednesday, but that didn't hurt the hay too much. Thursday my brother came and turned the hay so it could dry on the bottom.
Friday morning I raked 2 rows together for baling.
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That made some very large wind rows. Was still a bit of wet left in it so I went and spread nitrogen on the corn.

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Corn is doing well, coming up on knee high.

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Forgot a pic of baling, but the 830 works good on my Vermeer 504 super G baler. Got 25 4x5 bales from 3.6 acres.

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I didn't get enough twine on some of the bales and it busted it after the bales sat for a while. I'll have to work on getting more on in the future.

I forgot the pic I took of the grass hay I have to cut yet, it is also very tall and thick. You can see in this puc it's taller than the 18.4/34 tires on my 830.

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Looks like a week of rain coming so the other hay will wait a bit.

Happy to see you were able to get that hay baled. It has been really hard to get hay dried by us.I am happy I have no hay ground to deal with this year. My soybeans are doing well so far. Truly happy to see your photos of your projects.Keep them coming.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Cut my alfalfa hay last Saturday, Sunday I ran over it with the conditioner to fluff and crimp it again to help drying.

View attachment 75296

I've thought about getting a Tedder, but with all the rain I get here I think this is better. It still fluffs the hay, but also crimps it again which I think helps a lot. Also it leaves it in a row so rain doesn't destroy it right away. There are some tedders in use around here, especially those that do grass hay, but many use these old conditioners too. I did get 2 small showers totalling 1/10" Tuesday and Wednesday, but that didn't hurt the hay too much. Thursday my brother came and turned the hay so it could dry on the bottom.
Friday morning I raked 2 rows together for baling.
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That made some very large wind rows. Was still a bit of wet left in it so I went and spread nitrogen on the corn.

View attachment 75301

Corn is doing well, coming up on knee high.

View attachment 75302

Forgot a pic of baling, but the 830 works good on my Vermeer 504 super G baler. Got 25 4x5 bales from 3.6 acres.

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I didn't get enough twine on some of the bales and it busted it after the bales sat for a while. I'll have to work on getting more on in the future.

I forgot the pic I took of the grass hay I have to cut yet, it is also very tall and thick. You can see in this puc it's taller than the 18.4/34 tires on my 830.

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Looks like a week of rain coming so the other hay will wait a bit.

That's some great looking hay!! The grass hay is tall here too. Up to my armpits in spots & I'm 6' 2". There's a few individual clumps of grass that are head high.

Is that a Case conditioner you are pulling? Did Case make those or were they outsourced?

Mike

 

[jon f mn]

That's some great looking hay!! The grass hay is tall here too. Up to my armpits in spots & I'm 6' 2". There's a few individual clumps of grass that are head high.

Is that a Case conditioner you are pulling? Did Case make those or were they outsourced?

Mike

This is a new idea brand. Case did make one and I'm hoping to find one some day. They are very complex with an option for 4 rollers among other things. I would really like to find one and would travel to most any state of I found one.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

This is a new idea brand. Case did make one and I'm hoping to find one some day. They are very complex with an option for 4 rollers among other things. I would really like to find one and would travel to most any state of I found one.

I thought the gear box looked a bit familiar. Is it steel over steel?

I'll keep you in mind if I see a Case conditioner. Were you also looking for a Case grain binder at one point or am I thinking of someone else?

Mike

 

[shaun wallace]

The Case self propelled mower conditioner we had in 1968 was a rebadged Hesston.

 

[jon f mn]

I thought the gear box looked a bit familiar. Is it steel over steel?

I'll keep you in mind if I see a Case conditioner. Were you also looking for a Case grain binder at one point or am I thinking of someone else?

Mike

Not a grain binder. I was looking for a 555 haybine but got one. I am also looking for a case silage box, made by helix. I would also go anywhere in the 48 states for that.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Not a grain binder. I was looking for a 555 haybine but got one. I am also looking for a case silage box, made by helix. I would also go anywhere in the 48 states for that.

I'll keep my eyes peeled for a chopper box, too. Don't recall if I've ever seen one.... nor a Helix. Their auger wagons, yes. There were several of those around here, along with a couple IH units.

Mike

 

[stevob671]

G;ad you got yours done! Here west of Minneapolis we got almost half inch between those 2 rains and 2.75" from Saturday into Sunday (4.75 for June so far). Glad I didn't have hay cut or it would have been floating as there is as much as 6" water in the low spots and the ditches are running! The little I got done so far, I also ran the old conditioner over to fluff and spread somewhat to help as the ground is just so wet.

 

[Destroked 450]

It took 2 weeks between rain showers but we finished first cutting Saturday
427 4x5 rolls plus 100 squares

 

[J Wendt]

Congratulations Jon. Still raining here, I missed my chance. I let work get in the way. Luckily its just over grown pastures that I cut. If it quits raining next week I'll have to make baled sticks. It will be better than snow banks next winter.

 

[Texasmark]

You mentioned a conditioner rather than a tedder, I didn't see anything in the pictures other than a rotary cutter, a rake, and rolled up hay without showing the roller. Interested in what conditioner you are referencing. The term "conditioner" to me accompanies a sickle, or disc type cutter with crop alignment wheel at the front and crimp rollers to smash the stems, prior to discharge.

With the tedders which I have had and for which I am familiar, you would have had to work that field slowly with that much crop to scatter. Nice crops.

 

[Bill VA]

Looks great! Nice to see the old Case equipment doing the job!

 

[MJMJ]

You mentioned a conditioner rather than a tedder, I didn't see anything in the pictures other than a rotary cutter, a rake, and rolled up hay without showing the roller. Interested in what conditioner you are referencing. The term "conditioner" to me accompanies a sickle, or disc type cutter with crop alignment wheel at the front and crimp rollers to smash the stems, prior to discharge.

With the tedders which I have had and for which I am familiar, you would have had to work that field slowly with that much crop to scatter. Nice crops.

The conditioner is in the very first picture.

 

[jon f mn]

You mentioned a conditioner rather than a tedder, I didn't see anything in the pictures other than a rotary cutter, a rake, and rolled up hay without showing the roller. Interested in what conditioner you are referencing. The term "conditioner" to me accompanies a sickle, or disc type cutter with crop alignment wheel at the front and crimp rollers to smash the stems, prior to discharge.

With the tedders which I have had and for which I am familiar, you would have had to work that field slowly with that much crop to scatter. Nice crops.

You mentioned a conditioner rather than a tedder, I didn't see anything in the pictures other than a rotary cutter, a rake, and rolled up hay without showing the roller. Interested in what conditioner you are referencing. The term "conditioner" to me accompanies a sickle, or disc type cutter with crop alignment wheel at the front and crimp rollers to smash the stems, prior to discharge.

With the tedders which I have had and for which I am familiar, you would have had to work that field slowly with that much crop to scatter. Nice crops.

A hay conditioner is the same roller system in haybines, just a separate machine. When mowers were popular they used a conditioner after. Towards the end of the mower Era many mowers had a hitch to pull the conditioner behind so they worked like a haybine.