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I know B has a moisture meter on his baler that reads in the cab. Some nights he bales all night and for a while after sunrise. Some nights he has to shut down before midnight. I heard from B's hired man that a couple weeks ago B's wife gave him a kick at 6:00 and said are you going to sleep all day. His reply was he had just got to bed an hour before. So he had basically bale for most of the night.
 
Silver said:
Nice. I see on this forum that people seem to do the second round (would be the second round up here anyway) first and I have to ask why that is?
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Why not? No matter how you do it you drive on the standing hay one lap. I keep the tractor on the outside for the first lap as I'd rather run over fallen trees with the tractor, then mow 5 more "rings", then go back and mow that outside ring last going the opposite direction.
 
chevytaHOE5674 said:
Why not? No matter how you do it you drive on the standing hay one lap. I keep the tractor on the outside for the first lap as I'd rather run over fallen trees with the tractor, then mow 5 more "rings", then go back and mow that outside ring last going the opposite direction.
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I see. Figured you had a reason. I drive all my field perimeters with a quad and chainsaw prior to cutting. I do the outside first because I like to cut right to the very edge and if I did the second round first I wouldn’t leave the exact 13 feet all the way around.
 
I save the outside pass for the very end in case there a hidden obstacle. Have a mower breakdown with the field on the ground versus just getting started.

If I had purdy fields like yall out west I imagine that wouldnt be a concern.

Id like to finish my first cut. Hopefully this week.
 
Dave said:
What is this rain I hear of people talking about?
Monday the wife stopped at one of the neighbors to drop off eggs. it was about 7:00 AM. "Grandma Jean" (everyone calls her that) couldn't talk because she had go rake hay. About 150-200 acres. Grandma Jean turned 97 last month. One amazing woman.
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Probably need ot move my raingauge....but weve gotten over 10 inches in the last 45 days. Last was 4 inches Sunday night in a few hours. Hear as much as 12 inches in some places and 7 just upstream of me. Pasture shows flooding in places I have never noticed it. Even washed out a culvert leading to the house. Tanks are finally full for the first time in 2 years.

Had an Uncle that was still helping me rake when he was 93. Some of those old timers were tough. IMG_0234.jpeg
 
People I bought bulls from for years are right on the salt water (Pacific Ocean). The next land west of them is in Japan. They were real happy when they started making haylage. A person just has to adapt to whatever climate you live in. I just spent 2 hours changing irrigation. I have to do that everyday or I wouldn't have any hay. Shortage of water this year as made that a struggle.
 
Weather isn't spectacular so I'm trying to nibble away at some of the smaller fields. The new steel/steel conditioner rolls do a much better job than my 31yo mowers steel/steel rollers.
 

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We have been really hurting for water........... so I did a "RHAYIN" dance on Tuesday afternoon... using two cutters, we cut everything I had left right before the forecasted rain... We literally drove home from the field with just a couple of sprinkles on the windshield, pulled into the shed, walked up to the porch, and as soon as we got underneath the roof, it started POURING! Awesome... first decent rain we've had since the middle of April. Probably only got about an inch, but I'll sure take it! Sunny now for the three days following... planning on making it all tomorrow afternoon. God is good!!!
 

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