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<blockquote data-quote="Texasmark" data-source="post: 1459553" data-attributes="member: 27848"><p>My hay patches are highly irregular with every corner a different dimensioned turn, some being in excess of 90 degrees. I have to tedd regardless. What it does is to give you an even distribution of crop and something nobody ever addresses is that the "whacking" of the stems by the tedder cracks them and aids in getting the moisture there to evaporate much closer to the short time it takes the leaves to dry out.</p><p></p><p>Another thought on the above (using a tedder) is pretty much the elimination of wads of wet product that can wind up in a bale down inside the stack whereby it can overheat and cause a fire. I had that in round bales that I'd stack end to end right after coming off the field in the spring, when it's the hardest to get good drying. Now I ted and I give the bales about a week to dry out, testing each (with my hand) before stacking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Texasmark, post: 1459553, member: 27848"] My hay patches are highly irregular with every corner a different dimensioned turn, some being in excess of 90 degrees. I have to tedd regardless. What it does is to give you an even distribution of crop and something nobody ever addresses is that the "whacking" of the stems by the tedder cracks them and aids in getting the moisture there to evaporate much closer to the short time it takes the leaves to dry out. Another thought on the above (using a tedder) is pretty much the elimination of wads of wet product that can wind up in a bale down inside the stack whereby it can overheat and cause a fire. I had that in round bales that I'd stack end to end right after coming off the field in the spring, when it's the hardest to get good drying. Now I ted and I give the bales about a week to dry out, testing each (with my hand) before stacking. [/QUOTE]
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