I am looking at upgrading some of my hay making equipment. Currently I use a 9ft NH haybine, NH side bare rake, and a 5X5 Hesston 5600 round baler.
I have been making hay for 6 yrs now, basically self taught, through books and taking to others.
I am finding that it takes my a long time to make my hay compared to some of the other bigger guys around me.
One of my problems has been break downs with older equipment. That won't change, I just cannot afford the new stuff. Right now mowing and baling are the big time consumers. If I go to fast with the mower I wear out the rubber bushing on the cutter bar. I have though about changing to a discbine, but no one else around uses one. I don't know why.
I have the baler working pretty good now, but it is slow. I have thought about installing a double tie system. But it is a manual tier. Tieing seems to be the most time consuming part of baling.
I bale mostly grass hay from old fields. No alfalfa growing here. Soil is to acidic and not enough drainage.
I have been making hay for 6 yrs now, basically self taught, through books and taking to others.
I am finding that it takes my a long time to make my hay compared to some of the other bigger guys around me.
One of my problems has been break downs with older equipment. That won't change, I just cannot afford the new stuff. Right now mowing and baling are the big time consumers. If I go to fast with the mower I wear out the rubber bushing on the cutter bar. I have though about changing to a discbine, but no one else around uses one. I don't know why.
I have the baler working pretty good now, but it is slow. I have thought about installing a double tie system. But it is a manual tier. Tieing seems to be the most time consuming part of baling.
I bale mostly grass hay from old fields. No alfalfa growing here. Soil is to acidic and not enough drainage.