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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1563254" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>I have to make a correction. Seems in my "old age" I lose track of time. My Farmall H is over 60 years old. Bought used. The JD is a 1990? I think my son said, nearly 30 years . Got it from an estate of a friend that died, will make payments for the next 18 years. The side delivery rake is cast and has a "spring" for a jack that you back it up , more like about 40-50 years old. The wheel rake was part of the estate, also financed. Close to 20 yrs old. The 2 ford tractors, no cabs, are 4600 and 6600. So however old they are. They were in rough shape, well used (abused) , part of the estate. The round balers are over 20 years old. All bought used. I asked my son. He said mom, they aren't 10 years old, most of all the stuff, is over 20-30 years old. The only thing "new" is the discbine. We had a used one. It cost more to replace the turtle shells where the blades are then we could justify against the price of a new one. We put about 300 acres of hay a year, through it between all the cuttings. </p><p>None of my family is in farming. They think I am nuts. My grandmother and great grandmother had 10 milk cows and shipped milk in cans to NYC from Ct before my father was in school. They got out. No one has helped us. We hear how we are wasting our time and killing ourselves for nothing.</p><p></p><p>We sell our rolls by the roll, seldom by the ton. They run around 900 to 1100 lbs. We do use more net wrap than 1 1/2 turns but we hate the net wrap. Bales are smaller. We make 5x5 and 5x6 with the other baler, so we can make fewer bales and bigger bales and less trips to feed with more hay. </p><p>I never said every hay farmer is honest. But most are not scum either. </p><p>I have been at this for over 35 years. I am 65 and he is 45. Consider yourself fortunate that you are 30 and have many good years ahead of you to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1563254, member: 25884"] I have to make a correction. Seems in my "old age" I lose track of time. My Farmall H is over 60 years old. Bought used. The JD is a 1990? I think my son said, nearly 30 years . Got it from an estate of a friend that died, will make payments for the next 18 years. The side delivery rake is cast and has a "spring" for a jack that you back it up , more like about 40-50 years old. The wheel rake was part of the estate, also financed. Close to 20 yrs old. The 2 ford tractors, no cabs, are 4600 and 6600. So however old they are. They were in rough shape, well used (abused) , part of the estate. The round balers are over 20 years old. All bought used. I asked my son. He said mom, they aren't 10 years old, most of all the stuff, is over 20-30 years old. The only thing "new" is the discbine. We had a used one. It cost more to replace the turtle shells where the blades are then we could justify against the price of a new one. We put about 300 acres of hay a year, through it between all the cuttings. None of my family is in farming. They think I am nuts. My grandmother and great grandmother had 10 milk cows and shipped milk in cans to NYC from Ct before my father was in school. They got out. No one has helped us. We hear how we are wasting our time and killing ourselves for nothing. We sell our rolls by the roll, seldom by the ton. They run around 900 to 1100 lbs. We do use more net wrap than 1 1/2 turns but we hate the net wrap. Bales are smaller. We make 5x5 and 5x6 with the other baler, so we can make fewer bales and bigger bales and less trips to feed with more hay. I never said every hay farmer is honest. But most are not scum either. I have been at this for over 35 years. I am 65 and he is 45. Consider yourself fortunate that you are 30 and have many good years ahead of you to do it. [/QUOTE]
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