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<blockquote data-quote="Dsth" data-source="post: 1656042" data-attributes="member: 38038"><p>depends on what type of tedder you are talking about. My neighbor has one that spreads the windrow out over the field. those are referred to around here as rotary tedders. they are designed to be used shortly after cutting the hay down. I use a tedder that fluffs the hay up so the wind blows through the windrow and does not spead the hay back out over the ground. They are referred to here as hay fluffers. I find it works best if the hay dries for a day and then go over it with the tedder. When the top is a little bit dry, it seems to fluff up really nice. both are designed to speed up the drying time so it hopefully does not get rained on. If you were told that a tedder is designed to be used after a rain, that is not correct in my opinion. I have used my fluffer after the windrow got rained on and it seemed to do a good job of lifting the hay up without losing a lot of leaves. The rotary teddered hay seems to get damaged more after it gets rained on, but that is just based on what my neighbor has said. Either style works well if the weather cooperates. I have noticed that I have more hay get rained on when the weather person says 0% chance of rain for the next few days vs when he/she says 100% chance of rain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dsth, post: 1656042, member: 38038"] depends on what type of tedder you are talking about. My neighbor has one that spreads the windrow out over the field. those are referred to around here as rotary tedders. they are designed to be used shortly after cutting the hay down. I use a tedder that fluffs the hay up so the wind blows through the windrow and does not spead the hay back out over the ground. They are referred to here as hay fluffers. I find it works best if the hay dries for a day and then go over it with the tedder. When the top is a little bit dry, it seems to fluff up really nice. both are designed to speed up the drying time so it hopefully does not get rained on. If you were told that a tedder is designed to be used after a rain, that is not correct in my opinion. I have used my fluffer after the windrow got rained on and it seemed to do a good job of lifting the hay up without losing a lot of leaves. The rotary teddered hay seems to get damaged more after it gets rained on, but that is just based on what my neighbor has said. Either style works well if the weather cooperates. I have noticed that I have more hay get rained on when the weather person says 0% chance of rain for the next few days vs when he/she says 100% chance of rain. [/QUOTE]
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