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<blockquote data-quote="Bez" data-source="post: 91917" data-attributes="member: 412"><p>Used a 12 wheel V-rake last year on about 120 acres.</p><p></p><p>My thoughts as follows:</p><p></p><p>1. Flat ground and even hay crop - not a lot of turning - very nice - run the rake fully open spread and just go - everything works fine.. </p><p></p><p>2. When we got into the heavy crops, the hay tended to either catch up on the wheels, or bung up in the exit at the end of the V. Continuously opening and closing the V to try and find the best raking width for the conditions. DO NOT DO THIS unless under way - it is hard on the wheels and the wheel fingers.</p><p></p><p>BEWARE - opening the V while under way tends to cause SLAMMING action if care is not taken - it may be difficult to understand while reading this topic, but you will understand when you try it for real!</p><p></p><p>3. We would often get big piles at the end of the V that would then squirt out and open up on the ground - requiring the baler to have to wiggle around to get all the hay into the baler pick up.</p><p></p><p>4. Rolling ground - we continuously had problems with the wheels running into the ground, or hanging up and hay escaping under those wheels.</p><p></p><p>5. Difficult to get into tight corners. Wheels tend to stop turning when you turn a corner - creates stress on the individual wheels and leaves hay behind. The bigger the V the worse the problem. </p><p></p><p>6. Difficult to work the irregular edges of some fields.</p><p></p><p>7. One field of real heavy hay - the rake frame was bent slightly during a turn - we were able to fix it - but this was caused by heavy crop and wheels stopping during a turn.</p><p></p><p><u>All in all the rake was ideal for large open areas</u> - but smaller fields and irregular fields were a pain. Heavy crops or wet hay or just wanting to roll a windrow over once was not an enjoyable job.</p><p></p><p>We no longer use it for OUR conditions.</p><p></p><p>Side delivery is old - but does the job so nicely that we just went back to it and parked the wheel rake back at the dealer. </p><p></p><p>Not sure how much hay you are doing - but if it is only 15 acres - do not bother to spend the money - not enough return on your investment to make it worth while - at least in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>Neighbour runs two side delivery rakes in tandem - uses a rig from NH to pull them - we tried it and we will probably go that route in the future.</p><p></p><p>Bez</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bez, post: 91917, member: 412"] Used a 12 wheel V-rake last year on about 120 acres. My thoughts as follows: 1. Flat ground and even hay crop - not a lot of turning - very nice - run the rake fully open spread and just go - everything works fine.. 2. When we got into the heavy crops, the hay tended to either catch up on the wheels, or bung up in the exit at the end of the V. Continuously opening and closing the V to try and find the best raking width for the conditions. DO NOT DO THIS unless under way - it is hard on the wheels and the wheel fingers. BEWARE - opening the V while under way tends to cause SLAMMING action if care is not taken - it may be difficult to understand while reading this topic, but you will understand when you try it for real! 3. We would often get big piles at the end of the V that would then squirt out and open up on the ground - requiring the baler to have to wiggle around to get all the hay into the baler pick up. 4. Rolling ground - we continuously had problems with the wheels running into the ground, or hanging up and hay escaping under those wheels. 5. Difficult to get into tight corners. Wheels tend to stop turning when you turn a corner - creates stress on the individual wheels and leaves hay behind. The bigger the V the worse the problem. 6. Difficult to work the irregular edges of some fields. 7. One field of real heavy hay - the rake frame was bent slightly during a turn - we were able to fix it - but this was caused by heavy crop and wheels stopping during a turn. [u]All in all the rake was ideal for large open areas[/u] - but smaller fields and irregular fields were a pain. Heavy crops or wet hay or just wanting to roll a windrow over once was not an enjoyable job. We no longer use it for OUR conditions. Side delivery is old - but does the job so nicely that we just went back to it and parked the wheel rake back at the dealer. Not sure how much hay you are doing - but if it is only 15 acres - do not bother to spend the money - not enough return on your investment to make it worth while - at least in my opinion. Neighbour runs two side delivery rakes in tandem - uses a rig from NH to pull them - we tried it and we will probably go that route in the future. Bez [/QUOTE]
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