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[herefordlover]

why must the bailer go down when theres a chance of rain and theres hay laying on the ground but were dry enuff that i would rather it rain..........

 

[Anonymous]

Murphy had a sense of humor. It was just a twisted one

 

[TexasBred]

why must the bailer go down when theres a chance of rain and theres hay laying on the ground but were dry enuff that i would rather it rain..........

Wet hay on the ground is being hay growing well past maturity. It will dry.

 

[denvermartinfarms]

the two best ways to make it rain are to cut hay or pour concrete. and right now i would gladly take the rain anytime i could get it

 

[Caustic Burno]

Hay balers never break down in the barn.
I have said it before I have never understood how a POS car with 10,000 moving part's and 20 year's old will run anytime you need it. While a new hay baler can fall apart at any time.

 

[KNERSIE]

Hay balers never break down in the barn.

I disagree, countless times they've worked perfectly when put away and when you use them again its the one loose bale after the other.

 

[ALACOWMAN]

best way ive found to work on hay equipment is when your baling,,, no sense in wasting all the free time getting it field ready...somethings gonna break, ,,regardless if you got every angle covered

 

[lavacarancher]

Boy, you sure nailed this. I cut hay three weeks ago, got 15 bales wrapped and the baler puked. Broken belt and before I could shut it down it had wrapped up around several rollers to the point it choked the tractor. So I lost about 50 bales and I'm sure the bill is going to be $1500 or more. And this is a fairly new baler.

 

[GMN]

We were baling and the baler tire fell off, the bearing inside was destroyed that cost almost $300 for a used part at a salvage yard. This week the starter went out on the Oliver, I took that in to get repaired yesterday at a local shop, probably cost about $100 for that-its really been one thing after another. A few weeks ago they were hauling the equipment to the next hay job, and the side of the road caved in, freak thing of course, but it bent both axles on the goose-neck, luckily it was insured so that only cost us $100-I'm almost afraid of what will be next???

 

[VanC]

We were baling and the baler tire fell off, the bearing inside was destroyed that cost almost $300 for a used part at a salvage yard. This week the starter went out on the Oliver, I took that in to get repaired yesterday at a local shop, probably cost about $100 for that-its really been one thing after another. A few weeks ago they were hauling the equipment to the next hay job, and the side of the road caved in, freak thing of course, but it bent both axles on the goose-neck, luckily it was insured so that only cost us $100-I'm almost afraid of what will be next???

I hope you have better luck in the future. Excuse me for being nosey but what model no. is your Oliver? Where do you get parts for it? Many years ago I did some field work for a couple of days with a new 1955 and fell in love with it.

 

[ousoonerfan22]

the two best ways to make it rain are to cut hay or pour concrete. and right now i would gladly take the rain anytime i could get it

Or spread dirt and level out two low water creek crossings so your buddy can get across with his hay equipment to cut and bale your hay and that will bring in 4" of rain to wash them out again.

 

[Nesikep]

We've had a miserable season here for haying so far... I was looking at the long term forecasts since the beginning of the month and the whole months has been "scattered showeres" and "Isolated showers"... the last two days have been nice, finally got into the high 80's, but that brings thunderstorms, and you guessed it... it's raining now (I'm 16 miles from home, maybe my hay is OK still). I took a drive on monday and I saw a lot of bad hay out there... I haven't been able to cut when I wanted to, one field in particular could have been cut 2 weeks ago but since is a dense stand of alfalfa and red clover, I need good weather to dry it.

I hope my baler works for me... I gave it a good once over last week and had it make a couple of bales, seemed to be fine... I'll be using it tomorrow if things cooperate.

Why? Murphy didn't have a twisted sense of humour, he was just an optimist

 

[john250]

Hay balers never break down in the barn.

I disagree, countless times they've worked perfectly when put away and when you use them again its the one loose bale after the other.

Rust Never Sleeps.