These pop up thunderstorms are a double edged sword. The row crops need the rain but hay and the wheat that isnt cut yet needs it to be dry for a few days.
Deere made a thing, looks more like a piece of lawn equipment, that was ground driven and had a reel that ran on the ground with tines that sole purpose was just for picking rained on hay up out of the stubble and fluffing it back up. Only ever saw 1
Good decision on your wet hay, that's what I would've done. I heard you talking last time about your hay cutting equipment, as far as I'm concerned you've got just what you need. That sickle bar's cutting as sweet as I've ever seen one. Love to see you using all this old equipment effectivly . You can't figure the weather, just gotta work with it, kinda like women. Happy farmin'.
Bummer on the hay getting wet...since the weather changed from the dry pattern in our part of Ohio, it's been more of a challenge to get a couple dry days without a pop-up shower. Your dog is quite a companion. We used to have a collie that was a "truck dog". All she had to hear was "truck ride" and you had an instant companion. Couldn't get much better conditions for spreading lime.
Only if that rain would have held off another day or two and then get you a nice slow ring for a whole day would be great. That's what Dad did I believe if it rained on when he had the windrose he would just take the rake and roll it over so it dry it out. Thanks Michael
Every time i see your rake i think about the one i had years ago just like yours, i cut my hay yesterday and guess what it rained at dark so i think if you cut hay it will rain lol, i think your hay will be fine didn't get much on it. Good luck on baling dry and thanks for sharing
I used to use an old ih crimper to just go through and fluff my hay up before i had a tedder. It worked well for me. I removed the rear tinwork to let it fly and fluff up more.
I farm a fair amount of hay ground. It not easy to make hay in the middle of summer. It's a basically a crap shot. I have been lucky enough to just roll hay a half of turn like you did and it be ok. Sometimes I have to tedder it back out to get to dry. I have had clover where it was pretty damp when I rolled it over and didn't loose hardly any leaves before. I think you did the right thing by rolling your hay over. Hay making can be frustrating for sure.
We don't rake it until its ready to bale. Sometimes that will eliminate some of that extra raking. Like you said though, its always a crap shoot. When its hot and humid, those pop up thunderstorms can ruin all kinds of good intentions
Have you ever ran a pequea 710 or 910 barrel tedder. they don't beat the hay as bad but do a good job giving it a fluff and work awesome on rowed hay and you can set how aggressive the action is. It's not the best for super thick wet clover since it doesn't really stay fluffy though. I miss our old conditioner for drying but don't miss the loud steel on steel lol
Purdue did a multi year study years ago. Had like 7 or 8 different hay mowing practices trialed. Slowest drying and lowest quality was mowed, unconditioned in a narrow swath. Fastest drying best quality was consistently mowed and conditioned laid out the width of the mower.
There’s a lot of those new holland inverters around me. Every consignment sale has at least 3 or 4 but they usually haven’t been used for a while or need work and nobody bothered to fix it
You can just about bet that any possible chance of rain is going to get multiplied to infinity when you have hay ready to make. We had a 0% chance a few weeks ago, was supposed to be sunny and in the 90s (and muggy, Arkansas things lol) and we had some heavy, first cut hybrid Bermuda ready to bale and we got 1.34" of rain. In 45 minutes. Was not a good day. Also, Chinooks are very cool to see flying. We don't see too many in our area, but I've seen a couple of them and a couple of Apaches. We mostly get Blackhawks going to the Army Reserve Base a few towns over.
What Variety of Hybrid Bermuda... have you got? We have a few acres of Tifton 44...... We Never rake very far ahead of the Round Balers usually 2 or 3 windrows. We rake and bale together 1 rake 2 balers.......Hay spread out seems to suffers less..........
@farmingforfunandprofit940 I'm not sure, that particular field was one we were custom baling for a guy. I just know it wasn't common Bermuda because it was way too tall and way too thick to be the common variety
@@NEAFarmKid4010 Big stems is one of the traits of Tifton 85 and Alicia they also grow faster and like damp soil whereas Tifton 44 likes dry feet and sandy soil,...
Rolling the windrows was the right thing to do. As far as tedding goes on broadleaf. About the only option is to ted second day with the dew on to prevent as much leaf lose as possible. I run 90 acre of grass hay and we don’t even ted that. Guys is the humid north east have to ted just about everything though.
What motor does your 1955 have? Looking at an 1855 with the 310 turbo and I’ve herd from several old timers that the almost annually need head gaskets.
Welcome to the world of making hay. That's why they invented wrappers so you could bale it wet. You might get by just raking only a tenth on it. Good luck
Take the rake and set it high and try taking half the windrow off and rolling it of top, or yes try the crimper should work and it also should crimp it more
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I was kind of wondering if the pooch still went with on ur lap? Yep still with u on 1955🤣😆🤣 Nice!!!
Man, That 1955 looks amazing. Such a good-looking machine.
Thanks
Love the Oliver tractor
Teeter what a love sure loves tractor ride😂❤
That super 55 is so handy for the rake and moving things around and I bet it sips fuel. Great video Ethan keep up the good work. 👍
It doesn’t use much.
Teeter likes, riding the tractor with you. There are a lot of company
I bet it wouldn't have rained if you left the rake setting outside 🤣
That 1955 is such a good looking tractor.
Deere made a thing, looks more like a piece of lawn equipment, that was ground driven and had a reel that ran on the ground with tines that sole purpose was just for picking rained on hay up out of the stubble and fluffing it back up. Only ever saw 1
Good decision on your wet hay, that's what I would've done. I heard you talking last time about your hay cutting equipment, as far as I'm concerned you've got just what you need. That sickle bar's cutting as sweet as I've ever seen one. Love to see you using all this old equipment effectivly . You can't figure the weather, just gotta work with it, kinda like women. Happy farmin'.
Thanks.
Bummer on the hay getting wet...since the weather changed from the dry pattern in our part of Ohio, it's been more of a challenge to get a couple dry days without a pop-up shower. Your dog is quite a companion. We used to have a collie that was a "truck dog". All she had to hear was "truck ride" and you had an instant companion. Couldn't get much better conditions for spreading lime.
We are going back into a dry pattern. Most of the rains we have been getting haven’t been doing much as far as maintaining soil moisture.
Only if that rain would have held off another day or two and then get you a nice slow ring for a whole day would be great. That's what Dad did I believe if it rained on when he had the windrose he would just take the rake and roll it over so it dry it out. Thanks Michael
We do need the rain unfortunately
I would give it a shot on using the crimper on the hay. Darn forecasts!
Every time i see your rake i think about the one i had years ago just like yours, i cut my hay yesterday and guess what it rained at dark so i think if you cut hay it will rain lol, i think your hay will be fine didn't get much on it. Good luck on baling dry and thanks for sharing
2 months ago could cut all they hay you wanted and not get a drop. Now you get the mower hooked up and a shower will pop up.
Lol taking the dog with you
I love watching ur dog she is a trip I had a blue heeler like that acted dumb but was smart lol
Come cut some hay here....And bring your rain 👌
I need the rain to.
As a hay producer I can assure you making hay with these forecasts will make you want to pull your hair out 🤪
And I’m going to turn around and put more in.
I used to use an old ih crimper to just go through and fluff my hay up before i had a tedder. It worked well for me. I removed the rear tinwork to let it fly and fluff up more.
Good to know if if the need arises again.
I farm a fair amount of hay ground. It not easy to make hay in the middle of summer. It's a basically a crap shot. I have been lucky enough to just roll hay a half of turn like you did and it be ok. Sometimes I have to tedder it back out to get to dry. I have had clover where it was pretty damp when I rolled it over and didn't loose hardly any leaves before. I think you did the right thing by rolling your hay over. Hay making can be frustrating for sure.
We don't rake it until its ready to bale. Sometimes that will eliminate some of that extra raking. Like you said though, its always a crap shoot. When its hot and humid, those pop up thunderstorms can ruin all kinds of good intentions
Have you ever ran a pequea 710 or 910 barrel tedder. they don't beat the hay as bad but do a good job giving it a fluff and work awesome on rowed hay and you can set how aggressive the action is. It's not the best for super thick wet clover since it doesn't really stay fluffy though. I miss our old conditioner for drying but don't miss the loud steel on steel lol
Awesome videos just found your channel love the old Oliver equipment what state are you located in keep up the awesome videos
We used to use a crimper to fluff up windrows it worked pretty well. We did not have a tedder
Good to know.
Before we bought are Tedder dad used to recondition after the first time actually helped it dry quite well also was told hay dry better in a windrow
Purdue did a multi year study years ago. Had like 7 or 8 different hay mowing practices trialed. Slowest drying and lowest quality was mowed, unconditioned in a narrow swath. Fastest drying best quality was consistently mowed and conditioned laid out the width of the mower.
There’s a lot of those new holland inverters around me. Every consignment sale has at least 3 or 4 but they usually haven’t been used for a while or need work and nobody bothered to fix it
There aren’t many around here. I know of 2 that are used.
Yes use the crimper it worked for me
You can just about bet that any possible chance of rain is going to get multiplied to infinity when you have hay ready to make. We had a 0% chance a few weeks ago, was supposed to be sunny and in the 90s (and muggy, Arkansas things lol) and we had some heavy, first cut hybrid Bermuda ready to bale and we got 1.34" of rain. In 45 minutes. Was not a good day.
Also, Chinooks are very cool to see flying. We don't see too many in our area, but I've seen a couple of them and a couple of Apaches. We mostly get Blackhawks going to the Army Reserve Base a few towns over.
What Variety of Hybrid Bermuda... have you got? We have a few acres of Tifton 44...... We Never rake very far ahead of the Round Balers usually 2 or 3 windrows. We rake and bale together 1 rake 2 balers.......Hay spread out seems to suffers less..........
@farmingforfunandprofit940 I'm not sure, that particular field was one we were custom baling for a guy. I just know it wasn't common Bermuda because it was way too tall and way too thick to be the common variety
@@NEAFarmKid4010 Big stems is one of the traits of Tifton 85 and Alicia they also grow faster and like damp soil whereas Tifton 44 likes dry feet and sandy soil,...
@farmingforfunandprofit940 then yeah I'd say that's what we've probably got. Our ground is pretty heavy around here
Wet hay's a bummer. I sure a tedder that fits the budget will popup eventually.
Good stuff Ethan you know mother nature is an unpredictable and mostly a pain I n the azz 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Rolling the windrows was the right thing to do. As far as tedding goes on broadleaf. About the only option is to ted second day with the dew on to prevent as much leaf lose as possible. I run 90 acre of grass hay and we don’t even ted that. Guys is the humid north east have to ted just about everything though.
They have their uses. Almost have to have a second guy helping to make everything flow good and not hurt the hay.
What motor does your 1955 have? Looking at an 1855 with the 310 turbo and I’ve herd from several old timers that the almost annually need head gaskets.
I don't recall seeing anything about it, but I take it the fender tanks on the 1955 are not hooked up?
They are.
your dog lovers to be with you!
A little to much.
The spreader you use to spread your lime is it rented or one you own
Borrowed.
Welcome to the world of making hay. That's why they invented wrappers so you could bale it wet. You might get by just raking only a tenth on it. Good luck
Take the rake and set it high and try taking half the windrow off and rolling it of top, or yes try the crimper should work and it also should crimp it more
You can’t set the rake high.
I was wondering if you were still looking for a set of white 508 moldboard plows I have a set for sale
you dont have cows grazing but lime you will loose fertility in cows and drops