2015 Hay Season

cat fever · Aug 4, 2015

foreman Etexas said:
Takes couple minutes get hooked up to a pull type and I can leave my cutter on also while pull the rake. You can pull it with pickup if need be.

That is something I have not thought about. Thanks

foreman Etexas · Aug 4, 2015

cat fever said:
That is something I have not thought about. Thanks

I have raked few times with my pickup,so I didn't have to switch anything works fine. I have also used my side by side. Back when I helped a guy in my younger days we always used his dually to rake with,just don't run over the windrows with pickup hay could get somewhere like in the cat and start a fire.

cat fever · Aug 4, 2015

foreman Etexas said:
I have raked few times with my pickup,so I didn't have to switch anything works fine. I have also used my side by side. Back when I helped a guy in my younger days we always used his dually to rake with,just don't run over the windrows with pickup hay could get somewhere like in the cat and start a fire.

The orientation of my field and having a pull type haybine would make a pull type better in the fact my wife or son could rake while I'm still cutting. I will have to give this some more thought.
Thanks...

countrybumpkin · Aug 5, 2015

cat fever said:
The orientation of my field and having a pull type haybine would make a pull type better in the fact my wife or son could rake while I'm still cutting. I will have to give this some more thought. Thanks...

How many acres are you baling this year? I have about 15 I could bale and am thinking small squares because almost no one around here does them anymore and I'm always talking to people who ask where to get some, just not sure I want to mess with selling them.

cat fever · Aug 5, 2015

countrybumpkin said:
How many acres are you baling this year? I have about 15 I could bale and am thinking small squares because almost no one around here does them anymore and I'm always talking to people who ask where to get some, just not sure I want to mess with selling them.

My own field is 5 acres, the one across the street is 6 and another I do is 4. All very close just country roads to deal with and very little traffic. I don't really want to get in the hay selling business. I'd rather get more cows and use it myself.

farmer2009 · Aug 6, 2015

cat fever said:
Foreman, and farmer, Do you dislike the 3 point type because of transporting it? 99% percent of the time it will move from my barn to my field. Do not plan on any other use. If there is another reason I would sure like to know before buying one. Thanks.

Cat. While 3pt has its place and isn't terribly hard to hookup it's harder and more time consuming to hookup than a pull type. I never cared what hitch something had on it till we got our current cutter. It has a specific order to hookup if you try to hookup the other side first forget it you won't get both sides on. Why I don't know.
So now anytime I have a choice I go with pull type. They're easier to hookup and faster. Kids and wife can swap equipment by themselves if they have to.

cat fever · Aug 6, 2015

farmer2009 said:
Cat. While 3pt has its place and isn't terribly hard to hookup it's harder and more time consuming to hookup than a pull type. I never cared what hitch something had on it till we got our current cutter. It has a specific order to hookup if you try to hookup the other side first forget it you won't get both sides on. Why I don't know.
So now anytime I have a choice I go with pull type. They're easier to hookup and faster. Kids and wife can swap equipment by themselves if they have to.

Ok
Thanks farmer.

Bigfoot62 · Aug 9, 2015

It finally got dry enough that I was able to get a cutting in last month. (early July) Did OK. 176 rounds (4x5) from 52 acres.
We haven't had measurable rainfall since. Now, it's so dry the grass has stopped growing. I cut the 12 acre Coastal Bermuda field yesterday, and I'm sure it will bale this afternoon. Just wont be much of it.
If we don't get significant rainfall soon, my 2015 hay season my be over.

Kyle_in_Tex · Aug 9, 2015

Hay is selling cheap now, but with the drought, I think it will get pricier soon.

foreman Etexas · Aug 9, 2015

Guy down the road asked me to bale his 12acres wasn't real good but wasn't real bad. So I drive over today and talked to him and suggested for what it would cost me to bale it with a minimum he could buy hay and run cows on his. I just couldn't keep my mouth shut and do it cause I thought was a better suggestion,he decided to buy hay and run cows,was I wrong for persuading him this way?