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    What is it with all the distracted driver lately.

    What if not possible. Of course you move over if possible.
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    I finally bought a Deere 6120M

    That statement makes a lot of sense to me. While I have not been on any thing "new" I know my old Deere tractors whether row crop or utility compared to other brands of same time period are just more comfortable. The controls just are in the right place and no searching. They are just there. My...
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    Grease - is there no better way? Can we talk about this?

    10 operating would be my assumption. I grease loader as I feel it needs done. Just like all my implements I guesstimate the hours it’s run. If handling round or square bales. Loader gets done every day otherwise whenever I feel it needs it
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    Grease - is there no better way? Can we talk about this?

    Different equipment different needs. A one off nobody can plan for. If I was in construction it would be a different story. Lock and lube yellow gun. How does that equate to hours? My skidsteer I do them every 10 hours. Over kill but if I forget or get busy I'm still good and do them at next...
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    Nice having all tractors up and running. IH back to yard dog duty moving wagons when all others hooked up or left at fields.
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    What a week. 50-60 acres done. 1st and and our first field of 2nd cutting. 4 days of baling totaling 170 4x4 round bales, 4 - 4x5 round bales, 1782 small square bales. Started out seasonally nice then went back to heat and humid. 18+ hour days between UPS and hay. Time to catch up on eating and...
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    Grease - is there no better way? Can we talk about this?

    I’m glad to see I’m not the only one that went battery back to manual. More control and Less waste. Have 3 guns. 2 Deere and yellow lock and lube. Performance wise. Lock and lube.
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    Today is July 20th. I started the year at 185 acres that are used for making dry hay. As of this morning we stand at 109 acres of 1st cutting left to cover. Acreage window went like this/ 9 acres, 6 acres, 50 acres(baled in 2 days), and recently 11 acres (mowed and baled at 3 different intervals...
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    Smoothing rough hayfield

    Sounds like you need a more competent person doing the tillage. The best will be plow and fit it properly.
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    3-4 acres 520 bales
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    Lots of Timothy and it is late this year. Only thing keeping it decent.
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    https://ag-wx.com/ https://weathermodels.com/index.php?r=site%2Fstart I forecast my own weather. This year with the way the systems are moving I'm about a half day to a day ahead of what my uncle sees on local news or one of the many sites he looks at. The only site I use for confirmation if...
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    Hay Making on a Different Scale

    Knocked down 6 acres in 2 different mowings due to the uncertainty in the weather. Felt like fall mowing the first 3 acres. Windy cloudy drizzly most of the day on Thursday. Mowed it for baling on Friday. Then they firmed up Saturday to being good. Knocked down the rest of the field and tedded...
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    The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

    And there were 5x5 for $35. I'm $34 out of the field for a 4x4 bale and they will be $55 this winter.
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