Anyone mow hay yet?

[DJ54]

Too bad you are so far away. I have a Farmall hood for you.

Isn't that the way it always is..??

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Just shredding the hay fields at the farm, no one wants it.

 

[Hay Dude]

Mowing down cow hay!

 

[Hay Dude]

Finally baling with the Challenger MT655E. I can confidently say it’s more comfy than the Magnum and feels more powerful, even though they have similar ratings.

Finishing up a headland.

Only made about 25. Small field and had to work through some minor adjustments.

First few of over 1,000 bales to come (hopefully, fingers crossed). Ran the baler on a lower pressure setting to get things going. This bale is about 1,600LB. Hope to dial up the pressure tomorrow to be more like 1,900LB.

Heres my son in the MT535B and the New Holland wheel rake.

 

[Hay Dude]

Been mowing & baling hay for about 5 days now. Only about 1/4 finished.

Here’s some scenes from today:

Got on this steep hill about 7AM. Looks like there’s a barn swallow in the picture there.

“feeling” for rocks. Im going really slow here cause I know there’s rocks along the old fence. Across the street is the other part of the farm I baled yesterday.

On to another field nearby. This one is small, but it’s flat & much easier to cut.

Exiting the field across the old Conrail Railroad tracks berm from a bye-gone era.

Back to my truck for some cherry kool aid.

Back out on the road to the next field

Last field for today. Great weather albeit kind of windy.

Pulling back into home base. I’m done, for today.

 

[EddieWalker]

Great photos!!!

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I hit a turkey nest mowing yesterday. Felt bad for the mama. Still some eggs there, broke 1 or 2.

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I hit a turkey nest mowing yesterday. Felt bad for the mama. Still some eggs there, broke 1 or 2.

It happens, at least she moved before the mower got her, on two different occasions in years past I have got the nest and the hen, both times it was first cutting in deep grass and I just couldn't see them, felt bad but sometimes things happen even when you are being as mindful about wildlife as you can.

 

[WinterDeere]

Got stopped behind a line of cars today, because a doe was nursing two fawns in the middle of the road. Apparently the driver at the front of the hold-up has never seen a deer, and even after they'd moved to the shoulder, seemed to just sit there watching them for several minutes... while the rest of us waited stuck in a line behind them.

Deer are smart enough to move out of the way, when you creep forward, and apply some intimidation. These fawns were not very young, and were totally agile and mobile. Anyone with some deer experience would have had all three of them safely off the road in seconds, but this idiot managed to get one doe separated from mama and sibling, meaning some future driver is going to have some swerving to do.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

It happens, at least she moved before the mower got her, on two different occasions in years past I have got the nest and the hen, both times it was first cutting in deep grass and I just couldn't see them, felt bad but sometimes things happen even when you are being as mindful about wildlife as you can.

dad said he got a newborn fawn a couple weeks ago, didn't see it until next pass..