how to use rake dolly?

[farmerjim]

i was looking at a nh super55 that also comes w/ a dolly that allows you to run 2 rakes at the same time. i was wondering how you would go about using this setup b4 i possibly purchase it.the hooking up of the 2 rakes i could figure out as well as running in the field its just the 1st pass i can't really seem to picture how you would do it. w/ my single rake (nh55)i go once around raking to the inside of the field then when i get back to my start point i circle back around and then rake the rest of the field to the outside.

 

[chadincolo]

i was looking at a nh super55 that also comes w/ a dolly that allows you to run 2 rakes at the same time. i was wondering how you would go about using this setup b4 i possibly purchase it.the hooking up of the 2 rakes i could figure out as well as running in the field its just the 1st pass i can't really seem to picture how you would do it. w/ my single rake (nh55)i go once around raking to the inside of the field then when i get back to my start point i circle back around and then rake the rest of the field to the outside.

Depends, is it a dolly to run a LH and a RH rake? Then you pull between 2 rows, pulling the 2 rows together into a bigger row. If it's a dolly to pull 2 RH rakes, you throw one row onto the next, come back the other way, throwing a second onto the middle (if the hay is light) or skip to the next, so you would be moving the first onto the second, the third onto the fourth, etc.

 

[farmerjim]

thanks for the info. i decided to pass on this as the rake was in fair shape, i think i'm just going to save up for a rotary rake, that can also double as a tedder. that way i can have 2 tedders going if needed.

 

[jimg]

Do you have any particular rotary tedder/rake in mind or are you just going to get whatever shows up at the time?

 

[farmerjim]

as for the rotary rake i was looking at a kuhn ga3200gt as its a draw bar version and it doesn't need hydraulics to raise /lift it which allows me to use my older machines as well as my newer machine to run it. its not a total rake/tedder combo but they said it could double as a windrow inverter. also looking at sitrex,claas,and krone. although the claas/krone don't offer non hydraulic lift options. i def have to get a used 1 as new is way out of my price range.