Late Night Hay Baling

[joeu235]

 

[Norm W]

Can't do that around here. The dew gets a bit heavy and the hay would be too wet.

 

[deserteagle71]

One of the things I, having grown up in Pennsylvania, found incomprehensible when I moved to Nevada. In Pennsylvania during the summer, where the humidity seems to hover around 90%, conditions had to be just right so we could bale our hay during the afternoon. When I moved to Nevada I was startled to see most of the baling done during the middle of the night. But I was told that's what they have to do - the 6% humidity and hot sun during the day dries the hay so much it turns to dust when baled. Baling during the night, there's enough moisture to keep the hay from being pulverized.

 

[Thomas]

As they say "when its time than it's time day or night"

 

[5030]

I know one thing for certain, I'd never bale with an open station anything. I'd be sneezing and have a runny nose for months. I'll rake and ted with my OS but bailing, rounds or squares, I have to have a cab with ac.

 

[CobyRupert]

So much for “make hay while the sun shines”.

 

[joeu235]

I know one thing for certain, I'd never bale with an open station anything. I'd be sneezing and have a runny nose for months. I'll rake and ted with my OS but bailing, rounds or squares, I have to have a cab with ac.

Dad traded in our only cab tractor for an open one 20 years ago.
I wear a mask when traveling with the wind direction while balling.

 

[joeu235]

It rained the next 4 days so it was a necessity.

 

[kthompson]

It rained the next 4 days so it was a necessity.

My last hay baled was begun with rain on the way and the partner who was to bale did not have his baler ready...first hay ever had rain on. First cutting lost money on. But it served to help me realize was time to retire. Not easy work but to me enjoyable. Always a great feeling to see a good crop of any kind being harvested.

 

[5030]

My last hay baled was begun with rain on the way and the partner who was to bale did not have his baler ready...first hay ever had rain on. First cutting lost money on. But it served to help me realize was time to retire. Not easy work but to me enjoyable. Always a great feeling to see a good crop of any kind being harvested.

First cut here is mostly grass and immature alfalfa so I actually like to have it get rained on because the rain speeds drying. I'll usually flip it after a rain, flip it again and bale it. Have that right now as a matter of fact, have a field down, supposed to rain tonight so I'll flip it in the morning, flip it again that evening and bale it the next day.