The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

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Back at it today after taking Sunday off. After Church we had fellowship and food and I dang near collapsed walking out with my wife. I went home, worked on paperwork and hung out in the AC. Stuffed my face with veggies, fruits, protein, etc. everything I could to get some energy reserves built back up.

Anyway, here we are Monday about 11 am, entering a field where the first thing you cross is active freight RR tracks. Good hot baling weather coming today and partly sunny.

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This is the path through the locked gate. You need to hurry up and get over the tracks, unsafe to remain there.

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With all the weight of the baler behind you, you can’t help but think about the swampy pond looming at the bottom of the trail.

Now down in the field. More baling hay on water or mud….of course.
My son getting a head start raking in the MT-535B with the NH Pro Cart wheel rake.


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Let the raking & baling begin….

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Once we finished the field above, we hit the road and moved to another field.

Here we are, getting going at the 2nd location. This one has a front field and a back field. Front field is underway.

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Finished up front field.

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Now into the back field…..

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It’s pushing 5-6 PM. Im ready for this day to end, but it was a good day.

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And now we are done, heading home

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51 bales today. Not a lot, but not bad, either. Avg weight was about 1,700lbs.
 
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Today’s morning involved some field mowing of a smaller filed, but a large Customer.


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Done with that. Cant wait to get after some hay this afternoon.

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Got into a small, but nice field that always yields some nice feed hay. This year, even with epic rains was no different. Looks like a couple residents out for a walk.

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My feed hay customers are going to love these bales. These are my 4x4x5’s that fit under a Hay Hut.

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I’ll take 9.5% every day of the week. Not bad!!!

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I’ll get these inside tomorrow. That’ll put a wrap on 1st cutting.
Time to focus on some field mowing, and maybe a little vacation Mrs. HD planned…..
 
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Unloading and storing some nice feed bales made yesterday.

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Of the captivating smells in life, fresh quality hay is right up there. After baling many tens of thousands of small bales of straight New England timothy, the last one smelled as good as the first.
 
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Back to some field mowing. Here I am at the Customer that I cut monthly.

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We have so many foxes. They are like deer here.


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All done. It was nice to something a few clicks lower on stress than baling for a few hours.


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Now back to some bale stacking. These are the last first cutting bales to gather & stack. Love making hay, but it’ll be nice to have a month break from baling.

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