Hay equip. where to start?

[cellis]

FWIW, I cut about 14 acres of dense timothy/alfalfa/rye mix with an old Case 830D pulling a New Holland 495 haybine. It is a 12' wide cut and it will produce a serious swathe of hay - so large, it can be tough to bale with my NH 273 square baler. Right now, I've got about four acres left standing...thinking about cutting this afternoon. I use a Kubota L3130 to bale and tow a full-size hay wagon behind it. My son pulls the bales off the chute and stacks...then he and I stack them in the barn. Did 700 bales Sunday.

 

[jbaker]

Kraig, I do like all that hay, thats going to make alot of bales. It looks like it was cut a few days ago but also gives the appearence that it may have seen some rain

 

[kmcconaughey]

Jeff, yes I do believe that it was rained on.

 

[aschumacher]

Jeff, just saw an ad in a farm related flyer...
New Holland 268 SmallSquare Bailer W/thrower. Good working condition, ties great. $1500.
Other news, if you had an interest, it's in western N.J. just a couple miles past PA. I posted really so you might get an idea of prices.

 

[jharvey]

And the farmer hauls another load away!

 

[sblunier]

Neighbor just finished baling 600 bales of mixed grass/alfalfa (heavy crop) with an 806 and well used IH #47....made good solid bales.

His very tired NH Haybine worked hard to cut it, and suffered from a tired drive line (cost him a u-joint on a tight turn).

 

[sblunier]

 

[jbaker]

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How many acres was that 600 on??

 

[sblunier]

5-6 acres, mixed patches between houses.

 

[jbaker]

my first cut this year was 125 bales grass/clover on 2.5 acres, I did have the row gator out with pot ash, dap, and urea after I cut it.

 

[thoffman]

Hey Jeff, Check this out!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202102615234823

 

[aschumacher]

Now isn't that a clever thing !

 

[rkelm]

That sure would be handy.

 

[jbaker]

Those are really cool, but price wise I am almost better off with a used full size setup.

Money is going to keep me from my own setup for a while, My guy is going to do my second cutting to day.

 

[jbaker]

still considering buying my own, My hay guy was too busy to cut and rake so he had me do it on his equipment. He is a A/C guy and I must admit I enjoyed his D17 for cutting and raking.

 

[jharvey]

Jeff
Along with age comes wisdom, heck some of us are old enough and wise enough to like green tractors!

 

[jlspicer]

Jeff,
While I'm not a huge AC fan, I'd have to agree with ya. My buddy has a D17 and they are handy tractors. I don't mind running his at all. But alas, bigger tractors in my shed are IH. The old 560D is sitting out there lonely, with an old Farmall M soon to join it. No pics?

 

[jbaker]

Well I am going to start saving hard for my own stuff, we did get 120 bales on our first cut, 5 shy of last years first cut.

And the A/C was easy going but Ill look for IH

 

[jlspicer]

Jeff,
Thanks for sharing the pics. You look right at home on the D17.

Went to an auction today and watched a farm fresh WD45 sell for $600. Ran great. Also had a D17 with wide front end and loader. Didn't watch it sell. Like I said before, AC's aren't bad tractors, especially the D17 era. If your looking for IH, I bet you'd be happy with a nice 560.

 

[jbaker]

a 560 is what I am going to look for as soon has my piggy bank fills.

will a 560 take a sickle if I cant afford a haybine