Video
Posted by Pat Chase at 2014-07-09 21:27:01
Joe, How do you post a youtube video?
Response by Uncle Joe at 2014-07-09 21:28:10
just post the link and I will embed the code for you.
Response by Pat Chase at 2014-07-11 21:28:25
Here is the link to youtube of us raking hay with the mares. Thanks for the help.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6gYSvnltuw Response by arlee at 2014-07-12 20:38:55
put a buck back rope on the left horse and she will be better behaved
Response by Rod SW WI at 2014-07-13 11:59:16
Always fun to see the videos!
Response by Klaus Karbaumer at 2014-07-13 16:42:56
When people rake hay with two rakes , it occurs to me, that the hay in the middle of the row doesn't get picked up or turned. This would concern me in case that hay gets fed to horses. Otherwise it seems to be a very effective way to rake hay with limited manpower. My choice would be two separate teams with two drivers since I'd like every wisp of hay off the ground at some time.
Response by Dale Wagner at 2014-07-14 01:25:40
Klaus, one rake runs enough ahead of the other so the trailing rake can rake under the windrow. That is if it is done right. I can't download the vidio to see if they have them hooked right.
Response by Klaus Karbaumer at 2014-07-14 21:28:30
I didn't think of that solution, Dale, but it appears that in this case the two rakes are hooked the same distance from the trailer, in any case I do not see the hay in the middle picked up.
Response by Pat Chase at 2014-07-15 13:47:10
Klaus, the 2 rakes make a much better windrow than using a single rake-going back and forth to put the second pass into the first pass. I have used the rakes for 30 years and there is a little bit of hay in the middle that does not get fluffed up. However it has never been a problem. Most of what we bale is Coastal Bermuda grass in 98 degree heat. But we do wheat and oat hay in the spring and the little bit in the middle cures out fine. Arlee, we have strap that attaches to both sides of the bit, with a ring in the middle of the strap, we then run a lite chain from the ring back to the inside horses hame ring. After this video we adjusted it back some more and the outside mare worked great.
Response by Dale Wagner at 2014-07-16 12:40:50
Different strokes for different folks. Here on this irrigated ground, that unraked stuff would never cure and have a chance of burning a stack down.
Response by KM at 2014-07-16 18:43:15
Amen Dale! Every chunk of ground is just a little different. I try not to ever turn my alfalfa. Hit it with the swather then bale with the dew when ready. Done right there is less bleaching and the leaves don't get hammered off. That would never work for others but works great for us. KM
 |
|
PO Box 2067, Cedar Rapids IA 52406-2067
E-Mail:
|
