"My" Haying Operation

[rysiracusa]

Hi all

Heres a few pics of some of the equipment my girlfriends grandfather and uncle own. Most of this was acquired recently. I have stepped up to doing everything on this farm except make hay orders and all that other business. I am the boss, when either of the real bosses are around. We bale hay and sell it to horse farms for feed. Our hay consists of Timothy, buckwheat, and alfalfa. Enough jabber and on to the pics

The 4030- NOBODY touches this trctor except me


2 of our 3 wagons., they are all wooden


NH 315 Hayliner with thrower


NH 479 Haybine


Deutz 4 star tedder, J-unk


2 steel wagons we use that belong to a large horse farm that we bale for



The brand new Kuhn Rotary rake, the best thing since sliced bread. I was raking a windrow of rotten hay we were going to bale up for mulch. Dusty!


We also run a Deere 5310 and a Farmall 450. No pics of the 450 yet
Heres the wheel when I was raking that rotten stuff


Some videos

Raking the first field of hay


Baling the first row of hay for 2009!


Baling that junk stuff, boy what a msitak that was. It was so wet that not only did I have to run in 1st gear, It screwed the clutches up somehow. I ended up going back and pushing the bales and what was left of the windrow into a pile in the hedgerow. I will NEVER do that again LOL


Thats all for now

Questions and comments welcome

[70ds]

Nice pics and videos. That is a sharp 4030. I it a syncro?

[rysiracusa]

Yep sure is a synchro. I love it

[acfarmer89]

How much did one of them Rotary rakes cost ya? How do you like the 315 baler?

[rysiracusa]

The rotary rake was around $4,000. The best 4k we've ever spent. I like the baler. It has a few issues such as the hydraulic cyliner that moves the thrower side to side but thats just an age factor, all it needs is re-packing. I'm not a huge fan of all the belts but it does the job very well