Those have caused some heartache. We were lucky that John at TTD was helpful and interested in making them work. It seems that ibex was not ready for the addition.
Good video! Youre exactly right...its YOUR equipment and if you wanna modify something, whats it to anyone else! I've had the same comments about my custom drawbar assembly on my Farm Maxx baler. If the drawbar damages my baler (highly unlikely anyhow) its on ME, nobody else. It will probably be this winter before I venture into gathering wheels. I dont mind modifying them but at the price from Kenos, (plus shipping cost), its just not in my farm budget right now. I wish TTD still sold them, they had them for around $400 (reasonable), Kenos is like $600...plus ship (borderline UNreasonably high). We have messed with varying stack-styles too for the 2x2 bales. I dont mind either way. When you stack straight up 3-4 tall, the wrapped ends get covered by the bale on top and under (can slightly stagger to leave a bit open but then the stack gets "wobbly" a bit). After stacking several different ways, I prefer the same way you do, keeps the hay bales in better shape. Of course it depends on your barn space too. Last cutting last year we stacked in a couple stalls and had to stack laying down for enough space to fit all the bales. Of course always on pallets off the ground. Congrats on a great 1st cut! Thanks for sharing!!
I am with ya on the gathering wheels, the price for what ya get is borderline unreasonable. Then you have to make the mount and take full responsibility for it not working! Anyway, good luck with the wheels.
looking good! I only wish our humidity and weather would allow us to cut one day, dry one day and bale the next. Thats unheard of around here. If we baled that fast we would have a barn fire for sure. Goes to show how different it is one area to the next. One size sure dont fit all in the hay game. Bales look nice stacked in the barn! Thanks for sharing! Nice seeing Mrs Sally in the videos.
We are in the heat of summer here for sure. Even with the humidity, it seems that the sun and wind dry everything down rapidly. Sally is getting friendly with the camera and it seems like she enjoys it for now.
Nope, I was the experiment. Got the very first set. I engineered a bracket, but TTD didn't want to develop the idea. I welded the bracket on and never looked back!
Been unusually hot here too the last several days. We hit 87 yesterday, thats ~hot~ for the mountains! Hopefully that humidity drops for yall to get hay dried down proper. What a neat space to camp and stay at the farm! Thanks for sharing! Hello to Mrs Sally! Good to see you back in the videos! Best of luck this week!
We had 88 degrees here today, up to 95 by Friday. Hot and humid is the story for Arkansas summers. We love staying up there, quite, no neighbors, no cellphone service. Git a couple more videos on tap for the week. Hope to have several hundred 2x2's in the barn. Sally says Hi! She is a little nervous about the videos, but we are working on that. Please tell Susan we all wish her well.
Good video for a different “style” drum mower than I’m used to. Some differences in the drum mower we have but basically they operate a lot the same. Ours is PTO to a belt drive system. Drum mowers are hard to beat for their cost compared to disc mowers or sickle bars. Good job explaining how that particular style drum mower should be set up. I don’t think I’ve saw anyone else explain the details of setup for that style mower. Good luck mowing tomorrow!
Well, the privet is so big the goats would have no effect on it. Most of the privet is over 10 feet tall and has became trees. The goats at my mom's do keep the small stuff in check, but anything over 5 feet tall they ignore.
The kit as a whole is worth the money. The one thing I would change is the hay rake. I would opt for the 4 wheel Righthand rake, not the V rake. I have posted a new video on the modification we had to make on the rake.
Tom, that mod on the rake "looks" like a very good fix. Time raking in the hay field will tell the tale, but what you describe there seems spot-on. Really interested to see how it does, keep us posted. Looking VERY forward to the coming haying videos you can share. Thanks! Hope y`all are having a good evening!
We should start cutting on Wednesday, dry down Thursday and Friday, hay in the barn Saturday. That is the plan anyway. I will post a few videos on our process as we go. With good weather and plenty of sunshine it should come together. The video doesn't show how deep the grass is really. I am hoping for 400 bales first cut on 6 acres.
Wow....that forage grass is looking good! Sorry to hear about rake problems. Our inline rake works, especially for what we paid for it, but I'm still looking in the used market for a NH 256 Rolabar rake to possibly add to our equipment. Thanks for sharing, tell Mrs. Sally we say hello also!
Goodness….from what you started with and look at it now, wow…HUGE improvements! Good job! I can see lots of sweat-equity right there. Lespedza is a great legume. It will add nitrogen to your soil for the orchard too. Your goat-owner customers will LOVE the lespedza. Goats go nuts over it (so will cows, horses, etc). Thanks for sharing, good job!
So far, it has been great. The baler will take grass as long as it is dry. We will be cutting hay in about 10 days, so hope to have new content available when that happens. Thanks for the interest so far it has been trouble free (380 bales).
Some of the best lessons Ive learned came from my mistakes and fails (and watching others share a fail). Thanks for sharing the good, and things that sometimes do go so well....valuable info. I enjoy the bee content! Thanks for sharing! Hope you guys have a good day also!
