Today I find out if my $55 online auction score hay rake will actually rake hay. Hint: the raking went better than the baling did. Look for another Vermeer baler repair video coming soon.
We finished up here at the home place, wasn't supposed to rain 😂🤣 should have hauled all night, had a semi load and a few big bales left out.. but all field stacked for loading trucks, only the tops of half of them got wet. Holding off on cutting at the moment, supposed to rain towards the end of the week and we can't get it dry in less than 5 days... Not like we don't have equipment to work on 🙄 I had no doubt your new rake would work well 👍😁 We've always done well with the least expensive equipment.
Signature for Farmer Pete videos: great camera angles, great rock-and-roll music, old equipment (and old farmer!)that both work great until they don't, which just creates the opportunity for the next video!
Man yeah Mr Pete, love that 180 !! Those disc mowers sure are sweet!! Your Pennies on the Dollar rake did amazing!! I think I could watch and listen to a roll bar rake all day!! Thank you sir!! Oh no, well it seems no matter how prepared we are, there is always something to slow us down! Good thing you found it, and the neighbor was able to come finish it up!! Looking fwd to the repair videos!! Thank you Mr Pete for bringing us along, look fwd to seeing what's next!! 😁😁😁👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I'm like you - the first time I cut hay in a given year, I always just cut a little until I make sure everything is working. Sorry about the round baler problems, but the $55 rake seemed to be working fine. I have always had New Idea rakes - still have one now. Never saw one with dolly wheels like yours has. Have always seen that on New Hollands. Enjoyed the video.
Thanks Charley. The dolly wheel set up on this rake is home made. someone shortened the rear axle from an old front wheel drive car (looks like an early '80s Chrysler) and did a pretty good job fabricating a dolly wheel set up.
Pete You could say you kind of stole that rake ! Heck the tires and rims were worth that. All new teeth would not be cheap. The old roller rake I used as a young lad on the farm.
I’m getting back into hay for myself. Haven’t down hay period for last 5 years . I too will using a bar rake for the first time in over 20 years . I’m a little nervous lol . The little patches I’ll be doing are fairly irregular shaped as well. When I was younger we used the bar rake and had a round baler, and we doubled the rows. it was a 27 acre rectangle. Now I’m using an ancient square baler. if the grass is very thick at all, I’m not gonna be able to double the rows if it’s then I seen a lot of videos were guys just go around and around and around until they get a good size row then they turn around and double back and finish that windrow off and then they start over again. I guess I’ll just have to figure it out as I go lol. when I got a little older we traded for a 702 wheel rake, a V rake, and everybody I’ve helped since that’s what they have. So really I have very little wheel time with a bar rake
Great video Pete the rake done a great job and looked good behind the WD. Man that’s a bummer about the bearing going out in the Baler. Take care Pete and I hope you have a great upcoming week 👍
That my friend is the kind of hay equipment I like, Cheap ! LOL As long as the rake will do its job it will work just fine for me no matter how old it is, You just cant afford to buy new these days and I dont know if I would want to cause everything made in china ! Love to old WD ! Bandit
@@farmerpete I know I'm always looking for a bargain and have been know to drive to another state going after something ! LOL Getting something cheap is one thing but going on a really good road trip after something is even better ! A sale about a month ago I got a case of 12 new boxes of JD combine sickle sections for $10 ! What a bargain for me and I think I have a life time supply now ! LOL Just picked up a Oliver 3242 4 bottom 3 pt plow for $50 and a wagon running gear for $50, My kind of prices ! LOL I like to have and keep everything paid for and that is piece of mind thats priceless ! Bandit