@@CollegeHillFarm Thanks, I've seen similar sweeping methods. It works really good on gently sloped to flat land with tall growing grasses. I envy your timothy grass. I'm stuck with mostly Bermuda grass. I've over seeded with red clover and tall fescue, but until I can get the soil fertility up the only thing that continues to grow most of the year is the Bermuda and white clover. I do still gather what I can, but I use a lawn sweeper for now. I put it around my grape vines and fruit trees, and use it to help compost the sawdust from my sawmill. For me my lawn sweeper has been one of my best purchases. I use it to gather leaves, pick up the pecans in the fall, and collect my short grass. I'll end up making a sweep like your once I can get my grasses to grow taller. Does the front end loader on your tractor have a float position? I would think cutting the bevel on the tines the other way and using the float position would make it easier to sweep the hay without risking breaking the tines off.
My bucket does not have a float position. That would be nice. I have never tried the tines the other way. I bought a bunch - like 50 for $1 each 3 or 4 years ago and still have maybe 30 of them left. I break one every now and again. But I have really gotten better at it as the years have gone by.
It looks good to me. Our fields are in rough shape, so I tend to brush hog slower. In time, with enough cuttings, we hope the grass improves. @@CollegeHillFarm
We overseeded some of ours. I mowed really low and then put on the cultivators and cut grooves all of the area. Then I planted a seed mix with rye, timothy, and orchard grass. The pasture was full of weeds and tall fescue. I mowed and never let the weeds go to seed. Took about 4 yrs but mine is way better. @@MikeOrazzi
