Writing from Australia, Love your video and love watching pasture/ crops being mowed. Had a Inter 696 tractor pulling a New Holland 469 Haybine , loved mowing oats. Sold the haybine 20 years ago, worst thing I ever did. Cannot beat Red Gear !
Nice! I was looking at 300 and 400s as a second tractor but I ended up getting a Massey 165. I grew up around Masseys and decided to add a different shade of red to the barn.
Hello sir,, I spent 32 years army, now retired back on the family farm in witch I bought, doing exactly what you are with same equipment having a great time one side note , I have a 6 foot umbrella above me,, have a great day 😊
Thanks! I filled the ground shots with an older gopro that needed a plastic case on it to mount. The audio wasn't very good so I decided to cover it with music. Now if you'd like to hear it I got a new gopro this spring and the new mowing video has excellent audio and video.
Great Video my friend! I miss the farm life myself as its been many years since I moved out on my own. I remember that ole New Holland Haybine tho, We used to have the same exact one on our farm and a New Holland Square Baler.
First........check so the cranks turn freely....... check header weight adjustment. Around 40 pounds. Often the springs nearest the gear box would not carry the weight.....if the skid shoes were still installed. They alone might weigh around 30 pounds. Get rid of them ! Trap the gophers and pick up the rocks ! Last..... install a new sickle and guards after around 240 acres. Installing them takes time.......and adjustment on nearly every guard.......shim the guards from behind using tin strips or hack saw blades. Or..... might even need to use a pipe to bend the guard downward. Just because things are new dont mean they are perfect ! Every single guards when installed is different. Start on the ends....... then one or two guards in the middle. You can ruin new guards and sickle in just a few hours.
Nice machine and video ! Just one question ? Most farmers never took the shims / spacers out between the hay bine rolls...... up to one quarter inch of spacers between the rolls. The were first shipped with the spacers in.... later shipped with the spacers bolted beside the roll housing. They were meant for cutting oats so the heads wouldnt be knocked off. Many farmers never knew this.....had the haybine cutting hay for years and never understood why the hay would not dry . Like cutting hay with a sickle mower all over again ! The last sale I went to there were 5 haybines there. All of them still had the spacers between the rolls ! Remove them and put full tension on the rolls......now the hay will dry !
Interested! I had never known that. When I bought it, the pervious owner had the rolls cranked down has far as they could go. I adjusted them some for my crop conditions.
@jerry lansbury it was actually ripping some of the stems in half. My guess is that to much pressure for a light crop. Either way I got it set now to where I get a nice crimp on it and I'm happy with my dry time. When we loosened the rolls up we latterly used a pipe wrench and a 6' pipe to break the adjuster free.
Just cruising you tube, and your video popped up......Being in the Hay Business also, Decided to give it a look see..... Thou What we grow is different the process is the same....
@Farming for Fun and Profit yup and that keeps it interesting. Tedders have become a popular tool in my area whereas 15 years ago you hardly ever seen em.
Our basic variety of Grass is Hybrid Tifton Bermuda... It is propagated by sprigging or planting the roots to establish.... Once a Healthy stand is established.... it last forever with proper fertilization..... It has fine stems and fine leaves so conditioning is not required... We usually bale on a 3 day cycle..
Nice video! The IH 06 / 26 / 56 series used to be what I aspired to before I fell in with Masseys. Nice looking equipment combo, thanks for sharing it. How many acres do you do? Subscribed!
Too much weight on the header ! This machine should " float " not bounce across the field. Should be able to lift the header off the ground with one hand. 40 pounds .
