Starting off the 2023 hay season mowing a couple small fields. Mowing with a John Deere 956 MoCo discbine pulled by a John Deere 4055. #farming #equipment #dairyfarm #johndeere #hay
Looks like it did a great job. Our neighbor uses nothing but JD and has a few of these and a couple of self propelled. Thanks for sharing Mike and hope you have a blessed week.
Looks good and runs it nice… was always told to do the outside row last incase you hit a branch and break something… at least the whole field is done then… that’s the funny thing about farming…. Everyone has their own way of doing things
Going through the grass like a knife through butter. I would think it would be a nice combo with any tractor you use. We did something really different this year, we put all of the first cutting in the mow. We have a lot of hay left over from last year and one of the silos still has almost 40 ft of haylage yet. Dad decided not to sell much hay last winter. Nice to get the mow work done. Looking to chop most of the rest of it.
We just loaded up the last of our old hay onto a trailer (topped it off with some fresh hay to finish the load) so we can do what we had to do in the mow and load it back up with fresh hay also
I hear ya. I just hate driving through the hay making that first lap and duals would run over more. I think the 4250 without the duals should handle it alright
Looks like she worked good, you can’t beat the center pull you can mow so much faster whet you’re on a bigger field where you can go back and forth. Although I’ve never used a self propelled one. Have a good day Mike
Yeah the 4055 did pretty good. We will put this on the baler though so I figure if the 4250 doesn't do well on a steep hill then we will run the mower on the 4555
I believe that a center pivot, run correctly, can match a same width SP unit for efficiency. Or come dang close. The SP may have an edge on turnaround time, but I would love to "race" sometime! Old(er) John is sounding sweet pulling that MoCo!
Center pivots are great but SP’s have four advantages : 1st you are facing forward not only are you less tired and never look behind you but you will find your cutter bar lasts longer as your forward visibility will help you avoid some field obstacles, 2nd is by looking forward you will crowd the side of the cutter bar with material while effectively giving you a 6”-12”. Wider cut each pass without skipping gives you an extra 3-5 acres a day cut. 3rd is at end rows you save 60-100ft of running with the tractor on each end with each pass. That saves when you are in short rows especially. You will spend 3-5 minutes more per hour with the cutter bar cutting crop and not up in the air in turns. 4th is the hydrostatic transmission where you can change speeds instantly instead of staying at an average speed . Helps both with increased coverage but also helps take care of the cutterhead. Damn but they are expensive. One of the shredder builders needs to make a 20 foot or so flail mower you could put on the front of an SP. changing cutter bars on them is easy.
@@johnkemp4370 I agree with the forward facing advantage. The Hydrostatic advantage can be offset with the IVT, but I was mainly talking about speed. And with a center pivot you can switch out the power unit, and they can earn their keep by doing different things, like running the baler. SP units definitely have their place, depending on scale of the operation. Doesn't mean I still don't want to race one! 🤔🚜🌬️
We have duals on the 4250 for floatation. The 4250 is pretty similar power wise to a 4520 & 4430. The grass has good height and it was really dry and hot so it was good conditions for drying
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That is one good looking mowing team. Just watch out for fawns and rabbits. You could almost mow one day bale the same day lol it’s almost that dry…. Great video.
