That mower is something else! I did a lot of haying as a young man back in the 60's and early 70's. All done with a sickle bar mower and simple hay rake. The machinery today used for hay is amazing!
oh yes - those old sickle bars mowers,. I was a teenage, will follow behind with the hay conditioner. There are still some small farmers are still using the sickle bar mowers
We call these a "three deck mower" here in Kansas, they are sweet as you can really put the hay down and do a field quickly. Back when I was a kid on our farm all we had was a 12 foot sickle bar mower that we pulled behind a small tractor on its 3pt hitch and it took some hours to cut a big hay field. 12 foot cut vs 34 foot is a huge difference plus the speed is phenominal. Thanks Andy, very cool mowing system.
I remember back in the beginning Andy when you 1st started youtubin', your music selection, thought for SURE we were gonna hear some "Ratt" from the the title.
Another great vid andy. Did you guys get rid of that jd w235 i seen in the years past? Those are nice but im sure the triples are a bit more productive.
I just flew down to South Carolina to drive my mom back to Massachusetts the corn crop looked horrible super dry and all pineappled up could really use some rain the heat is taking it’s toll
Good looking crop of Alfalfey we always put a pound of orchard grass to an acre when seeding Alfalfa, but it grew best at 3rd and 4th cutting, the horse farms like the mix we sold about 8 to 10.000 square bales a yr
My dad and I always added birdsfoot trefoil when seeding a wet field/field with wet holes. The trefoil filled in the wet holes and when feeding dry hay the cows always seemed to like the trefoil better. Trefoil doesn't produce the tonnage, but doesn't out compete the alfalfa.
