Re: "new" to haying - validate my "wish list" and comments please!
In europe we have a thing called a haybob, a two rotor, dual-purpose machine running off the pto. Set the tines one way, it teds. Set the tines the other way, it rows up. Are they available in the states? On ebay you can pick one up for £500, even now in hay season. In winter they are about £200!
I use one behind my 25hp chink and it works like a charm. teds or rakes about 4 acres an hour. Last week I was keeping ahead of a New Holland T5.115 and baler on a fairly heavy crop.
Mind you, we've also tedded with my 25 and a Claas 4 rotor tedder, and raked with a 16' twin rotor. On flat, it works pretty well.
In europe we have a thing called a haybob, a two rotor, dual-purpose machine running off the pto. Set the tines one way, it teds. Set the tines the other way, it rows up. Are they available in the states? On ebay you can pick one up for £500, even now in hay season. In winter they are about £200!
I use one behind my 25hp chink and it works like a charm. teds or rakes about 4 acres an hour. Last week I was keeping ahead of a New Holland T5.115 and baler on a fairly heavy crop.
Mind you, we've also tedded with my 25 and a Claas 4 rotor tedder, and raked with a 16' twin rotor. On flat, it works pretty well.
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