farmerboybill
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- Mar 4, 2008
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- Location
- Southwestern Wisconsin
- Tractor
- BCS 850 diesel and 735 diesel
Hey Clytle,
The rake really can't throw past the stop because it throws it directly at it. You can flip up the stop and throw the hay a fair distance. In fact, the "/tedder" part of them name is accomplished by lifting the right side of the machine and flipping up the stop to throw the windrow back out. Eric never mentioned having trouble with the wrap. I think he has it set at the lowest setting for number of wraps.
Hi Jomifo,
Basically, you'd just go around the field raking in clockwise two or three rounds until you can't move the windrow. Then you'd start raking counterclockwise in a couple passes and throw out until you get to the first windrow. After that, make another couple three passes in and a couple three passes out. Keep making these mega windrows until you're done. At that point, you pitchfork the windrow onto a rack and take it to where you want a stack made. It doesn't make the stack for you unless you're looking for very small stacks. I wasn't running nearly the RPM's that the videos posted below show
Videos of the rake -
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3f4mnSLtug&lr=1]Grillo Model G107d walk behind tractor with PTO-driven Hayrake - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxWvdesnVbo&list=UU3dNwtzBGF0kX11Ts6Qe1LA&index=3&feature=plcp]BCS Hayrake - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnrBh1xpFVU&feature=channel&list=UL]mini.avi - YouTube[/ame]
The rake really can't throw past the stop because it throws it directly at it. You can flip up the stop and throw the hay a fair distance. In fact, the "/tedder" part of them name is accomplished by lifting the right side of the machine and flipping up the stop to throw the windrow back out. Eric never mentioned having trouble with the wrap. I think he has it set at the lowest setting for number of wraps.
Hi Jomifo,
Basically, you'd just go around the field raking in clockwise two or three rounds until you can't move the windrow. Then you'd start raking counterclockwise in a couple passes and throw out until you get to the first windrow. After that, make another couple three passes in and a couple three passes out. Keep making these mega windrows until you're done. At that point, you pitchfork the windrow onto a rack and take it to where you want a stack made. It doesn't make the stack for you unless you're looking for very small stacks. I wasn't running nearly the RPM's that the videos posted below show
Videos of the rake -
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3f4mnSLtug&lr=1]Grillo Model G107d walk behind tractor with PTO-driven Hayrake - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxWvdesnVbo&list=UU3dNwtzBGF0kX11Ts6Qe1LA&index=3&feature=plcp]BCS Hayrake - YouTube[/ame]
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnrBh1xpFVU&feature=channel&list=UL]mini.avi - YouTube[/ame]
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