John Deere 346 Project

[ddivinia]

OK... I gotta ask.. are you paying the list price on JDParts? It doesn't matter much - anyway - 'cause I always pay list at my dealer. I feel ESPECIALLY grateful if they don't tack on some kinda additional freight charge!

Some I did, some i didn't.





I'm having the part's guy "run the numbers" and let me know what the assemblies will cost and I gave him a partial list of the other part's that I want to have on hand in my garage. I'm pretty sure I'll go with just the key elements of the knotter assemblies - individually - 'cause the whole enchilada will be more $$ than a new baler.. :shocked:
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That is exactly why I asked.



Had a measure of "success" tonight. We baled up 3 bales with "recycled" hay from the barn! YeeHaa! :drink:

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That is awesome.

I think we missed this current weather window for hay; so, I'm hopin' that we'll get another shot of sunshine in a week or so.

AKfish

I am hoping to roll up 100 acres of hay this weekend.

D.

 

[AKfish]

I am hoping to roll up 100 acres of hay this weekend.

D.

That's great!! Hope all goes well.

No hay work up here this weekend... cloudy and likely rain.

Just need 3; maybe 4 days with some good breezy wind.

AKfish

 

[ddivinia]

That's great!! Hope all goes well.

No hay work up here this weekend... cloudy and likely rain.

Just need 3; maybe 4 days with some good breezy wind.

AKfish

Well got 154 rolls. Now I need to get them out of the field and move some cows around.

D.

 

[AKfish]

Well got 154 rolls. Now I need to get them out of the field and move some cows around.

D.

Dang!!! :thumbsup: How much do you 'spose the bales weigh? What's that work out to for yield/acre?

You plan to let the cows pick a while on the hay field? A couple of weeks after baling, let the horses or cows, (goats, sheep) on the hay fields for a month or so to graze the new green growth.

AKfish

 

[ddivinia]

Dang!!! :thumbsup: How much do you 'spose the bales weigh? What's that work out to for yield/acre?

You plan to let the cows pick a while on the hay field? A couple of weeks after baling, let the horses or cows, (goats, sheep) on the hay fields for a month or so to graze the new green growth.

AKfish

Not sure on the weight, I will run a trailer load by the truckstop and check.

On the front pasture 2.5 bales an acre (best yet).

Only 1.1 per acres on the back.

Why the difference?

I ran short on fertilzer. I was targeting 200lb acre and well those fertilizer buggies are never right. I had a tender brought out and was filling it myself.

1.54 bales an acre average.

I can live with it - have enough for my herd, etc.

I did notice this morning that I tore a belt on the baler. I thought I saw a cedar stick in one of the bales when I drove by. That mulching of tress last year did throw some debris into the fields. Sucks - that was a new belt last year.

Always something...

D.

 

[AKfish]

Not sure on the weight, I will run a trailer load by the truckstop and check.

On the front pasture 2.5 bales an acre (best yet).

Only 1.1 per acres on the back.

Why the difference?

I ran short on fertilzer. I was targeting 200lb acre and well those fertilizer buggies are never right. I had a tender brought out and was filling it myself.

1.54 bales an acre average.

I can live with it - have enough for my herd, etc.

I did notice this morning that I tore a belt on the baler. I thought I saw a cedar stick in one of the bales when I drove by. That mulching of tress last year did throw some debris into the fields. Sucks - that was a new belt last year.

Always something...

D.

I'm guessing those bales are your 2nd cutting this year? And if they're in the 1,000lb range (ballpark) --- well, that's about what we get for the ENTIRE summer!!

So, that's pretty darn good in my book! :thumbsup:

Yah, I shorted my field a bit, too. The back half is a little thinner than the front field and the edges are kinda skimpy. I'll order an additional 1,000 lbs next year.

AKfish

 

[ddivinia]

I'm guessing those bales are your 2nd cutting this year? And if they're in the 1,000lb range (ballpark) --- well, that's about what we get for the ENTIRE summer!!

So, that's pretty darn good in my book! :thumbsup:

Yah, I shorted my field a bit, too. The back half is a little thinner than the front field and the edges are kinda skimpy. I'll order an additional 1,000 lbs next year.

AKfish

2nd cutting

Should be 1000+ 48" by 65" bales

Best yield yet for us.

How much fertilizer are you putting down per acres and what kind?

D.

 

[AKfish]

How much fertilizer are you putting down per acres and what kind?

D.

Using 20-10-10-6. (That's 6% Sulfur.) The soils are on the acidic side up here and the sulfur helps buffer that and make the N more available to the plants.

@80 lbs of N/acre; I should have put down 2 tons on the 10 acres. I used just over a ton...

The field hasn't been taken care of for a couple of years and the dandelions and the trees and the other weeds had just about taken over all the perimeter of the fields - extending into the center of the fields probably 60' along all four sides!!

So, I didn't want to get in there first thing and load up all the weeds with expensive fertilizer until I had a chance to hit 'em a couple of times with some herbicide.

By the time I sprayed twice, the hay was so tall and I was laying it over too much with the sprayer. There was no way I was gonna be able to get in there with the tractor and the spreader! So, it is what it is... this year.

AKfish

 

[AKfish]

Local JD part's guy quoted me $1,221.40 for a knotter assembly for a JD336 baler!! Have to add in another $25 for sales tax.

Don't guess I'm gonna "invest" $2,467.80 on the 2 assemblies.. Ordered the 2 twine disc pinion gears for $42/apiece. They were the worst worn parts.

AKfish

(He did mention that he "might" be able to come off of that by 10%.. and I did remember to be "civil" when I declined!)

 

[dcyrilc]

Local JD part's guy quoted me $1,221.40 for a knotter assembly for a JD336 baler!! Have to add in another $25 for sales tax.

Don't guess I'm gonna "invest" $2,467.80 on the 2 assemblies.. Ordered the 2 twine disc pinion gears for $42/apiece. They were the worst worn parts.

AKfish

(He did mention that he "might" be able to come off of that by 10%.. and I did remember to be "civil" when I declined!)

OUCH.:shocked:

Glad I'm only repairing an older JD tractor.

What's the weather prediction? Look like you'll get to bale soon?