Making Hay

[slowzuki]

Doing between 2000-6000 small squares, with an eye to go to 10,000 again
10 ft pottinger mounted mower conditioner on a MF5455 with lots of hours
Kubota L5030HSTC on everything else usually.
2 deutz fahr junk tedders
Vogel and Noot belt rake
JD 336 baler
2-5 wagons depending whats available

We have a ramp on the baler, hand stack on the wagon often by me because no one else likes that job.

 

[cowski]

mccormick cx70 ,jd 5510,jd 4630 and a mahindra 5005.sitrix 8 wheel rake,krone and landpride disk mower,john deere round baler,mf 124 square baler.f450 with 12 ton econoline trailer to move it.about 1200 round bales a year and a few square.

 

[flusher]

Does anyone on travtorbynet make hay and if so what tractors, mowers, balers, etc. do you use to do so? Just thought it would be interesting to know what everyone out there uses.

I do oat hay on 6 of my 10 acres (it's a hobby and I like messing with the machinery).

Tractor: 2008 Mahindra 5525 (54 hp engine, 45 hp pto, 2WD, gear tranny 8F/2R, power steering) with ML250 FEL (6-ft wide bucket, 2950 lb lift to 10.5 ft).

Baler: MF124 two-twine ($2000)
Rake: JD350 pto driven 5-bar side-delivery hay rake ($800)
Mower: MF31 sicklebar (7ft cut, $550 plus about $200 new parts)
Grain drill: Minneapolis Moline P3-6 (10 ft wide, 20 hoes, single disc openers, fertilizer box plus grass boxes, paid $275 for two of these and spent about $200 and 2 months time putting together one that works)
Disc: 6.5 ft Towner offset disc (gift from a neighbor).
Field cultivator: 8ft wide ($200)

 

[dmay]

I used to run the following equipment from 2003-2008 on 80 acres to do small square hay for horses:

MF265 tractor
NH489 mower/conditioner
MF124 baler
NH1002 bale wagon

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I do around 5k bales (never have figured out my total exactly but did over 2k in one day a few years back). My equipment is,

New Holland TN65
Ford 1920
Gehl 2340 discbine
Vicon 510T tedder (4 basket)
New Holland 256 rake
New Holland 575 baler with 72 thrower
4 kicker wagons (2-8x18 and 2-9x18)

 

[5030]

Doing between 2000-6000 small squares, with an eye to go to 10,000 again
10 ft pottinger mounted mower conditioner on a MF5455 with lots of hours
Kubota L5030HSTC on everything else usually.
2 deutz fahr junk tedders
Vogel and Noot belt rake
JD 336 baler
2-5 wagons depending whats available

We have a ramp on the baler, hand stack on the wagon often by me because no one else likes that job.

I see you still have the 5030. I remember you asking me about mine a long while ago when you were thinking about buying one.

I haven't been on here for a few years but I'm back, for now.

The guy I sold the 5030 to, uses it for commercial mowing. Has a bat wing Land Pride on the back.

 

[BeeferMan]

1000-2000 small squares, half for horses, a few for finishing, rest for someone else to pick up in the field.

100-120 4x4 rounds for the beef cattle.

NH TT75A
Case 1194
Ford 600 (use very occasionally)

Kuhn FC243 FTG moco
Kuhn tedder
Kuhn rotary rake (4120?)
NH 311 square baler (has 70 thrower, but we never use it)
Case 8420 round baler

 

[slowzuki]

Hi Darrell, I ended up getting one from Maine, for more money, and in worse shape than yours but its done well. I do quite a few lanes and driveways of snow removal with it in the winter, and its handier than anything for loader work.

Just can't run a discbine and the short wheel base beats me up too bad raking / tedding in a hurry. Really should be sold off but the hydro is nice snowblowing.

My MF5455 is slowly starting to get more hours but it takes loads more fuel to do anything on it.

I see you still have the 5030. I remember you asking me about mine a long while ago when you were thinking about buying one.

I haven't been on here for a few years but I'm back, for now.

The guy I sold the 5030 to, uses it for commercial mowing. Has a bat wing Land Pride on the back.

 

[5030]

Assuredly, not enough gonads for a discbine, one reason I went to gear drive and turbocharging and one reason I steered away from JD and NH, the gallons per hour used. Kubota has always been frugal on fuel and the M9 and the 105 are no exception.

I always admired the M9, it was the 4020 of tractors for me and it's my favorite and it gets the hours. The 105 is nice for the big round bailer and the discbine with the powershift on the armrest but the M9 has got to be Kubota's best offering in large tractors. Too bad it was discontinued.

I ordered mine after the model change and I had to deal with Kubota in California (Torrence) as to the availability. Turned out that the factory in Japan had enough parts on hand to assemble mine but I waited 4 months for it to come. I believe I have the last one built, sort of a unique unit.

It will be in my estate sale.......

 

[gf5205]

4000-5000 small squares. We use about 1000 and sell the rest.
JD 5205
JD 5203
JD 850
Ford 3600
Kuhn FC243 MoCo
2 basket tedder
Kuhn rotary rake (3120?)
JD 328 baler
Kuhns 15 bale accumulator and grabber
2 9x20 wagons
3 9x16 wagons

Greg