The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

[BleedingOrange]

We have a huge mushroom compost facility being built here in Eastern Ontario just a few kilometers from our place.

 

[groundcover]

Was down to see mom in Kennett Square a couple of weeks ago and walked outside in the morning and was like what the heck is that smell, Oh yeah!

 

[EddieWalker]

I don't know anything about mushrooms. My wife loves them, I tolerate them.

I read somewhere that they grow in the dark, but all the mushrooms on my place grow out in the sun.

I'm home sick, I might look up mushroom growing on youtube for something to do.

 

[Hay Dude]

So yesterday, I decided it was time to get the shop reorganized for winter. I decided to pull the Krone off the Magnum and put all the hay tools in the back where I can work on them over the cold months.

First I had to get the Krone baler disconnected from the Magnum. It’s not an easy task. Note sledge hammer.

Now time to get the hydraulic jack down to take pressure off the hitch and loosen the home made hammer strap & hitch bolts.

I zip-tie the hoses for easy trouble free hook up next spring and take cell phone photo. Tractor back end is a real mess after making 1,000+ tons of hay.

After about an hour of wrenching and blocking up the baler, I drove the Magnum out the back door, and now have it parked next to baler. I think the Magnum enjoys a break from pulling the 38,000LB Krone around for 6 months.

Now I have backed the Massey in front of the Magnum. I can easily get it out for heavy snows. I think I need to take a grinder to that new cutting edge. Those corners look too “pointy”.

The Pottinger hay mower is in the back corner. I can still access the CX-15. Still have quite a few large fields to mow. Hopefully the snow will hold off until I can get them cut.

Still plenty of room for the Challenger and hopefully the dump truck.

Now over to the farm. I decided to put the wheel rake on the upper floor of the bank barn.
Plenty of room, but I’m always concerned about weight. I’d love to put the Kaufman trailer in there, but it weighs 11,000lbs. My friend that owns the property insists it’s strong enough and I believe him. He is very proud of the barn and reminds me that they used to back 3 full hay wagons down the mow and leve them there until they were unloaded.
However, that was 30 years ago and time has a way of wearing a barn down.

The rake is relatively light. Maybe 2 tons. Besides, I have another spot for the trailer. The tedder is already stored in another barn.

Back over to the shop and I parked the Challenger in the barn just to get an idea of remaining space. It will end up at my house for snowplowing in a few weeks.

Notice the 8’ high cap bucket and forks are stowed away in the front corner.

It’s a strange feeling of “coming down” after a summer of “hay-warfare”. It’s like there’s nothing to do (although theres a lot to do). You find yourself with a lot of extra time. Nice to take a break, fix things and get ready for winter/snow, which I detest.

 

[mrmikey]

Note sledge hammer.

I thought that was for injector adjustment .

Those corners look too “pointy”.

Ur right, square like that they'll dig in crazy bad at anything other that straight, ours were normally cut back 2" @ 45 deg,

 

[Willman]

Was down to see mom in Kennett Square a couple of weeks ago and walked outside in the morning and was like what the heck is that smell, Oh yeah!

I did service work in some of those large grow houses , many cave like dark rooms, moist and smelly, mushroom soil main ingredient is horse manure

 

[Hay Dude]

I did service work in some of those large grow houses , many cave like dark rooms, moist and smelly, mushroom soil main ingredient is horse manure

No 1st ingredient is hay.
2nd most is horse/cow manure or poiltry littler.

 

[Willman]

No 1st ingredient is hay.
2nd most is horse/cow manure or poiltry littler.

Yes hay ,
Depends on what they can get (manure type), a lot from horse farms and race tracks,
I seen it being mixed many times, then they age it for a while before using

 

[EddieWalker]

The picture of your remotes has me scratching my head. What are the two empty remotes that are different sizes? It looks like you have an electrical plug in up high to the right, and is that a garden hose next to it?

 

[Hay Dude]

The picture of your remotes has me scratching my head. What are the two empty remotes that are different sizes? It looks like you have an electrical plug in up high to the right, and is that a garden hose next to it?

The electrical plug is for turn signals, 4 ways and lights. The “garden hose” lol one next to it is for the hydraulic brakes on the baler.
The pairs of hoses are for functions like axle lock/unlock (the front rear axle steers, just like a air lift axle on a tri-axle dump truck).
Other pairs are to lift/lower pickup on front or to operate the jack, the last bale eject,etc.