The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

[Hay Dude]

Didn't you have a Case tractor on the Krone before?

Yeah, at one time that was a great tractor. I bought it for $40,000 which is dirt cheap, but it was pretty much shot when I bought it. I got 3 years out of it and sold it for $47,000 so I was real happy with that.
The Challenger is much nicer.

 

[Hay Dude]

Here’s some more hay action from today.

 

[Hay Dude]

Get that second rear mower for next season and you'll be all set. Those triples sure do cover some acres in a day.

My chance came & went. To make a triple, you have to add the double mower all at once. It’s one unit. Its also real expensive.
I am forever going to be using the double mower, unless I sell the whole thing and start over.

 

[Hay Dude]

Here’s a field I cut I call “The Big Tuna”. It is pretty large-probably 85 acres.

The extra mowing capacity from the Pottinger 302 has been great. I hope to finish this one in less than 10 hours.

Nothing like a peaceful walk back to the truck on a quiet country road.

Some stacked hay

 

[BleedingOrange]

Hay Dude, I really enjoy your pictures and updates. Do you ever stick your thumb out and hitch a ride ?

 

[Hay Dude]

Hay Dude, I really enjoy your pictures and updates. Do you ever stick your thumb out and hitch a ride ?

Yes! I enjoy hitch hiking as an alternative to calling around asking for rides.
95% of the time I walk.

 

[tradosaurus]

Living the dream.

 

[Hay Dude]

A few more of the big Tuna front side

Feedin’ Time for the foxes

Finishing up the backside of the Big Tuna. About 40 acres.

One more 15-20 acre patch to go. It’s 7:30 and I’ve been at it for 12 hours. I mowed 60 acres today.

Here’s a tree I cut up and moved off the field back in March.

 

[EddieWalker]

How do you deal with sitting for that long? If I'm in my tractor for just a few hours, I can barely walk when I try to get out of it.

 

[ssgp2]

How do you deal with sitting for that long? If I'm in my tractor for just a few hours, I can barely walk when I try to get out of it.

If I'm on the tractor for a few hours, no problem. It's if I sit at the table for too long I can't walk very well when I'm finally able to stand up.