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Hi all. Am running an old New Holland 68 Super Hayliner. Last year when I got it, it was only tying on one side so I sharpened the knives and seems to have solved the problem and it’s tying fine now. Before starting this year I re sharpened the knives. Only thing I’ve noticed is this year I’ve...

So I acquired a NH68 baler that’s in perfect working order except the knifes need sharpening. I understand you have to undo the bolt that holds the knitters down then flip them up in order to remove the knife arm for sharpening? Is that right or can it be done without removing the knife arm...

So I’ve got an old Kuhn disc mower which I’ve stripped right down and everything is off except this one nut that has rusted to a round head. Photo is shown below just wondered if anyone had any ideas on how to get it off? As the end of the bolt is beyond the nut I’m reluctant to try welding...

What’s the thinnest crops any of you have ever bothered to cut and bale? Interested to know if anyone else bothers cutting they little grass Been told today I was mad for cutting a field when I did! Grass was barely to the top of your boots in some parts but had all gone to head thanks to the...

Got a small farm in Devon, England so land is not flat in the slightest. At the moment we are just running an old IH 454 with a front loader but looking for something a bit bigger and 4wd. Currently moving silage on a rear bale handler. Main uses would be moving straw and silage around for...

Back in the end of the summer my old Taarup 1650 disc mower seized and stalled my tractor half way through cutting a 8ac field. I haven’t had the time or money to tear into it yet but I’m assuming it’s bearings in the cutter bar seized? Assuming I can even get the parts, from peoples experience...

I’ve got a Fahr KM22 Drum mower. Was mowing yesterday and all seemed to be going ok but then noticed that it didn’t seem to be cutting well. Think that the belts were slipping? They were tensioned to what it suggests in the book and had been ok cutting the 15ac I’d mowed the day before. The...

Hi all. Have been asked to make some fields of small bales for a friend about 5 miles from home. It’s about 8 acres and he apparently normally gets 4-600 bales off of it but looks thicker than normal this year so could be more. I’m not keen on taking my accumulator over due to distance. The guy...

Hi all. Just wondering if there’s anyone done their first cutting of hay or silage yet? We wouldn’t normally think about cutting silage until mid may but this year the grass was right and we cut end of may! How close is everyone else before cutting? Take a look at the video I put on YouTube...

Hi guys, So I have just been out and cut my first field of the year with my KM22 drum mower and for some reason it's giving a really rough cut. The first few of rounds it cut perfectly well then after I started going up and down it seemed to be cutting really rough. I can only think of 2 things...

Hi guys. So the time if year is coming when we will need to start putting out bales for the animals. This year is the first year we have had rounds done so I done actually have a bale spear to move them from the stack our contractor made out to the feed pens. Having had an initial look it looks...

Hi I been wondering for a long time how possible it would be to build my own hay rake. Looking at it I have 2 four wheel Hay rakes. Guess I could easily make up an axle and could purchase the hydraulics. The one question I have in my mind about doing this is how easy is it to flip te wheels on...

Hi guys I'm looking at buying a new hay rake. I'm ideally looking for a wheel rake. Over here in the uk the only wheel rakes available seem to be enorossi ones. I know over here they seem to be fairly new thing, as wheel rakes in all are very rare. Does anyone know what the enorossi rakes are...

Hi all. I've just taken a load of scrap down to the local scrap yard and to say why I got for it was bad is an understatement!! It's less than 1/4 what it was at this time last year!! Was getting about $195 a ton for steel last year. Got $35 a ton today. What prices are others around the...

Hi, Im still looking at buying a 'new' tractor. Had been looking at brand new but for what I'm after its stupid money, especially as I'm here in the UK. Had originally been looking at a New Holland T4, or a Deere - something like a 5085. Tractors i been looking at previously have been 4wd. My...

Hi guys. Now that we're at the end of another haying season, I'm thinking of buying another tractor as i just can't keep up only running one machine. Also now I'm starting to do some small scale contracting for some older local farmers who are struggling to do it themselves. Anyway I'm...

Hi, I posted this earlier in a different place but i realised i posted in the wrong place, so here goes I'm looking at purchasing a hesston 6400 swather. Here in the UK, swathers are very difficult to come by. I have a few questions about this one though as its not got a header on it that...

Hi, I'm looking at purchasing a hesston 6400 swather. Here in the UK, swathers are very difficult to come by. I have a few questions about this one though as its not got a header on it that I've ever seen on one before. Looks more like a rape header for a combine than a header i can cut...

Hi guys. I am in the process of designing a versatile log trailer for a quad bike as my A Level DT Major Project. I was just wondering if, as a part of my research, you could tell me what features any of you would be looking for in a log trailer, sized for an ATV or UTV, if it were also...

Hi I'm looking at buying an IH B47 baler but I heard that they can only run on sisal twine and not the poly stuff. Does anyone know if it is possible to run poly twine on one of these or if there is something I need to do before I can? Also any general thoughts on the baler would be greatly...

Hi guys, Im looking at an IH 435 baler that one of my friends is selling. I have a few questions: Firstly does anyone know what the rough PTO hp requirement is for this? we have an IH444 Diesel with 40 PTO hp - Is this likely to be enough to drive it. We mostly have flat ground so wouldn't need...

Hi guys, Ive had a question in my mind for a long time and keep getting conflicting answers. I was wondering if anyone wraps bales of hay so that they can be stored outside. I know that haylage gets wrapped and is ok to be stored outside but the thing is we only have 4 ponies and i wouldn't have...

Have had an idea to build a flatbed trailer for carrying our small squares back from the field about 10 miles away. Usually get around 200-250 bales off this field. Currently our biggest trailer will carry 40-50 bales and often we just don't have enough time to do 4-5 runs with the other hay we...

Hi guys I been looking into buying a used loader of some sort for general use around the farm. Have decided i would like either a skid loader or smaller telehandler. Would be used out in the field for loading and stacking round bales. Would also be used for loading manure spreader and lifting...

Anyone purchased any new or used haying equipment this year? I bought a vicon rc330 haybob and a Fahr KM22 drum mower for the season. Attach pictures of your new kit :)

Hi Guys. Is there anyone who can explain the different sorts of pto to me? Live, two stage clutch, constant running, transmission, or any other sort of PTO that there is. Your help would be much appreciated :) don't really have much of a clue what the differences are. Is constant running like...

Hi Guys I have an IH 444 Diesel, like the IH 364 in USA, and i just purchased a haybob. I tried to run it up and i just couldn't get it to engage with the haybob attached. In the end i had to shut the engine off, engage the pto, then restart the engine. Then it ran fine and everything was ok...

Hi guys I just seen a Vicon RC330 come up for sale a couple miles down the road. It isn't in to bad shape. Has some rust on the headstock but not too much, and the gates on the back are missing. What do you think of them as a tedder/rake for use on between 40-60 acres of hay. Ideally would be...

Hi Guys Ive been haying on a very small scale, just making enough for our 4 ponies, for a few years now. We have always rented our 10 acre field out for corn to be planted in because we never had a tractor big enough to do the 10 acres - only ever had a 16hp yanmar and got a friend to bale in...

On my tractor I just bought in trying to take a few bits and pieces off to paint up and there's some pins which are well and truly rusted solid and can't get them out to take off the rear lift arms. I've tried levering them, tried hitting them, tried to hear it up to get off and someone...

Hi, Some of you amy have seen on other threads i have posted but i have just purchased an IH 444 and i have been looking it over trying everything out and i have a few questions. Firstly, the PTO lever, it seems you don't have to clutch it to engage the PTO, i have never seen this before so...

Hey Y'all I just been out and bought a 42 PTO hp IH 444 (attached picture) and I'm looking to get some haying kit. Id be doing between 10-20 acres of my own and possibly up to 40 acres of a neighbours property on at least one cutting a year, sometimes get two in maybe. Before this year we only...

Hi, Happy New Year Folks I had a wacky idea in my head for a while which has moved one step closer to reality in the last week. I been thinking about trying to build myself a small-ish self propelled disc mower. It does sound pretty wacky but i got my reasons. Anyway Id spoke to a few guys...

Hi Guys Posted this in a different forum but realised it was wrong one and now can't delete. Hope this ok admins? Im just looking at buying an IH 444 - the newer model - and i am told that there is a preheater but the owner doesn't have a clue how to work them and i can't seem to see how it...

Hi Guys Im just looking at buying an IH 444 - the newer model - and i am told that there is a preheater but the owner doesn't have a clue how to work them and i can't seem to see how it would work. Does the round thing that looks like a pepper pot have something to do with it? Apparently there...

Hi. So I'm trying to persuade the farmer down the road to sell me his mf 65. It's the mk2 I believe. It isn't in great condition mechanically but is ok cosmetically. Main problem with it mechanically I believe is just the starter. Also it does sometimes make a funny noise when in top gear...

Ok so some of you may have seen my recent thread saying that I'm looking for a tedder, well i have pretty much decided which one i am going to buy form my neighbour. He has had it from new but can't remember what make it is and therefore how easy parts are to come by for it. I think that this is...

Hi Guys, Im in the market for a used 4 basket tedder. Im not really sure whether to go for a mounted or trailed one. I would be using it in 5 acre+ fields, all of which are very open with no obstacles. From the ones i have seen on eBay so far the mounted ones are around $150 whereas a trailed...

So I've been going through eBay as I do when I get bored to try to look for an old Massey. There is a 135 which caught my eye but to my way of thinking it looked a bit pricey. Any ideas what price a 135 should be with around 5-6000 hrs on it?

So for the last 2 years one of my hayfields has had a very poor yield compared to its previous yields. I have treated the field in exactly the same way as always and have had the soil tested and have put on the correct fertiliser. I was wondering if anyone on here could let me know what the best...

Hi guys, I don't know if any of you guys have seen my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/bensfarmingchannel but i have been making videos for about a year now. I have had to make a lot of the videos unlisted as i has been getting a lot of negative comments from people in school who...

Hi Guys, I don't know if any of you guys live in South West England or have heard about the storms we have had, but they have been pretty bad, will upload some pictures soon. We have had a lot of trees down, quite big ones, (again will upload pictures soon) and i am wanting to chop them up for...

Hi guys, i haven't made a video on youtube for a while but have just uploaded two. would love to hear what you guys think of them. the link to one is Quick Update - YouTube thanks, ben

Hi guys, I am looking to buy a tractor new or second hand for us. i am looking to use it for snow clearance and also using it in our garden as well as other jobs around the place such as on a log splitter. i would occasionally use a small disc or drum mower and maybe a tedder but would use...

hi guys, i have been looking on ebay at a leyland 255 2wd tractor. it is a good price (｣1450 i think). if anyone has any experience with the leyland or has got one please tell me what they are like and if they would be suitable for haymaking - i believe it is around 40hp so should be powerful...

hi guys, i have been looking on ebay at a leyland 255 2wd tractor. it is a good price (｣1450 i think) and is only in need of some minor repairs and a good paint job. if anyone has any experience with the leyland or has got one please tell me what they are like and if they would be suitable for...

hi guys, please check out my videos on youtube. link to my channel is PROFarms - YouTube cheers, ben

hi guys, recently i got a hay rake which is missing quite a few tines. i was wondering if anyone knew where i could get some tines for this or some similar ones. alternatively would it be worth buying 6 new wheels for it instead of having to source the tines? the rake can be viewed on my youtube...

Hi Guys, I have a few questions regarding my John Deere 2140 and 3040. Firstly regarding both tractors, does anyone know where to buy a new seat for them and also is it possible to fit a passenger seat or has anyone improvised a passenger seat in either tractor? Secondly regarding the 3040 does...

Hi Guys I have been looking at a few John Deere's which are possibilities for us to purchase but some of the prices seem to good to be true even when you go to view the tractors. The first one is a John Deere 6800 in excellent condition. The person is asking ï½£3400 for it and it has got around...

Hi guys Ive been looking at buying a John Deere 4055 but cant find the dimensions of it anywhere online. I'm only asking because we are tight on storage space height and also we have some smallish gates. If anyone can help me with dimensions then that would be helpful. Also can people tell me...

hi there, i have got a Yanmar 169d which is 4wd. lately i have had a LOT of snow and my current home-made plow cant really cope very well. any suggestions for what to use as we are due another ft in the next few days.

hi iwas just wondering if anyone had any orthographic drawings off 3 pt hitch attachments -3rd angle or possibly 1st angle- that they could email me because i am learning how to interpret the drawings and also i am wanting to build something for our tractor. otherwise just any drawings. on CAD...

hi does anyone know where you can get parts for a pz haybob in the uk as i am about to start work and need some parts cheers ben

Check out all of my videos on YouTube @ bensfarmingchannel. In shows me doing my potato crop and friends doing hay. Please sub and like

Hi Does anyone have or know a hayturner that would fit on a yanmar ym169d. Also for anyone that lives in south west uk preferably In Devon could you tell me if you have or know of a small hayturner going for under £100 Cheers ben

hi if anyone has a ym169 or ym169d could they email me some pictures of it with all ofthe attachments you have gotfor it. cheers ben

hi does anyone know if you can geet either a cat.1 quick attach toplink or a hydraulic toplink to fit the yanmar ym169d cheers ben

hi, i have got a Yanmar YM169d and i use it mainly to make hay and to do my potatoes. i know that the YFL 580 loader will fit the tractor but i was wondering if anyone knew how well it worked on the tractor or do any other loaders fit it as i believe it only has got one way hydrualics on it...

i know that the YFL 580 loader is made to fit on the YM169d but does anyone know if the loaders are still around in the UK.

Does anyone know if a PATS QUICK ATTACH SYSTEM will fit on the 3 point hitch of a Yanmar YM169d. Also can a front loader fit onto them.