The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor

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#961  
Mr. HayDude, you've been doing a lot of haying. What do you think your tally is so far? Has it been a good year?
So far, ~660 tons , but I have a pretty long way to go yet.

Pretty good year. Outrageous fuel & parts prices are eating our lunch right now.
Speaking of lunch, I stopped eating lunch to save money.
 
   / The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor #962  
Red diesel just dropped to $2.99 locally...but my 100 gallon transfer tank is nothing to you!

Weather has been decent recently...hope you can keep on bailing!
 
   / The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor
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#964  
Here's some late afternoon raking & baling shots.


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   / The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor
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#965  
Some of this afternoons action

My son raking

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Opening up another field-headlands so I can get in with tractor & baler


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This ol gal stopped to take a picture of me, so I took a picture of her lol

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Finishing up the day with some more mowing. It was only 83*, but it felt so much warmer.

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   / The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor #967  
I'm repeating myself, and hopefully I haven't said this already on this thread.

When I moved to Texas, and bought some land, I thought hay was a crop that was planted every year, like wheat or corn. When I learned that it was grass, I couldn't believe how clueless I was!!!!

Seeing your pictures reminds me of how little I know about haying. I don't know if I will ever give it a try or not, but it's something I'm thinking about.
 
   / The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor
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#968  
I got this side baled, now going to the other side to do some more cutting.


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Hammer down until dark.


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Sometimes you have to work late…..


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   / The Life of a Custom Mowing contractor #969  
Working can to cain't and then a little more...
Looks like that last field had a pretty low yield?
 
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#970  
Working can to cain't and then a little more...
Looks like that last field had a pretty low yield?
I removed and stacked a lot of the bales already.
Yield was typical for 2nd cutting.
 

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