Hay Preparation

Before you could bale hay, you had to cut it (and crimp it), let it dry, then rake it.

Compilation of a 193 videos.

The Hay Pusher video

Video discussion about drying alpha hay. Super C conditioner.

Video of options for JD MoCo: steel rolls and wide swath kits.

video showing a modern tedder unfolding. This shows a tedder being unfolded. And a "circle?" rake being changed from transport to field configuration. I left a question on this video. Find the picture of a 1907 IH tedder. She did make a video of the tedder at work.

 

Dennis DeBruler4 days ago

This is only the second time I've seen a tedder. Both times in the last week or so. The first time was a 1907 photo. When is it used in the mow, wait to dry, rake, bail sequence and what is the purpose? I would like to see a video of it in action. Thanks.

  

 

Greeny _4 days ago

A Tedder spreads the hay out so it dries faster

Screenshot, German and some talking head
3:36 is one of the places where it shows the rake tines are twisted up at the windrow and then twisted back down to rake the field.

Screenshot, Gehl Wheel Rake

I normally avoid OneLonleyFarmer videos because sometimes he can be quite negative and use rather rough language. But I'm glad I checked this one out because it is informative. I think he is the farmer that bales a lot of hay for a mushroom farm. In fact, hay may be his only crop. I suggest you quit watching around 6:28.

It seems to me that if he took the flaps off the rear of the mower, he wouldn't have to waste time and fuel on tedding.


A video of a JayHawk hay stacker. (two horses)

McCormick #6, 1917

Video of three rows at a time. drone usage. a red thing then fluffs it up? Going to make silage for a digester.

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Claas cougar 1400 buffalo county, wi, USA.
[And then there were five cutters. You can see that the cutters on the sides use shafts instead of hydraulic motors. So I assume they run shafts to the other three as well.]

posted video
Mowed with my No 5 and the B tonight

CaseIH mower conditioner video.

Cutting hay for silage. JD 635 Mocoa conveyor on the back so that they can dump a cut on a row that has already been cut. And they do bounce a lot. Shot at end shows the conveyor lifted for the first row of a pair.

video of a cycle bar mowing



Gary Biewer posted "Acme Sickle Mower $250":

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Shawn Idema posted
Better picture of my number 11 trailer type john deere sickle mower.

A video of a John Deere 530 with a 3-point hitch mounted sickle mower.

Dale Richards posted 3 pictures of an Oliver 22B hay mower:

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Clinton Worron posted
Allis Chalmers 82T mower

Dan Bowen posted
Thanks for the add, here's my 80r and WD45.

Video of horse drawn sickle bar mower. Skip to 0:25. Lots of comments. A video of a JD #17 mower being pulled by a putt-putt. (#37 seems to be another model of JD mowers.) I don't mind cell phone pictures unless they hold it vertically. But you can at least see how the board at the end of the sickle bar creates a bear line for the wheels and how the wood link that drives the sickle bar goes back and forth. Out of site is the crankshaft that is driving that link.

Jeff Wrigley posted
The 37 B is ready to go to work.
[I'm still trying to figure out how you did the turns with these midmount mowers. I think I saw a video that showed you had to stop and turn while backing up.]

New Idea Unifarmor posted two pictures with the comment "Allis Chalmers B/C tractor mounted sickle mower."

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New Idea Unifarmor posted two pictures with the comment "Allis Chalmers mounted snap coupler hitch sickle mower. Last used on WD tractor. $300." Thomas Spink observed that it is a #7.

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JW Hayes posted
Nice old rake I brought home yesterday.CASE No.167?

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Cody Valnes posted

Andrew Motley posted four pictures with the comment: "Case hay Rake. Does work but needs tlc of course. Trade for old 2 bottom plow with tail wheel in rubber or steel. May toss cash in for the right plow. Really want a Allis Chalmers Plow tho."
David Zima Can it Tedder Hay ...?
Andrew Motley Idk what any of that means! I used it on leafs that's it! This was the first hay rake I've ever owned
David Zima International Rake's had a Forward Neutral Reverse Tran's so You could flip the hay over to help dry it ... i don't know if Case did ...

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Adam Pilcher posted
International Hay Rake

Dusty Prisinger posted
Our families mowing crew IH C with mounted 100, IH 230 with mounted JD 450,IH 200 with mounted JD 450.

Joel Ibbotson posted
Another one for the books

Video of hay mowing and probably crimping. Skip to 6:42 for two different types of turning.

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A John Deer that mows 16 feet into one windrow.

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A Vogel Engineering that cuts a wide swath into three windows.

Screenshot from video when they were old enough to not have shield covering the crimper

Video of a John Deere W150 moving along at a good clip. Comments indicate it is a "MacDon" painted green. The farmer calls it a swather and it is doing canola. "The reel is turning too slow." Another comment indicates a JD W235 cuts their huge alfalfa at 19 mph. A video from the perspective of the cab.

Video of mowing, racking, round and little square baling (two guys loading (and unloading!) the wagon), and mowing.

Video of JD 660 bar rake doing oat straw for small square bales.

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Screenshot, Flex Rake 12 Wheel

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Dennis DeBruler How does the hay dry out? Or do they soon bale it by spraying a lot of acid on it?

This is how we did it on my grandfather's farm in the 1960s. In the field the sickle would be lowered and you would cut a new swath of hay on the side while your crimped the previous swath behind you.

This is one of many photos that Barney Rosandich shared

I found a photo of the mower+crimper in action.

Tractorholic posted

Both old and new Tedding & Raking video

Eric Pedersen's posting includes a video of an old rake.