Category: Hay

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Case FarmAll 75C Farming Hay In the Field

First Time Baling Hay – Lessons Learned – Case 75C – NH BR740 – Krone AM R 280 – Super Hayliner 68

I managed to harvest my hay for the first time, hooray! I learned a lot and thought I would share it with you since most videos on baling are by long time farmers who know what they are doing. I did not know what I was doing and had to learn everything by reading, trial and error, and through some YouTube watching 🙂

All of my equipment performed well and I managed to get 100 small square bales in the barn, and 28 large round bales. I still have a 5 acre field to cut, but we should have just enough hay to support our cows, horses, and goats through the winter now…and I should have two more cuttings.

If you are new to farming, or are jumping into baling your own hay, you can learn something from this video. If you are an expert, you can laugh and share your wisdom in the comments!

I plan to get more action shots in during my second cut. driftlessinwi

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Farming Hay Krone Active Mow R280 Machine Reviews

Review of the Krone Active Mow R280 – First time cutting hay – Case 75C

I finally was able to put my new hay equipment to use. In this video I review the German made Krone ActiveMow R280 disc cutter. It was a bit of a splurge when I bought my hay equipment, but man is this thing nice. Super well made, quiet, and very fast/efficient.

I learned a lot this season cutting hay for the first time, with no help, and with no one showing me what to do. I will have a follow-up video shortly of all the lessons learned when I baled hay for the first time. All in all it was a great experience, even though it was intimidating at times.

The disc cutter from Krone performed flawlessly. If you are in the market for a disc cutter, I don’t think you can go wrong with Krone. Enjoy!

driftlessinwi

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Farming Hay New Holland Super Hayliner 68

Fixing Up An Old New Holland Square Baler – Start to Finish – Curly Bales and More

I purchased an old square baler, a New Holland Super Hayliner 68, off Craigslist, site unseen, for $1000. I thought it was a good deal because it was delivered and had a lot of spare parts. I was told it needed work but had no idea what was wrong with it, and I have never baled hay before! In this video I start by testing out how it works, and I discover a couple big issues:

1. The bales were coming out curved, also known as “banana curls”

2. The knife wasn’t cutting well

3. The plunger knife was too far away from the static knife

4. The springs on the bale dogs were broken, and the bottom bale dog is completely gone

5. The oil in the gearcases was almost a solid

6. The wedges in the bale chamber were all broken and needed replacement

7. The wheel for the pickup was missing

8. The knives for cutting the twine needed sharpening

9. Almost every bolt is rusted/seized up

10. It needed a new tire

11. The wooden slides in the plunger all needed to be replaced

Besides those issues, everything was in pretty good shape for a 60 year old baler. All in, I probably put in about $150 worth of stuff (wheel, wood for slides, gear oil, rusty metal primer paint, and bale chamber wedges).

Towards the end of the video I put the Case IH Farmall 75C to work and baled a test windrow I put out in one of my hayfields. The tractor and the baler performed great.

This is a good video to watch if you are new to baling hay, want to buy an old square baler, or are having trouble with your square baler performance. Hope you enjoy!

driftlessinwi