Baling Hay - early 2021 (Long Play)

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Baling Hay - early 2021 (Long Play)

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3 жыл бұрын

Some long-form GoPro footage of baling two small fields of first cut hay on June 7th, 2021 in Conway, MA. These were the last two small fields of a larger batch, and figured it was a good chance to take the GoPro for a spin. Usually we bale in third gear, but due to windrow thickness and the up/down slope on the second field, second gear ruled the day. But the yield still kept the bales flying!
Our baler is a Massey Ferguson 124, but retrofitted with a hydraulic-drive New Holland model 70 thrower. Tractor is a Massey Ferguson 275.
We do about 45 acres of mixed-grass hay, all in small square bales :)

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@brucerazor5202 3 жыл бұрын

Always enjoy watching your farm work, the heart of America

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!!

@atomicwedgie8176 3 жыл бұрын

Slalom. A video of a baler eating windrows without 50 different angles? EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!!!! Great video!!!!!!!! 10/10

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!! Yeah, it’ll be nice to look back on in February 😊

@andrewjones6360 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for the video I love long videos without a whole bunch of talking

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! So glad 😊

@keithfeller8957 2 жыл бұрын

Best baling video ever.

@windrowfarm 2 жыл бұрын

Hey there, thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it. Do you do any hay yourself?

@kcphillips1000 3 жыл бұрын

A nice little system you have there and an excellent demonstration on how to use it ,I was surprised how well it worked in the awkward shaped fields .

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, it’s pretty versatile. Works well in the bigger fields too 😊. The little ones become a pain, but when there’s nice grass…

@dmsentra 2 жыл бұрын

Good to know a 275 is working hard in 3rd, I'd have thought it would run it fine.

@windrowfarm 2 жыл бұрын

Oh for sure - I’ll bale lighter stuff up through fourth. Just a lot of hay in these windrows, plus some slope

@khtractors 3 жыл бұрын

That baler does good! I have a 120 and it almost never miss ties a bale. I’ve always liked Massey square balers myself. You have done nice looking hay!

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, I’ve been checking out your videos too! Definitely love that line of balers. Just did over 1000 this week and it handled it all like a champ 😊

@humphreyhomestead 3 жыл бұрын

I’m new here and just subscribed! Hay looks great! Thanks for sharing!

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks so much! Subscribed back too, love to see what you're doing! Appreciating the youtube hay farming community :)

@DWHITTEMORE1 2 жыл бұрын

Lots of hay left in the field sad!!!!

@windrowfarm 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it bummed me out too. I was in a bit of a rush (rain that night) and also fighting ground moisture so had the pickup one notch higher than usual, so I sadly did miss some. Unfortunately not worth an extra “clean up” raking - only a couple bales worth of hay left, if that, but usually I don’t leave as much behind 😊

@davidthomas8972 2 жыл бұрын

I bale hay without earmuffs, I know it's not the best for my long term hearing, but alot of times, you can hear a small issue or problem, and fix it ,before it becomes a large problem or a major issue, your hearing get a tuned to how proper operating equipment and machinery is supposed to sound.

@windrowfarm 2 жыл бұрын

I know that feeling. I can hear all of the thrums and nuances pretty well even with them - but I say the same thing to folks who ask why I don't listen to music or podcasts. I want to know the *instant* something starts to sound wrong 😅

@willpierce4353 3 жыл бұрын

Do you rake up the hay missed by the baler or leave it ? Great vid and best wishes from Wales

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was in a bit of a rush (rain that night) and also fighting ground moisture so had the pickup one notch higher than usual, so I sadly did miss some. Unfortunately not worth an extra “clean up” raking, but usually I don’t leave as much behind 😊

@jeffreyhicks4651 3 жыл бұрын

Nice baler what model is the IH

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there, thanks! No IH in the lineup, I’m afraid. Tractor is a Massey 275, baler is a Massey 124 (with a New Holland 70 thrower) 😊

@jeffreyhicks4651 3 жыл бұрын

@@windrowfarm thanks

@ronaldduwaynebrown8071 3 жыл бұрын

Think I'd fire the rake man.

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, let me guess - you do large flat rockless fields and aren’t often racing the rain or dealing with ground moisture? 😂

@ronaldduwaynebrown8071 3 жыл бұрын

@@windrowfarm about 3000 acres it just looked like the winrows were a little close together

@windrowfarm 3 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldduwaynebrown8071 totally get it! 😊. (That’s an impressive amount of acreage! Whereabouts?). Totally different game here in New England - we’re lucky if we can string three sunny (or even rainless) days together, and the ground was also a bit damp. It’s rare for first cut that we double up windrows, even with a side delivery rake (I use a New Holland 256) or else it doesn’t dry enough 😊

@ronaldduwaynebrown8071 3 жыл бұрын

@@windrowfarm yeah I'm in Texas we have grass hay Sudan sometimes we'll bale some wheat

@roger766 2 жыл бұрын

My father in law would have a fit if his fields were raked like that!