My First Time Merging Hay | KUHN Merge Maxx MM 300
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4 жыл бұрынI take the KUHN MM 300 out to the field we cut and begin merging! I've never merged anything before so there was a bit of a learning curve. Once I get the hang of where the windrow ends up, I was able to run the machine more effectively to how I wanted. Turns out not merging windrows with a merger can be difficult! Who knew?!
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@digitalproto 4 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it. I did 50% of the design on the MM300 and MM700.
@MarianneD1952 3 жыл бұрын
So happy to have found your channel!! I sold our family farm of 69yrs last year. After my dear mom passed (my last parent) I immediately got pressure from 2 sisters to sell. They don't live near. My last 20 yrs was on the farm with 60k chickens, 50 Charlois and only 45 acres of hay. Miss it terribly!! An awesome Amish (I think) family immediately bought it. They love Maple Shade Farm as we did.
@bradhigh8137 4 жыл бұрын
We got a Kuhn Merge Max mm300 a couple years ago to merge our forage before we chop it. It picks up way less dirt and rocks which saves alot of wear on the chopper knives. It cleans the field up a little better too. We still use our tedder and rake to make dry hay though.
@SimonKL11 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like the merger does a great job👍 Can't wait to see more hay making videos😉👍
@dantebiazzo6289 4 жыл бұрын
My grandfather has the Kuhn merger and it's an amazing tool to use really good for the headlands
@mikep7810 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. We've been looking at mergers and I'm definitely interested in the mm 300. Nice to see it run
@earllutz2663 3 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this video as I have liked all of your videos. You put a lot of ideas out there, and that is a good thing.
@jarrettgerber6527 4 жыл бұрын
Everything is looking good the grass and the corn
@MatthewHoag77 4 жыл бұрын
"Is it worth it? Let me work it. Cut my hay down, flip it, and reverse it."
@Adam_Poirier 4 жыл бұрын
That is a nice merger I really like Kuhn products I always have. My favorite part of the video is when you were showing how if you missed a spot you could go back and throw it in the windrow and you threw it in between the two rows😂
@jamesthomas3749 4 жыл бұрын
Past two videos have been great! That was some cool drone shots.
@buffranchAB 4 жыл бұрын
the green looks perfect
@sunehjlundpedersen9372 4 жыл бұрын
The manager shows up. 🐕👍
@clinthochrein888 4 жыл бұрын
That is one sweeeet merger!
@SteveHolsten 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another fine video, Ryan. I believe he Kuhn is going a good job too. Tell Hannah & your family Hello from the bottom of the Bootheel.
@user990077 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like you have a new farming skill emerging.
@jasonstockbridge1489 4 жыл бұрын
Great video Ryan 📹 👍
@carljakel3111 4 жыл бұрын
It looks real clean where you went over the field
@TaurusPrimus 4 жыл бұрын
This video was so good I could smell the hay right through the tv 🚜🐄.
@rickduquette3399 4 жыл бұрын
Like any new tool, it just takes time. The more time that you put in with any piece of equipment you will get to know its tricks and personality. It's looking pretty good for your first time. The first time is always a little sloppy anyhow, so just relax and the more that you use it the better you'll get with it. The shots in your video where Rockette is running around made me think that when he's getting into the tractor cab, he's not as old looking and slow to get in and out as he has led me to believe. He's still got a lot of good years left in him.
@kevinwillis9126 4 жыл бұрын
Cracking vid Ryan thanks.. Take care..
@GregoryMallard 4 жыл бұрын
I use a merger all the time in Farming Simulator 19. It's awesome to use, especially on the Lone Oak Farm map.
@johnperry5102 4 жыл бұрын
new piece of equipment, you did a really good job
@brittblanton8342 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Ryan thanks for the video personally it looks to me like the merger is over kill for the type of farming operation you have. Looks to me that a rake would be better suited. It was interesting to see how it worked 👍
@ghorner11 3 жыл бұрын
I used a New Holand Merger in the mid-90's (borrowed from a neighbour a couple of times) for swathed grain that got wet and I think I tried it on straw also - I was very impressed. Much simpler than that Kuhn and easier to use.
@patrickreed7626 4 жыл бұрын
After doing hay for a few years I would say a merger doesn’t have any place except for guys that are chopping but even then I’d personally take an extra wide wheel rake. V rakes are so versatile and they really do not do much damage to the forage at all unless you have unlimited money I wouldn’t touch a merger.
@ruralrider9961 4 жыл бұрын
About the only thing a merger is better at is leaving the rocks in the field. V rakes are terrible about digging trash up.
@briangoll1909 4 жыл бұрын
When I farmed I had an old pull type green chopper and a feed wagon and I would chop the outside round and where I wanted turn around with the rake like a day after I cut the field and feed it to the cows in the pasture
@Canopus68 3 жыл бұрын
You have some neat "toys." When I was farming we had a merger--it was called a pitch fork. We never had a baler and we raked with a dump rake behind a JD A tractor. It sure would be fun to run your equipment.
@frrapp2366 3 жыл бұрын
i remember when NH came out with the first mergers i had ever seen i thought about making one out of an old baler pickup and the canvas belts from our Versitile canvas swather
@krippledkowboy8703 4 жыл бұрын
Learning myself soon if I can get the right seed to take.
@farmshoffman8475 4 жыл бұрын
Great awesome video ryan, like the merger , we would try one too ,
@johnthomson9558 4 жыл бұрын
It does a great job
@jakegritten5160 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Ryan, we have a MM 300 on our farm and I don’t think we’ll ever go back, but we chop all our alfalfa into silage so it gets merged at a little higher moisture, we also do custom chopping and that merger eats through rye grass when doing ryelage, depending on your hay yield(we all know it varies) we put three windrows together, so for instance six rounds around the edge then around and around for the throughs, keep up the great work man.
@jakegritten5160 4 жыл бұрын
Just a tip LoL put the first on the second change direction and put the third on the first two, less clumps.
@sauergrainfarms 4 жыл бұрын
Thats so cool my farm has one just the same!
@micahdafarmer5573 4 жыл бұрын
Yay new vid
@SmallMartingale 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty neat 👍
@oldcroneysgarage9739 4 жыл бұрын
I like the old blue gmc in the back ground
@schmidfarms1702 4 жыл бұрын
Sweet!
@waterskiingfool 4 жыл бұрын
I love rocket chasing the gator in the background
@Cody_n742 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Ryan! Do you guys still have the wheel rake?
@lstan444 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos great info., but I thought the Merger was to also reduce the passes needed in the field. Therefore the larger, or the largest the you can field or afford would be the better choice. Can you explain why you choose the smaller merger? Thanks in advance.
@robertmacleod4058 4 жыл бұрын
I'm really curious how the merged windrows pick up compared to the raked windrows. And if there is a difference in drydown.
@michelehobart2492 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@dennisperschbacher3688 4 жыл бұрын
Good drone footage as usual. Would it be better once you make a complete round of the field to keep merging in circles and gaging your distance between circles as you get smaller. Being you can shut the conveyer off once you made a circle lift up an reset to start the second circle smaller than the first? Just a thought.
@frankeem3820 4 жыл бұрын
You're a merging Madman! On another note, I saw how it was picking up the hay and I don't see how that is less violent than raking it. if I were doing Alfalfa or Clover I don't think I would be sold on one of these. But what do I know.
@hamishkay3010 4 жыл бұрын
I have exactly the same phone that's in the 7600 theryre brilliant. Also great video and great to see your using Kuhn equipment
@hamishkay3010 4 жыл бұрын
@Bbjones Jones I wish i was but no im not
@scottmccullough978 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like one of the rotary rakes does really good job for drying out.
@nalley6815 4 жыл бұрын
What rotary rake?
@tedwpx123 4 жыл бұрын
slick device
@EtzEchad 4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of playing Farm Simulator 19. Even in a game, making good windrows takes some skill.
@Techie_v2 4 жыл бұрын
Time and practice
@tim_gifford 4 жыл бұрын
Was Hannah doing the drone work? If not, she needed to be there learning to use the merger with you! Great video, always informative and interesting
@rustynail2205 4 жыл бұрын
Ryan, it sounds like you should treat the field like it was tedded. Just like a flat field of hay.
@rongrose3746 4 жыл бұрын
Like it !!
@herdingcats3850 4 жыл бұрын
MM used to stand for Minneapolis-Moline. Does it still? Hay is looking good.
@doclull1989 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Ryan!! Hey Rocket!! Hay looks good.
@HowFarmsWork 4 жыл бұрын
Hey Darrin!
@trendinvestor2893 4 жыл бұрын
You spelled it wrong. It should be hay Ryan and hay Rocket. They are farmers after all.
@raymitch3768 4 жыл бұрын
We have a Kuhn merger, we use it for haylage, merge 3 into one, we don't bother widening out the merger, just run it directly behind the tractor.
@StoneyAcres1926 Күн бұрын
How is the drydown with a merger instead of rake? Does the hay invert pretty well?
@larrynicholsiii8562 4 жыл бұрын
You should have a big raking party with the rhino, the gehl, the new holland, and that merger
@bengtl.5017 4 жыл бұрын
So the point with theese mergers is to not ned to drive on the hay? But without alfalfa in it a for example Kuhn GA7501 would be att least as nice to use?
@aaronkline9102 4 жыл бұрын
ryan you should talk to kuhn and try one of there big square balers it would look good on the 8230
@marty0715yt 4 жыл бұрын
You need Hanna!! She can merge, I've seen her drive!
@BWYinYang 4 жыл бұрын
Umm merge in field or freeway? (Im being sarcastic) 😉
@edniemyjski3303 4 жыл бұрын
the custom chopping crew i help run a merg maxx 900 and put 7 15ft windrows together and chop with a nh fr700 chopper and fill a 22" chopper box in 3 minutes its just crazy how fast you can take care of 100 acres.
@farmin4468 4 жыл бұрын
You will likely find out that a merger is fairly useless for dry hay. It doesn’t fluff the windrows up very well like a rake does. Lots of wet spots is what I usually see because the hay gets packed together as it hits the ground off the belt
@larrystockwell8994 4 жыл бұрын
Looks more gentle than a tedder.
@phinixmiller2614 4 жыл бұрын
Like you videos a lot, but here in Germany we like bigger windrows especially for bailing, in hey we usually use our middle rake in widest setting. Maybe you could explain why you don't like wide windrows ? Greetings from Germany
@dgoatranch 4 жыл бұрын
Yes, we like big windrows. But typically we rake windrows together just before baling. Makes fewer passes with the baler so it goes quicker, uses less fuel, etc. Big windrows take to long to dry and we mostly do dry hay and not silage.
@leecameron2099 4 жыл бұрын
What is the diff. in using a merger over a rake?
@DavidMartin-jr6bi 4 жыл бұрын
Off-topic question. Your home seems to be relatively modern. Your brothers is much different. The story of the homes would solve my curiosity. Thanks in advance
@ozzyosbo5815 4 жыл бұрын
That would suck if ur camera dropped on the belt of the merger, great videos!
@kenraterink3916 4 жыл бұрын
Ryan get a kuhn rotary rake. Double rake if possible. For demo next and you'll get rid of merger and all your other rakes garanteed... those rotary rakes are the best. Fluffy rows the wind can get thru, dries like nothing else
@kenraterink3916 4 жыл бұрын
@Acer Acres yup. We have a single rotary for baling hay. A merger for chopping. Both work great for what job they were designed for.. I wish we had a double rotary ourselves
@goodlifefarming2589 4 жыл бұрын
Do you still have the Rhino hay rake?
@russrecker5344 4 жыл бұрын
Like to see the bailing footage
@3408kid 4 жыл бұрын
i dont know if i am all that impressed with the merger, it looks like there are leaves flying everywhere and at least with a conventional rake you dont have to turn around the whole time
@chevyon37s 4 жыл бұрын
You can really see where the mower didn’t pick up the crop on your outside row from when you mowed directly behind the tractor.
@Bartjebart2 4 жыл бұрын
You drive over all the hay. Would't it be better if the merger belt turns the other direction? Pick up hay from next to the tractor and drop it right behind it?
@thetiedyeyardguy99 4 жыл бұрын
I gots the urge to merge
@williammiller4620 4 жыл бұрын
yea
@gerrycomfort7027 4 жыл бұрын
I think you did a good advertisement for the product? What's next on the market.
@Formulabruce 4 жыл бұрын
Ryan, that Merger is very Impressive! I can see that saving a lot of passes with the baler. This could put the tedder out of work!
@sauceduppkj 4 жыл бұрын
do yall still have the 8235
@gungadin6889 4 жыл бұрын
Rope twisted raked alfalfa is a pain to get dry especially in a high humidity area. Nice looking alfalfa, good leaf retention, what fertilizer rate? Sometimes with rough weedy field edges, its best to flip 2 over outside to inside, then come back the other way and flip in inside and then 1 outside onto the 1st flip. Mixed tall orchard grass and alfalpha is a real pain to windrow
@steinwaymodelb 4 жыл бұрын
I think I would still rather use a rotary rake for dry hay. I've used bar rakes, wheel rakes, v-rakes. Currently have a Krone Swadro rotary rake and it has been the best rake hands down
@wulffy54914 4 жыл бұрын
@Acer Acres We run pottinger triple mowers and 12 star tedders. 5th season on each, Very few problems other than normal wear. Have the 42 ft kuhn merger and lays the smoothest windrow ive seen. 3rd season with the merger running 1500 acres 4 cuttings a year, zero downtime. Run NH self propelled choppers and are very happy with them.
@nikphoenix 4 жыл бұрын
We all ways used a single windrow merger to flip windrow for drying. For dry hay not really a good option IMO.
@terrellfarms1 4 жыл бұрын
I'll give my two cents even though it isn't worth half that. Your windrow needs to be a little narrower or the merger needs to be a little wider. In places the windrow was wider than the pickup tines thus leaving some material. I know a narrower windrow doesn't help with drying but it would help with running the merger.
@christianmuller4716 4 жыл бұрын
I would try to Start in the middle of the strip and Work My way to the outside but that wouldn't Change a thing I guess 😅👍
@conortimm733 4 жыл бұрын
I can see how coming from a bar rake it would be harder because we use bar rakes and it will flop it almost right next to the rake while that flings it 3+ feet away
@FoodwaysDistribution 4 жыл бұрын
Since Travis is baling them ............. i would have merged 3 windrows and made massive ones for him to deal with :)
@bwarey52 4 жыл бұрын
I would think you want to come back on yourself and double up every row. With the weight of crop you have there it looks like you could bale a 30ft row comfortably
@beeffammer285 4 жыл бұрын
Where do you take your cattle at to sale?
@jamesm9766 4 жыл бұрын
There supposed to pick up less dirt also but it looked like you was tilling at one point
@deerepasture 4 жыл бұрын
Seems to me that a Tedder and a good wheel rake would do the same job. I don’t know what a merger cost, but they’re probably not cheap so I’m wondering about the ROI of the merger.
@donald1056 4 жыл бұрын
How much is that piece of equipment
@JussiValkila 4 жыл бұрын
Our chopper brokedown three times today.
@mikew732 4 жыл бұрын
Sure have a lot of windrows there to bale. Why not merge two together like a V rake would do so your not covering so much ground with baler? Fewer, thicker windrows is less wear on the baler & less time in the field.
@HowFarmsWork 4 жыл бұрын
Faster drying
@heartwoodfarms9982 4 жыл бұрын
@@HowFarmsWork Sometimes light windrows dry too fast and you end up knocking all the leaves off when bailing. I would have merged two rows into one for sure.
@juanvansanten7189 4 жыл бұрын
@@heartwoodfarms9982 depends on the climate, but that is why you bale alfalfa at night when enough moisture is present to make the leafs sticky again. A lot of leaf loss would occur during the day, even with thicker windrows.
@heartwoodfarms9982 4 жыл бұрын
@@juanvansanten7189 Yes we often bale alfalfa hay at night, depending on moisture levels. But larger windrows definitely don't dry down as fast, providing a longer window in which to bale.l
@juanvansanten7189 4 жыл бұрын
@@heartwoodfarms9982 that is true. Depending on the climate and weather, that window could be quite short after the sun is up. That is the beauty of farming, it is never the same anywhere.
@thayhai1994 4 жыл бұрын
Máy to quá anh ơi
@DEJessee719 4 жыл бұрын
The smaller wind rows means dragging the baler over way more ground increasing wear and tear. None of my business but baler parts are high.
@mrbeefhbw 4 жыл бұрын
You can only cram so much hay into a baler at once. Losing hours unclogging can end up with rain ruining your hay.
@DEJessee719 4 жыл бұрын
@Acer Acres I understand your point. Here in central Kentucky I only put up about 120-200 bales a day depending on conditions and quality. Using a New Holland 7080 baler. The only time I have a problem with jams is starting a bale if it's all knotted up. We use a Hesston 3900 wheel rake.
@bryanginder5903 4 жыл бұрын
Hey theirs Ryan's tire tracks because he opens his field backwards!!
@chevyon37s 4 жыл бұрын
He didn’t do it backwards, he just mowed with the mower directly behind the tractor LOL
@bryanginder5903 4 жыл бұрын
@@chevyon37s your right it wasn't backwards my bad, he just didn't swing the discbine to the right side of the tractor when he started!!
@bryanginder5903 4 жыл бұрын
@@chevyon37s Im not been mean to him just tease him about it each time he show's himself opening up a field, he has done it that way even since they got that discbine, he told me he does it that way because he can see the edge of the field better! I just say something each time to pick on Rian the fun one a little it's all good!!!
@chevyon37s 4 жыл бұрын
Bryan Ginder sounds like just an excuse tho. Lol I’m not trying to be mean either, but why leave good crop on the ground?! it’s easy to see around a mower when doing the outside round for me, unless that is the Kuhn isn’t so great after all. I mow with a JD 835 given it’s not quite as wide but still once you run it a few times you get a feel for the width and how far you need to throw it off to the side on your first round to have a decent swath (but still more narrow than your mower) to come back and mow on the outside round. And even so you can steer the mower when mowing the outside round. With corn and such that’s a pretty easy to see barrier. I guess I’m just picky since I often am cutting in/ around people’s yards and such and they want it to look nice. so skippers and tractor tracks where the mower can’t pick it up to cut are unacceptable if I am to come back and cut the field the next year. Like last week I was mowing hay in the front yard of a man who used to own a NHL hockey team and he is very picky about his property.
@bryanginder5903 4 жыл бұрын
@@chevyon37s I hear ya I'm the same way picky on how it's cut raked an baled!! I head in do my 5 or 7 cuts clockwise then turn around to do my back cut on the outside, even with dull knives it will pick up the hay an cut it good! I run a 2 jd 946 an 1 930 over about 400 acres. I can c just fine also to the outside of the discbine, your right just gaduge your distance from the edge of the field an the trees that hang over an all is good!!
@tiredoldmechanic1791 4 жыл бұрын
Now you need a Kuhn Baler to demo. Don't round balers work better with wider flatter rows to pick up so the hay spreads into the bale evenly? Mergers are more for choppers that bring everything to the center.
@reginaldpatterson5342 4 жыл бұрын
Why do u want smaller windows
@jordanschneider6505 4 жыл бұрын
Hi ryan
@geo52041 4 жыл бұрын
Ryan Why don't you fill the Harvestor silo ??
@stephaniejacob9293 4 жыл бұрын
they don't chop any hay
@danielthomason5685 4 жыл бұрын
Merging is really only used for merging windrows of wet haylege to be chopped ...not meant for dry hay....a rotary rake is what you want to save leaf loss on dry crop
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