Haybine cutting speed.

ryanwheelock · Jul 1, 2010

Just wondering about what speeds you all cut at when using a pull-type haybine. I'm sure it depends on the type and size of machine and tractor and the type of crop being mowed. Just a general idea of speeds you cut at.
Thanks
Ryan

Doug in IL · Jul 1, 2010

I run my New Holland 488 at a bit over 5 mph in heavy, first cutting alfalfa. Later cuttings, I run about 6 1/2 mph.

the tractor vet · Jul 1, 2010

With the JUNK 1219 Deere we have 4 is tops or it will not cut it all . The old 289 New Holland that i had many years ago i ran 4th gear on a Farmall 450 D and it did not care how thick the hay was it mowed it . And here in a bit i must go work on the old JUNK 1219 Deere again . As it is in one of it's moods that it wants to break every twenty or so acres again. Now if scrap would just hit 300 bucks a ton i would fix it in nice little 3 foot pieces .

just another old geezer · Jul 1, 2010

run the ground speed just slightly slower than the reel speed, or you beat off all of the leaves

old · Jul 1, 2010

I run in 1st gear on my Oliver 77 pulling a NH460 moco. I never get in a hurry and figure if I go slow I'm less likely to brake things and when all the equipment you use is old as in 4o plus years old you need to baby the stuff a bit

randallk · Jul 1, 2010

Tractor vet...............that really made me laugh.."fix it in nice little three foot pieces". Gosh, everyone one on here knows that feeling!! Thanks for giving me a laugh!

Stuart · Jul 1, 2010

With a brand new sicle machine I could go 5-6 mph and that was it. With my disbine I can go as fast as want to. Usually cut arount 10-12 mph

gitrib · Jul 1, 2010

Old you are right. We use a JD 50 and a JD 1209 Swather-conditioner. Get a lot of satisfaction watching them go around the field and then thr 50 pulling the NH Super 68 wire baler. These machines were made befor my son (the operator) was born.

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olliekid · Jul 1, 2010

we usually mow at about 2-3 mph with a 35 hp jd and a 7' NH haybine.

old · Jul 1, 2010

Ya I figure why get in a hurry to do things when doing it that way means you brake things and then you have to work on what you broke. I still try to use my 1935 JD-B to rake hay every year but that does not always happen. I also use a NH271 behind a D-17 and a NH850 behind an Oliver Super 88 and have the rake on a IH340

jiminct · Jul 1, 2010

gitrib nice set up you have there. i have an old jd 50 as well just gave her an overhaul 2 winters ago thats my mowing tractor w/ the old #8 sickle. hoping to pick up a decent haybine here soon, but until then i will keep plugging along w/ the 50 and #8, been doing it that way since i was a kid only back then we had a b instead of the 50, now i have taken over and my dad just likes to watch most of the time.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 1, 2010

I use an Alis 5045 and a 7 food haybine. I too have to go between 2 to 4 miles per hour depends on the type of hay alfalfa or clover I can cut faster than grass or weeds. in thin grass/weeds I have a problem with the bar not cutting in the middle of the swath. It cuts on both ends but just slides over the middle grass. Any suggestions on what to adjust would be appreciated.

GordoSD · Jul 1, 2010

You might try loosening the tension springs. Maybe if the ends ride a tad higher the middle will "sag" a bit.

Gordo

GordoSD · Jul 1, 2010

Ooops. Make that increase the tesion on the end springs.

Gordo

GRJ · Jul 1, 2010

Learn how to spell before you go to the field.

GRJ · Jul 1, 2010

One hellava smooth field to travel that fast cutting.

RodinNS · Jul 1, 2010

Depends mostly on how much you want to spend on maintenance...
I know guys around here that pull haybines easily at 5-6 MPH in any crop. With that said, the norm was a new bar every year and I think new guards and ledger plates as well...
On the other end of the spectrum I know people who spend their lives sharpening dull sections on worn out bars, worn out guards and worn out ledger plates... and then spend even more time mowing in low gear and backing up to unplug the mower...
So... it comes down to what you want to spend.

Rod

JoeBob-IN · Jul 1, 2010

New Holland Discbine, as fast as the horse will pull it if the ground is smooth. Usually 8.5 mph for us. Next gear is road gear and 10 mph is just too fast usually.
And that is a 13" swath.

JoeBob-IN · Jul 1, 2010

13" HA HA! I mean 13'

Don-Wi · Jul 1, 2010

Honestly not sure how fast I go, but when doing anything but first crop, I can cut about 7-71/2 acres per hour with a 14' hydro-swing. First crop I gotta slow down a little. I run 3rd low with the Massey 285 in 1st crop. 1st high with the multi-power in low in everything else.

On the 1855, it's 3rd under in 1st or 3rd over in the rest.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Stuart · Jul 1, 2010

You damn right it is. I cultimulch it twice. I make them smooth as butter.

old · Jul 1, 2010

So your so smart why don't you go bite a bulls butt A hole

JD Seller · Jul 2, 2010

Check your hold downs. If the gap it too wide it will ride up away from the guards and quit cutting.

PleaseHelpMeAgain · Jul 2, 2010

Growing up, I cut thousands of acres of hay in 5th gear with a JD 4010 and a New Holland 469 Haybine. I dropped to 3rd or 4th gear for the outside backwards round next to the fence. The 4010 would overspeed the PTO a little to make the sickle move faster. We always ran to rolls tight to get the best crimping/crushing action.

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