Mounted wheel rake

Will this thing roll heavy hay



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Fairly heavy if it's getting dry. Real green matted stuff, it might tend to slide over. I've raked heavy Canary Grass that's started to bunch under the spindles, but the one in the picture is only a 3 wheel, so it should be out of there before the windrow gets too big and starts catching.
 
You'd need a different frame. I had a double 4 on a 3pt. I bought a double 5 pull type and wanted to change that to a double 4. I had to use both complete frame arms from the 3pt rake to do it.

As far as how they corner, they don't. You have to raise them up. One way they'll roll right over the hay, the other way, the wheels stop turning and they just drag.
 
Once upon a time I had a Gehl 4-wheel that was made by Vicon. In the manual it suggested different ways to rake. Usually what I did was to pick up the rake at the corner, do a 270 degree left turn and drop the rake. On narrow fields I'd just rake back and forth the long way, lifting at the ends of the field, and then do a few rows across at each end to clean everything up.
 
I have a double one like that with 4or5 wheels on it. I turned the left side around and the flipped the wheels so I could rake 2 single windrows at once. Works good for that. I just pick up the rake back into the corner and pull out that will pull the hay out enough to bale. You could do that twice if you need more space for the baler. If your fields are hilly you will have some trouble with it skipping a bit if you can't keep it down over the hump. I think they as mounted rakes are harder on teeth which are getting to be expensive when you look at how many there are per wheel. Missing teeth also helps with wrapping on the spindle if the hay is big and course. This is from about 20 years of use.
 
They want to push the hay into a windrow instead of rolling it like a conventional rake. I always thought it made the hay harder to pick up for the baler, but it works.
 
Im glad I own one as a backup rake, but frankly it sucks for both heavy hay and for corners.

I much prefer the NH roll a bar rake.

The 3pt wheel rake is nice along the ditch banks on very rough ground and hanging over the ditch bank a couple feet is about the only place its better.

Paul
 
Those three point turners are junk. Never seen one that works like it should. They all just seem to wad up the hay. They sell a lot to 'weeknd warriors' because they are cheap. Most get hauled to the next consignment sale or parked outback in the fence row.However,the carted wheel rakes do a great job,as do a front mount. I dont know why that is.I think there isnt enough clearance under the frame(small wheels) to let the hay pass through. It just gets hung up underneath.Pass it by.
 
My only problems with a 3 pt was how hard it was to put on and take off the tractor and that I had to manually fold it every time I needed to get down the road or through a gate. They swing quicker at the back when you turn the least little bit, but even with those issues, it still did as good a job as my pull type. The manual fold thing was my biggest complaint with it.
 
Used to use a 5-wheel Farmhand rake with hand crank lift. Not going to crank it up at the end of each pass. Never noticed a problem with corners, and I was MUCH fussier about raking hay in those days because you caught hell from Dad if you did a messy job.
 

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