Posted by NEBeef on June 13, 2014 at 06:50:37 from (198.51.119.151):
In Reply to: Buying a tedder posted by Super Steve on June 12, 2014 at 11:58:22:
Around here (middle New England) you would have a real hard time making good quality dry hay without a good tedder.
There certainly is some technique to using a tedder. You can be pretty aggressive when the hay is green - usually you're trying to spread the hay out right after cutting/conditioning. As the hay dries it needs to be tedded more gently, so the RPMs should go down and/or ground speed goes up.
To those who ask why not just let it dry? Well, (again around here) that might be several weeks, lol. There's simply not long enough weather windows to use that approach - if you can't bale it up within three high humidity days chances are you're going to lose it.
I find this regional difference quite interesting, I'm always watching the way folks make hay when I travel...
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