Posted by 2underage on July 31, 2017 at 06:00:46 from (64.19.81.130):
As I finished my mowing I got to thinking about the way I used to cut my hay. I began with a cycle mower that I pulled behind my old IH 350 and later improved to a haybine . Now I use a diskbine and let me tell you I would hate to go back to any of those older types. For one thing, I can mow a field of hay in less than a third of the time that it took with the haybine and days quicker than with the old cycle bar mower.
Around here I see several haying operations where they show up with several tractors pulling haybines to get their hay cut. They do get a lot done in a hurry but it looks to me as if it is a very costly way of doing a simple job. I also see the BTO with their high speed mowing machines, cutting in front and on both sides. I suspect that to is very costly as one of those big mowers could cost more than I paid for my farm.
In my way of thinking, if I were going to be running a hay business I would park those haybines and replace them with diskbines. One operator with one tractor would replace three of those machines. Maybe I am wrong but I am thinking that the savings on labor and tractor repairs would more than cover the cost of replacing the haybines with diskbines .
Note, I am not suggesting that all farmers get rid of their older types of hay cutting machine but I am looking at some of those commercial haying operations that seem to be stuck in the past.
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