Blew a tire

grandpa Love · Sep 6, 2020

Hasn't rained since Tues so we cut hay on Friday. Tedded it yesterday. Ran by the field this afternoon and decided it wouldn't hurt to fluff it again. The ground in some places is soaked. Hay seems dry,but when I run over it it gets pushed in the wet ground. I guess best bet is rake wet area first. Let dry until last? Then bale? Wife says leave it to rot. I tried one more pass with sickle mower and almost got stuck. 95% of the field is dry. Got mud packed in around tedder wheel it caught grass which built up. Got hot!! Steaming hot. Blew up the tire. Guess I will start the day at tractor supply. Pretty good bang. Lol

David G · Sep 6, 2020

I would have raked it instead of tedding so some of the ground can dry, then rake second time onto dry ground.

Those little tires are always PIA.

grandpa Love · Sep 6, 2020

Will rake it in the am. Then again late afternoon. Hope it works. If not sell the bales for fall decorations. Gonna sit out anyway! Lol. Yep. Little tires are a pain. But. ...harbor freight sells the tire on a rim, that fits, around $20. Wife said go 2 miles past tractor supply and get the whole thing. Thats what was on it. Dealer was over $150 for rim. Didn't bother with tire price. The bearings in the original were shot.

old · Sep 6, 2020

Hey at least you didn't blow a tractor tire like I did on my Oliver S88

paul · Sep 6, 2020

I don’t see any wheel at all.

Also don’t see how the right side tines are driven?

Tedders aren’t common around here..... so I’m not familiar with what it should look like.

As someone else said, here we would rake it off the wet ground, so the sun can dry off that ground and then rake it back the next day.

1.45 inch of rain last night, so my gay ground has a couple inches of rain on it again. Sigh.

Paul

retired farmer · Sep 6, 2020

Thought you had a side delivery rake, use it.

David G · Sep 6, 2020

Agreed

grandpa Love · Sep 6, 2020

Paul. It's a New Holland 254. Tedder- rake combo. Cool piece of equipment. Here is video of my wife raking with it .
New Holland 254

David G · Sep 6, 2020

A tedder should be a last resort on hay, it is very hard on it.

grandpa Love · Sep 6, 2020

Beats the seed heads out of it?

David G · Sep 6, 2020

It beats everything out of it.

You should also try to rake or tedder while dew is on hay, it helps it to stay together better.

grandpa Love · Sep 6, 2020

Side delivery rake going tomorrow!

grandpa Love · Sep 6, 2020

I didn't know that. I have been waiting until later in the day to ted.

David G · Sep 6, 2020

You may have to do that twice, you will see how quickly the ground will dry when there is no hay there.

David G · Sep 6, 2020

Do it in the evening after dew sets.

grandpa Love · Sep 6, 2020

Will do. Of course it's usually so humid here the dew doesn't burn off until at least 10 am. Even with Sun shine on it.

old · Sep 6, 2020

The more you rake or turn the hay the poorer the hay gets due to it going to powder so there is a lot less of it Plus the grain in the head also get knocked out so less protein

ArleninOr · Sep 6, 2020

No protein in the seed!

old · Sep 6, 2020

So then corn oats etc. are what nothing more then fiber???????????????????????

Ken Macfarlane · Sep 8, 2020

Tedder is the first line of defence against junk hay here. Not hard at all on grass hay at right time ie when hay is still wet. Could skip tedder and leave it out 4 or 5 days like people talk about on here but you'd just have rained on bleached out mulch hay here.

Bkpigs · Sep 8, 2020

I usually ted a few hours after mowing or the following morning if I mowed in the afternoon/evening. Never when the hay is dryish. Grass hay is not too important, clover is a must to only ted while the leaves are still stuck to the stem.

ArleninOr · Sep 8, 2020

Different product. Read the label on grass seed vs. oats, corn, or any other grain.

GeneMO · Sep 10, 2020

(quoted from post at 18:08:52 09/06/20) I don t see any wheel at all.

Also don t see how the right side tines are driven?

Tedders aren t common around here..... so I m not familiar with what it should look like.

As someone else said, here we would rake it off the wet ground, so the sun can dry off that ground and then rake it back the next day.

1.45 inch of rain last night, so my gay ground has a couple inches of rain on it again. Sigh.

Paul

Paul, what is causing your Apostrophe to print out so weird ? Gene :?

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