Rain and Haying

waltdavies · Jun 13, 2009

Weather man said good weather ahead so we started to cut hay last night, got one round in the field and decided that we needed to replace the worn out belts on the JD 1209 or spend all night cleaning out the cutter bar.
Woke this morning to weather alerts for flash floods and 1 in" per hour rain. Sure wish these guys would get things straight. Now they just say possible rain like 10% or 20% just to keep the forecast correct.
These guys couldn't predict yesterdays weather.
Walt

RobMD · Jun 13, 2009

Today, i'm just going to rig up a pto shaft to my outboard motor on my boat. Plan on tedding some flooded fields.

Larry NE IL · Jun 13, 2009

I cut about 5 acres friday...I'm going to ted the rain off as soon as it clears up!

Anonymous-0 · Jun 13, 2009

Most hay around here is done. There are some pieces that are in a program that won't let them be cut until mid July (WTF???). I've got 45 rolls bought and under roof. I still TRY to support my friend/neighbor by buying hay from him but he makes it impossible. He had enough for about 15 rolls finished except for rolling and had the rolling organized but didn't stick with the roller to show him where everything was... Upshot, 6 rolls and the rest looks like day old shredded wheat. Then, he still had enough for about 12 rolls not mowed, we talked about it and agreed to wait a couple weeks (I'd like some a little tuffer w/ less goodies for the gelding and the stallion when he's not breeding). That was 2 days ago and he mowed yesterday. Supposed to storm the next couple of days......

What a guy.

Dave

JiminIA · Jun 13, 2009

Very little hay put up around here. Not gonna be good for my custom baling business this year, I"m afraid everyone will cut on the first good stretch we get...Jim

Walterdavies · Jun 13, 2009

Dang that 10% sure was heavy it came down like all "H" for 30 minutes the whole place is afloat now.
Walt

Lincoln IA · Jun 13, 2009

We had a cook out planned for Friday night. My buddies all said don't cut any hay or it'll rain for sure. Mowed about 25 acres on Thursday, and just like clock work, it rained all afternoon on Friday.

Don-Wi · Jun 13, 2009

We dsid our hay last week- Chopped it instead of trying to dry it down and that was a good thing. As soon as we were done, it started to rain a little heavier. Had some rain the day before when I was chopping, but it helped to wet the hay some as it was getting a little too dry to chop.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Errin OH · Jun 14, 2009

Be glad you only made one round. I have cut forty acres and watched it rain on it for two soild weeks. By the time I could get into the field to clean it off I had to wear a mask to protect myself from the black dust (mold) rolling out of the baler.

BTW - I can confirm that they can't look out a window and give you a current conditions report. Any more I read the radar and a few other maps myself. Only missed once since......

Red1 · Jun 14, 2009

Last year the hay guys had a bad time...lots of moisture and no wind to dry out the fields....starting to act that way this year.

But, I'd rather have the moisture than the dry :idea:

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