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A small family farm located in the beautiful Appalachian mountains of western North Carolina. We practice sustainable farming methods and raise some farm livestock. We also produce quality mixed grass/legume's hay and are constantly striving to improve our quality hay production. Our goal is to produce the best quality mixed grass (mostly Orchard) and legume hay in our area. We produce and sell high quality hay in small round bales that average around 45-50# each. We strongly believe in being good stewards of our land and animals.
Disclaimer! Our channel at 8th Day Chronicles / Cross Timbers Farm is for entertainment purposes only. Any methods, techniques, resources used are for entertainment purposes only and we do not make any claims regarding the safety of techniques, equipment, resources or information used in our videos. If you use any of our information or techniques we assume no liability whatsoever to your safety or outcome, you assume your own risks, property and bodily!
Disclaimer! Our channel at 8th Day Chronicles / Cross Timbers Farm is for entertainment purposes only. Any methods, techniques, resources used are for entertainment purposes only and we do not make any claims regarding the safety of techniques, equipment, resources or information used in our videos. If you use any of our information or techniques we assume no liability whatsoever to your safety or outcome, you assume your own risks, property and bodily!
Baling 3rd Cut Hay `24 (and broke equipment!)
Howdy folks! Welcome to 8th Day Chronicles! Thank you from stopping by our channel today, we sure appreciate it.
Come along with us as we bale our 3rd cut hay off our little "test plot" field. Getting this hay to proper dry-down moisture has taken 5 days, and we discover an important piece of our hay equipment is broke! Thanks for watching, we sure appreciate it! May God richly bless you and your family!
Equipment Used:
Kubota L3200 4wd Tractor,
Redlands / Farm Maxx 330 Baler,
Agra-Tronics Hay Moisture/Temp Tester,
Tytan 16000 Green Baling Twine,
Sony ZV-1 Cameras,
Rode Go II Microphone System,
UbeeSize Tripods.
Disclaimer! Our channel at 8th Day Chronicles / Cross Timbers Farm is for entertainment...
Come along with us as we bale our 3rd cut hay off our little "test plot" field. Getting this hay to proper dry-down moisture has taken 5 days, and we discover an important piece of our hay equipment is broke! Thanks for watching, we sure appreciate it! May God richly bless you and your family!
Equipment Used:
Kubota L3200 4wd Tractor,
Redlands / Farm Maxx 330 Baler,
Agra-Tronics Hay Moisture/Temp Tester,
Tytan 16000 Green Baling Twine,
Sony ZV-1 Cameras,
Rode Go II Microphone System,
UbeeSize Tripods.
Disclaimer! Our channel at 8th Day Chronicles / Cross Timbers Farm is for entertainment...
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Видео
An Attempt At Baling Hay
Просмотров 380День назад
Howdy good folks! Welcome to the farm! Come along with us today as we use old-time methods of checking the moisture level in our 4-day cut hay to make a decision if we should rake and bale it up. The old-time ways are very good to know, but I still use more modern methods as well such as electronic moisture meter testers. Today we rake our 3rd cut hay off our test-plot section into windrows and...
Cutting n Tedding 3rd Cut Test Plot Hay `24
Просмотров 20414 дней назад
Howdy folks! Welcome to 8th Day Chronicles! Glad to have you visiting the farm with us today as we cut and tedder 3rd cutting hay from our "test plot". This test plot has been an invaluable "schoolroom" for our small-scale premium hay production on our farm. We did not "invent" the idea of a "test plot" but rather learned of it several years ago from another hay farmer interviewed by a state ag...
Baling Hay 2nd Cut `24
Просмотров 51614 дней назад
Howdy folks! Welcome to 8th Day Chronicles! THANK YOU for joining us today on the farm! What a beautiful day the Lord provided us for baling hay! Come along with us virtually as we bale hay with our Kubota tractor and Farm Maxx / Redlands 330 mini round hay baler on our main hay field for some premium quality 2nd cutting hay. We will also share a tip on using the electronic bale ejector wiring ...
Raking 2nd Cut Hay `24
Просмотров 22521 день назад
Howdy folks! Welcome to 8th Day Chronicles! THANK YOU for stopping by the farm today! Come along with us as we use our inline hay rake to put this premium quality hay into windrows for the baler. Its a beautiful day on the farm! Thanks for watching and we pray God richly blesses you and your family! Equipment Used: Kubota L3200 4wd Tractor, Grizzly Inline R/H 4 Wheel Hay Rake Sony ZV-1 Cameras,...
Is Our Hay Dry Enough To Bale?
Просмотров 30221 день назад
Howdy folks! Welcome to the farm today! Come along with us as we check in on our hay drying progress and discuss some of the methods (without electronics!) to check your cut hay for moisture content, to know if its ready for raking and baling. Thanks for watching and we pray God blesses you and your family!
Tedding - My Favorite Part of Haying
Просмотров 21428 дней назад
Howdy good people! Welcome to 8th Day Chronicles. Thanks for dropping in virtually at the farm with us today! We got a good`un today (at least for me and I hope you enjoy it too!). We have the hay tedder hooked up to the tractor and we are gonna ted out the 2nd cut hay on our main hay field. Tedding hay is my ~favorite~ part of the hay making process! I really enjoy time in the tractor seat for...
2nd Cut Hay Farm Maxx Drum Mower
Просмотров 602Месяц назад
Howdy folks! Welcome to 8th Day Chronicles! THANK YOU for virtually stopping by the farm with us today. We sure appreciate it much. Come along with us as we cut our main hay field for 2nd cut premium quality grass hay. Its a beautiful early August day and a great time to make our 2nd cutting on this field. We pray God richly blesses you and your family! Equipment Used: Kubota L3200 4wd Tractor,...
How is the 2024 Mid Season Hay Market?
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How is the 2024 Mid Season Hay Market?
Raking and Baling 2nd Cut Test Plot Hay
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Raking and Baling 2nd Cut Test Plot Hay
Baling Rained On Hay w Farm Maxx Mini Round Baler
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Baling Rained On Hay w Farm Maxx Mini Round Baler
Cutting and Tedding the Reclaimed Hay Field
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Cutting and Tedding the Reclaimed Hay Field
Baling 1st Cut Hay w Mini Round Baler
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Baling 1st Cut Hay w Mini Round Baler
Test Plot Hay 1st Cut Farm Maxx Drum Mower
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Test Plot Hay 1st Cut Farm Maxx Drum Mower
1st Cut Hay 2024, Kubota Tractor and Farm Maxx Drum Mower
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1st Cut Hay 2024, Kubota Tractor and Farm Maxx Drum Mower
How To Set Up Your Drum Hay Mower: Small Scale Hay Equipment
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How To Set Up Your Drum Hay Mower: Small Scale Hay Equipment
Rain, Rain, Go Away! The Hay is Prime, But the Rains Keep Falling
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Rain, Rain, Go Away! The Hay is Prime, But the Rains Keep Falling
Test Plot Hay Sessions - What/When is Boot Stage?
Просмотров 2354 месяца назад
Test Plot Hay Sessions - What/When is Boot Stage?
Hi Darren, just to give you a huge shout out and thank you. My husband and I just finished our first hay harvest ever. We got our equipment directly from the manufacturer overseas. It came with no instructions. No pictures, no nothing. Wow! This was very frustrating. We both learned a lot about machines we were using. Your channel was not only an inspiration but also very instructional. We love our mini round bales and look forward to many more haying seasons. Happy haying!!
Thank you for the very kind words! No manuals with equipment can be frustrating…but it will force you to learn more about how that equipment works. Just be safe and remember farm machinery is dangerous. HUGE CONGRATS on your first hay harvest! It only gets better from there! Thanks for subscribing and watching!
Looking good! Seems gremlins have been over at your place. We have them here almost every day. Love the channel, you guys are really knowledgeable and friendly. Sally says Hi, hope Susan is doing well.
Thank you kindly! Yesterday I bush hogged off the test plot extension again…. Darn weeds! Maybe next year that small area will improve. Susan says hello! Tell Mrs Sally we say hello in return!
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Thanks a bundle!
Thank you would be greatly appreciated I tried just 40 w non detergent,it seems like is not flowing really well. The other question I have is how is the best and most accurate way to check the oil level in the mower the Fmd 165 . But good news wife and I finally got some good bales in the barn today thank u to you for all your help. The baler did fine mower did great and a couple issues with the enrossi 4 wheel rake maybe I’m going to slow. The little fields seem hard with that rake or maybe just going fast enough?? But it is coming together.
@@BertSchmidt-jt5go I use a clean stick or longer bolt to check the gear oil level in my drum mower. Just remove the fill cap and use something clean for a dipstick, straight down and straight up and measure the mark of gear oil on the stick. Your owners manual should tell you how much oil should be in the gear box.
What kind or brand of 10/40 non detergent oil is everyone using all I can find is straight 40 and 30 non detergent Please help thank you greatly appreciated.
If you find SAE straight 40W in non-detergent, I would think that would work just fine in the auto-oiler on the Farm Maxx baler. I’ll look later at the name on the bottle of what I have (I think it’s Warren brand, not positive)
@@BertSchmidt-jt5go also if you can’t find non detergent 10w40, I don’t think it would be detrimental to use regular motor oil.
Thanks for the information! You are right - Not much on the internet on the L3200. We're about to buy some land in GA and the tractor stays with the property. Excited to get started.
Thank you! Im excited for you too! Best of luck to you on the new property!
If you backup while your wraping twine you can pickup that loose pile of windrow your leaving as long as you have a hydrostatic or independent pto. Thanks for demonstrating.
@@user-vg9dg4pu7o my tractor is a non-live PTO model. But that’s good info, thanks!
This is the day the Lord hath made! Great videos all summer! Sure have enjoyed it.
Thank you very much. I sure appreciate those kind words.
Good decision. Thanks for the video, see ya in a day or two.
@@tommywise1702 tell Mrs Sally we say hello!
@@8thdaychronicles Sally says Hi!
Very interesting thank you. I’m mowing this afternoon (UK). What ratio and gear would you normally use a drum mower in please? My hay is very light as I’m restoring wild flower meadows. Thank you.
I generally mow at whatever is a comfortable speed for the terrain I am on. The drum mower has the capability of cutting at pretty fast speeds but often bumpy, hilly terrain dictate a slower speed due to control of the tractor. For MY fields, I generally cut in high range, 1st gear, maybe 2nd occasionally, but our fields are sloped.
I’m grateful thank you. Cut for two hours and turned it. Learning curve beginning to flatten out a tad……..
We’re enjoying a wet summer here in the Cotswolds too. I’m a rooky haymaker and your help has been vital to my development. Thank you.
Thanks for the nice comments, and we sure appreciate your time watching!
We had the same with poorjoe, it has taken over, and total stopped hay production. We have used Cimarron Plus and 2, 4, d-b to control it. The Cimarrom Plus has no waiting period to harvest or feed to animals. We are considering Patriot herbicide, it can treat emergent and preeminent weeds. It does have a 30 day delay, so not sure we want to go that route. Nice video, congratulations on the hay season. Looks like Susan's chickens are doing well also.
Thanks a bundle. The issue with foxtail is, like deer tongue, its in the "grass" family. Broadleaf weed sprays wont kill it out. We used Crossbow earlier in the year and it done a very good job on all other weeds. It has a 14 day wait period for hay harvest, which we are w-a-y past 14 days. But the Crossbow is a broadleaf weed spray and wont kill this foxtail OR deer tongue. Leaves us in a bit of a delimma. Hay off the test plot extension is over for this year. But of course its not much area anyhow, but valuable to us. The birds are growing out fantastic. Hope you and family are all doing well!
@8thdaychronicles yep, we are great. The poorjoe weed is in the coffee family, so lots of stuff kills it. The issue is seeds. Poorjoe is a prolific seed producer, so we need a preemergent strike. I looked over the field yesterday and think I may be able to cut one or two acres as emergency food supply. There is no way I would sell the next cut. We had several people ask for late winter forage donation. Seems to be a problem with abandoned livestock or poor planning. Not the animals fault. Maybe this stuff would be ok for that. Your hay looks really good, very well done, sir.
@@tommywise1702 thanks Tom. That’s a great idea and very generous of you to donate what you can cut. You guys are my kinda folks! Like your poorjoe, I’m a bit worried this foxtail has a huge seedbank in the soil already for it to come out so thick in that small extension area like it has this year. I may havta find a tiller to borrow and till that whole area up this fall and glysophate everything in the extension and start over. Thank goodness it’s only .15 of an acre.
Awesome equipment for farming small scale I enjoy the channel
Thanks a bunch! Much appreciated!
Good one
Thanks!
Neat little bailer
It makes a great bale of hay. Thanks!
Good job! The electrical connection is a great idea. Field is looking good, baker seems to be working good as well. We will be looking for the twins for our next purchase of we can get it locally. I like our twins but it is online only around here. See y'all in the next video, have a good week bud.
Thanks Tom. Hope you and Mrs Sally have a great weekend!
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Darren, awesome and Blessed to have rain after cutting. I cut in June and no measurable rain since. My Coastal Bermuda is just 6-7" tall. Ive bought 2 rolls of that Titan twine and looking forward to baling with it. You have a Blessed day yourself.
Coastal Bermuda makes great hay. Good luck with your hay and I pray your area gets some soft, soaking rain soon. Thanks for the comments, I sure appreciate it! May God bless you and your family!
It's satisfying seeing hay raked into windrows. Looking good brother 👌
Thank you Jason. I’m not the best hay rake operator but I enjoy trying.
Thank you very much for your informative video! You surely helped me with all the needed information needed to setup my hay rake in South Africa!
Thank you very much. Best of luck to you!
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Nice hay!!! Rake is working perfectly. Thanks for the videos on the hay process, seems I can always learn something new (or again). We have decided to cut our field with a rotary mower and leave it on the field after we apply herbicide. It's a painful decision, but the weed load is such that anything we bale would be unusable. The herbicide also stated that there is a 30 day wait before processing for safety if the sprayed area was to be used as hay. Anyway, our 2024 season is finished, and we will start our 2025 season in September with a generous coating of lime. Hope you have a good week, Sally says Hi!
Thanks. The rake works as intended, there’s some user-error occasionally, lol. I’m not the best hay rake operator out there, far from it. I understand about the weed load on your field. We’re doing the exact same thing on our test plot extension for 3rd cutting. It’s done for this year. The foxtail has taken that small area over since 2nd cut. We also plan to cut it and rake off the field to keep the seed heads from putting more seed into the sod. Painful probably but you made a solid decision. It will pay off next year. Our best to you and Mrs Sally!
Excellent video and very helpful. I have just purchased a mini baler and this was essential viewing. Thank you.
Thanks a bundle, glad it was useful to someone!
I just love that tractor.
Thanks! That Kubota L3200 has been a heck of a good tractor.
Bought our first parmac and it doesn't work AT ALL- battery is fully charged and we have checked over entire fenceline TWICE. WHAT A WASTE OF $$$
Which model did you buy? That might save someone else from buying the same model.
Hello I'm having some issues that I can not figure out,on setting up the Drum mower. FDM165 doing every thing you said falls all into place the pin in the middle of the slide bar. so when I go into trans port mode i pick up mower a little put the transport bar down try to pick up mower it comes up but not like it should it picks up the beam and then finally the mower but the beam but is not quite what u are showing in video . my arms on on the three point hitchslide on tha long pin that comes with the mower and so center of gravity to lif the mower to move it into trans port mode is impossible did your mower come with the long pin for cat2 on one side and cat one on the other wished could send u pics both pull the pin way out almost to the end where where the small hitch pin is to keep it from pullin thru. my english not to good is my second language sorry so i dont quite know how to explain myself thank you.
Yes my FDM135 came with both cat 1 and 2 reversible hookup pins. Are you hooking your lower 3 point arms to the outside of the mower category pins or the inside? Hay mowers can be dangerous if unfamiliar with them and how they operate, as can all tractor hay implements. I’d strongly suggest a visit to your county extension office and ask for someone to stop by that’s experienced in hay equipment and have them look at your issue and offer advice. Much of this by typed word is hard to relay. The extension office would probably assist you in your first time cutting/ baling as well. Please use caution and do so at your own risk. Best advice I could give you is to seek in-person advice from someone local that is experienced in hay equipment.
Thank you for this. I need to get a draw bar because I can't see what's going on and get the baler clogged up a lot (takes about 20 mins to unclog). Question: with that extended distance and the longer PTO shaft, do you get a lot more vibration?
Thanks a bundle! I appreciate your kind words! I’ve jammed up my baler a couple times too, trying to pick up too much hay (too big of windrows) at once. Never broke a shear bolt yet, just lucky I guess. It’s a pain to clear a clogged baler for sure. When I get into big windrow areas I slow way down (even stop momentarily and creep forward) to let the baler take in what it can but not too much. The drawbar setup allows good sight behind your tractor to allow you to see what’s going on back there MUCH better. Plus the turning benefit without lifting is awesome. I have not noticed any additional vibration with the drawbar I have or longer pto. I’d say it was basically the same as before. Thanks for watching!
Always the dilemma, is it ready to bale. You made the hard but right decision to wait. The tedder is the most valuable piece of equipment in the hay drying process. I have clover and alfalfa in my hay and leaf shatter is always a concern. However, mold is a bigger concern, so if it needs tedded again it gets it. I hope to make my second and final cut of the season in the next couple of weeks. We had a drought this summer in my area and it put us behind by 3 or 4 weeks. The dew this time of year is always a challenge. Good luck brother and thanks for the videos.
Thank you Sir. A couple years ago we had a lot of hay down and the forecast changed and it rained hard on our hay all day and night and we ended up loosing a whole cutting. That winter I bought a tedder. We would have probably still lost some of it but could have maybe salvaged some too. Our Tedder purchase has been worth every penny we paid for it. We have the same hay philosophies it seems! If they hay needs kicked around it gets it, if it’s starting to dry good, adjust rpm at the pto lower and tractor ground speed up to help reduce leaf shatter some. Premium quality hay don’t just happen, it takes sweat and work. Thanks for watching and we pray you have a FANTASTIC 2nd cut coming up!
@@8thdaychronicles thank you and God bless you and your family.
Great job
Thank you much!
We do both, twist and meter. Seems like the twist is close to run a bale for sure. Smell, feel, look all come into play. It's hard to walk off with black clouds in the air, but your already gambling. A few hours can make all the difference. Once it's in a bale it stops the dry down for sure. Good luck bud, I'm with ya, need to wait.
Thanks, Tom. It was a good decision to wait. One more day didn’t hurt a thing. We had great weather the following day and dry down reached a proper level. Our best to you and Mrs Sally.
Great information!! Learned a lot. I do know that I need to get a tedder!
Thank you kindly Sir. Im just a country boy that learned from the school of hard knocks, and have been wrong more than once, lol. However, hanging around some old time hay farmers as a teenager leaned me a few tid-bits of good information. On a tedder....some decent used smaller tedders out there. Just take your time and find one thats been lovingly taken care of. I MUCH prefer a drawbar model in comparison to a 3-point attach model. We did a video about 1.5 years ago on buying our used tedder if that interests you. That video is in our "small-scale hay equipment" playlist. Thanks a bundle and our best to you!
Weeds are killing us for sure. I have never seen weed free hay. Doing our best is the best we can do. Good info, hope y'all have a good day.
Thanks, Tom. Around here weeds are a constant. Gotta stay on top of them here or they will take over. Best to you are Mrs Sally.
Hayfield looks great. Timing was good and rainfall was good also for you. Looking forward to more!.
Thank you kindly! Baling this field was a real surprise, not sure how I misjudged it so bad. I'll explain in a later video on the baling. Thanks a bundle for watching, much appreciated!
Good evening. I also love tedding hay. It’s very relaxing and you don’t have to think much about it. How many acres do you cut? Thanks and God bless
Yes, the hay kicking out behind the tedder and the tractor just humming along, its relaxing to me. Just finished baling our main hay field. Long, long day. Some great folks bought the hay and loaded it out of the field. It was some premium grade hay, good stuff. Video forthcoming. The 2 spacer test on the drum mower on the field was perfect. Once all the hay was up and gone it was much easier to judge the cut, and it was dang good. We currently this year are cutting about 7 acres. God bless you and your family!
Thanks for the info on the spacers. I am going to set mine up next week and get ready for our second cut. God bless
Thanks a bunch. Yes, I’d suggest start out with just a couple and try it. Maybe even give it a try at the factory setting first, you may be happy with it there. If you feel it cut a tad too low, put on 2 spacers and try. Increase slowly, you’ll eventually hit a point where you went too many for a clean cut. God bless and best to you!
I've always wanted to get into making hay. You've inspired me and I've learned a lot from you. Excuse my newbie question, but what is the proper time frame between steps? Like cutting, then X days before raking, then X days before baling? (I understand weather can play havoc on that schedule)
Howdy! Thanks so much for watching, subbing and leaving such kind comments. Much appreciated! Thank you! Time between cutting, then raking then baling, if I had to summarize with a couple words it would be "moisture content". Proper moisture content of your hay is super-important. Too moist at baling and you'll end up with moldy hay, or even worse, a possible barn fire from storing that high moisture content hay, from combustion. Flip side...too dry hay (sun bleached, super low moisture content, dry as dust), most of the nutritional values of that hay has leached out, and, livestock dont like it that well and will refuse alot of it (waste). There's a fine line with proper moisture content in dry hay of what makes great, premium hay and what is not enough. There are various methods of testing the hay for moisture content to know if it's ready to rake and bale. Before testing instruments the old-timer hay farmers used twist methods (which still works good if you know how, what to look for). Much of it is determined simply by "feel" of the drying hay. We also use modern moisture testers. Weather is probably the biggest factor in the drying process. Solar effects are the big factor. Sun, or the lack thereof, temps, humidity, rain (hopefully none while hay is drying!) all play a role in determining when to rake and bale. Theres no "set" number of days. Its all weather dependent. In my area of western NC mountain area, generally speaking, I need 4, sometimes 5 days for proper dry down time to get to a suitable moisture content for grass hay. Of course thats all weather dependent. Other dryer, hotter, less humid areas of the country could be much different in days needed. Hope this answers the question. Again, thanks a bundle for watching!
@@8thdaychronicles Thank you very much for the reply. That makes a lot of sense and I understand a lot more about it. Your answer helps a lot!
Great video! I learned something! On the teddering after a shower…Tedder as many times as needed to overcome the shower. Thanks!!
Thanks a bundle! Tedding the hay after a shower can be good for the hay drying but if you have just had a shower, bad for you, LoL. Thanks for watching, much appreciated!
Looks good! The mower worked perfectly. Glad ya waited. We will be cutting next week, but we have had a weed issue that we will be dealing with this week. Tell Susan we all say Good evening.
Than you much! Reducing the cut height for this thicker, lower-growing hay was a good choice. While cutting and today, tedding, I found this cut of hay to be much better than I was expecting. It’s darn good hay. Weeds…argh!!! All hay producers deal with them at certain degrees, just depends on the quality of hay you wanna make. I suppose some hay producers are fine with weedy, junk hay. Recognizing and dealing with weeds is what often sets apart quality hay producers from those that, well, aren’t. Susan says hi and hope you and Mrs Sally have a good evening as well!
Hello is there a step to do for the door?? I have not Used my baler yet but would like to see if door is working properly. I set my arm where it supposed to be. I Hooked up my remote to baler , I have power in the cable to the baler. Is there a need for the arm to be in a certain position for the door to open up. I have also ordered my twine that u told me have not got it yet not available here. Do you feed that trine inside or outside. Sorry for all the stupid questions. I did check fuse and is good on cable for the remote valve is open on cylinder there is fluid in the tank as well any ideas??
That twine actually has a tag on it that says “feed from inside”. That’s what I do. Make sure your plug to the remote bale door button to the baler ain’t plugged backwards (upside down). Turn the baler on (start the pto) and push the button…the bale door should open. You didnt mention if you started the baler.....the pto powers the gear box which in turn powers the hydraulic pump....the hydraulic pump has to be running to pump fluid to the cylinder to open the door. The electronic push button just signals to the hydraulics to push fluid to open. I have a question for you if you dont mind. Have you ever been around farm equipment and tractor implements? Thats a serious question. Putting hay implements together and running hay equipment can be a very dangerous thing if you're unfamiliar with how this equipment works. Folks have been injured bad or even killed by hay equipment, entanglements in moving parts, tractor roll-overs, etc. If you have never used hay equipment or tractor implements before, I would HIGHLY suggest you find someone in your community that is experienced in this stuff and have them mentor your first few times using it. If you cannot locate anyone in your area, go to your county extension office and ask for someone there to help you get started with your first cut/bale. Thats what they are there for, to help farmers. Please dont haphazardly start running this equipment if you have no experience with hay implements without some on-site guidance from someone experienced who can coach you through the process. It can be very dangerous. I just dont want to see anyone get injured or worse by being unfamiliar with this type equipment. Use at your own risk if you do.
Hey there! Long time listener first time caller here ha! I just wanted to say thank you for all of your videos on the farm maxx equipment. Due to your content I just finished my first cut, and am looking forward to bale day rain willing. I won’t say I couldn’t have done it without you but I will say I WOULDNT have done it without your content lol. Anyways thank you again and all the best to you, your farm, and your family!!
Thanks so much for the kind words! Much appreciated. Good luck with the first cutting. Best to you and your family.
@@8thdaychronicles of course! And you were NOT kidding when you said once she’s leveled she cuts as good or better than any other system and as fast as you can stay in the seat!!
@@leostewart1361 A good drum mower, for the money invested, is hard to beat for smaller family farm haying operations. Our hay fields are all sloped to varying degrees and because of that I cant run high gear full throttle here (not sure I'd want to anyhow, LoL), but as fast as ive been with the drum mower, it never skipped a beat. God bless you and your family!
@@8thdaychronicles takes me a bit longer than the neighbors with their large scale equipment but you can’t put a price on independence!
@@leostewart1361 Very true!
Loved the video, makes me a little less afraid to use mine.
Thanks!
Can push buttons on the back of the suction cups and it will bring all the milk through the lines for you.
Awesome, thanks a bunch!
Hey, your making Hay!
Hey! Shor nuff hay! Lol.
Couple challenges I have with my 330; when the full bale chamber alarm sounds and the twine arm drops, it stays down and won't continue to wrap the bale, it's just stuck there. The manual sez to then continue forward "a meter", collecting more hay to trigger that twine arm cycle. I will continue on for several meters collecting a lot more hay until it cycles, and even then it may not cycle. So there's untwined bales sitting in the field cuz I got to move on and don't have a solution. This sometimes caused by a twine problem, it may have broken (the jute twine), or it may have come off one of the tiny little plastic pulleys and wedged under it jamming the cycle...maybe the heavy sisal will be less prone to this? And the whole feeding the twine thru the baler mechanism, is that awkward or what? Tiny hands and better dexterity required here.
OK...Ill answer with a question (or 2): Is your tractor a "live" PTO model or "non-live"? I found that with a non-live PTO tractor, the run/stop/run cycle to start the twine wrap is a problem sometimes. My tractor is a non-live and I had to go to a larger diameter twine in order for the baler to pick up smaller diameter twine after stopping. Also, personally.....I dont like jute twine. Too thin, balers dont pick it up well, its weak, breaks easily, etc. I would encourage you to watch this video, towards the end, I discuss some new baling twine I used, and so far, it works GREAT in these type balers: ruclips.net/video/0mPctQXsKeg/видео.html My baler dont like poly twine. The coating and it being slick plastic, combine that with the rollers having to "grab" the twine to start wrapping, is a not-good combo. I dont suggest poly twine with these balers. Sisal twine is what I recommend. I found larger diameter sisal twine is not good either. Too big and it will not feed thru the pulleys well, jumps off the white pulley grooves occasionally. Sisal twine in the 90# knot strength range seems to be PERFECT in MY BALER...your mileage may vary. I have a buddy who uses 190# knot strength sisal twine in his and loves it. If your baler is not wrapping good AND your using POLY twine, go to sisal twine. Poly is just too slick for the rollers to CONSISTENTLY grab it. Jute is thin and weak. My baler runs the sisal twine (specifically the 16,000 Green, Tytan brand great. Hope this helps.
@@8thdaychronicles Does this help? Yes! That's some, no, the best specific information I've gotten from anyone anywhere about my baler challenges. And you drilled right down to your favorite twine pick, saving us much trial and error. I knew the twine was causing much of my frustration, and yeah, that jute twine FarmMaxx includes is worthless! How much do you mess with the tensioners, seems like they may be contributing to my woes.
The tractor is a little Kubota B-2601 with live PTO and hydrostatic transmission so that's okay though the tractor is too light for the heavy baler on our very hilly terrain.
@@ericalmquist889 Check out the video I linked above for more in-depth info on the Tytan brand sisal twine.
@@ericalmquist889 With that small tractor you would benefit much from fabricating a drawbar system for that baler instead of using the 3-point attachment system. Heck even a larger tractor would benefit from it....I LOVE our drawbar assembly we fabricated.
Something I noticed while reading the comments, this fellow seems to read, and ANSWER each and every one of them! I have never seen this before- shows an interest in his followers! And, I love the small rounds!
Thank you kindly! Yes, we try to interact all we possibly can with our FANTASTIC subscribers. And thank you for the kind words, much appreciated!
My hay is in the same shape as yours. In my opinion it looks just like first cut when it starts growing right after winter. I think you are correct when thinking clipping it off will restart the grow. However, the cost in fuel, wear and tear on the equipment, and time involved compared to the return isn’t worth it. I am going to just let mine grow and see what happens. Our haying season ends a bit earlier than yours up here in the mountains of SW PA. We still have about a month or so of good growing weather. We’ll see what the Lord brings us as far as weather. On another issue. With two spacers in place on your drum mower, what height cut are you getting? As always, thanks and God bless.
Thanks Sir. I done a small cut in a small area for an experiment with a weedeater just after filming. I whacked off a 5 ft circle pretty close to the ground, just to see how the growth would be…. And it has shot up very good. So, I may cut next week when our forecast is more conductive. As with any field, bumps, dips, even minute, can change your cut height slightly. This will be a trial cut with 2 spacers.. so I’ll measure stubble when I cut and let you know what the average cut height will be at 2 spacers. I pray God blesses you and your family!
Id cut it and not bale it ..I give back to the soil by allowing it to lie on the field and compost down.
@@craigwarren3439 great thoughts, if I had no plans to for another cut this year. I found out last year if you mow and leave it for compost fertilizer and then anytime later that same summer cut it for hay, that grass you cut does not have enough time to compost and degrade down into the sod before the next cutting. The tedder and rake will kick the old cutting all up into your fresh cut hay. I found that out the hard way last year on our reclaimed hay field. Now, if I had no plans for another cut of hay off this field this year, that would be a GREAT plan, it would have fall/winter to degrade and compost down into the sod and would be very good. This field was only bushhogged several years prior to us making it a good hay field and to this day I still see some spots with old cuttings down in the sod. Based on the fact we will probably take another cutting off this field later in the early fall, if we cut it now I’d choose to rake and bale whatever amount it gives just to get it off the field. Hope that makes sense. Thanks a bundle for the comment and for watching, I REALLY appreciate it much!
I have no wisdom to offer. I just wanted to say thanks for inspiring me. I have some property that used to be hay (with prior owners) that I just brush hogged to keep it under control. I really wanted to put it to use instead of wasting the space so I thought of doing hay with it again. My only experience was slinging bales as a kid for a farmer neighbor. You explain stuff so well that I felt comfortable enough to get some equipment like you have. I'll continue watching for education and tips on reclaiming these fields.
Thank you much for your kind words! I appreciate it. I’m no expert or any of this, I learn something every time I’m in the hay fields, whether seeding, cutting, baling, etc. We can learn together through this medium. Thanks again
@@8thdaychronicles Well, your closer to an expert than I am. As you learn more, I'll be hot on your heels to improve what I'm doing. I also liked your "test plot" idea. Except mine is a section hidden from view so others can't see me screw up before I move to the bigger fields.
@@Gilikemail thanks! The idea of a test plot wasn’t my idea actually…I learned about doing a small plot to “test” methods and ways of trying things on a small scale first on another channel several years ago. For the life of me I now don’t remember the channel I learned of it but I think it was during an interview a state extension office was doing with a farmer and he brought up the concept of a small “test plot” on their farm where they try different techniques without spending a lot of money. I thought what a great idea and started my own. And it has proven VERY useful. Thanks again!
I am in SW PA and we are selling our hay for $4 first cut and $5 second cut. These are small squares. That seems to be the going rate around here for the past few years. The weather has been though around here this year. We did our first cut late because of rain then the rain shut off and the temps got very hot. I am hoping the rain kicks back in and we can cut mid to late August. Thanks for the info and God bless.
Thanks for the good info from your area. Much appreciated!
In my opinion and my opinion and a few dollars will get you a cup of coffee about anywhere😂. I would cut it get what you get and hope the 3rd cut is better. Been putting up hay since i was able to reach the pedals on a tractor and I'm 46 yrs old now. Whatever you decide i hope it works out for you!
@@wncprepper thanks a bundle! I walked the hay field again this evening and looked closely and I’m leaning towards cutting it the more I look and study about it. Appreciate your opinion!