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Woodham, Ontario | Our New Holland dealer (Great Lakes) had a new wide swath attachment that they wanted to try out. We wanted to try a discbine so we combined efforts. Our Oxbo 330 merger will pick up any swath regarless of width so it was easy to try.
Basically the regular swathformers get removed and 4 little spreader fins get installed on the swathboard. Really simple, can be adjusted and makes a pretty nice uniform swath.
In the lowerst setting: 13' mower, 10' swath. Basically drops the crop between the wheels of the mower. With a tractor set to 88" one tire can be driving beside the swath and the other has to be on it.
In the middle setting: Almost full cutting width! You are driving over the swath here. Basically eliminates the need for tedding, very nice for alfalfa hay!
Overall I am very impressed, if I were to get a New Holland discbine, I would get this kit. We also are doing a trial with pottinger mowers with rollers and without any conditioning, also trying "hay(lage) in a day". Will know more tomorrow, but may not have time to post the results. Teaser pic:
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Chilliwack, British Columbia | Thats really cool, may have to make some mods to our Hesston. Really like the idea of tedding less.
Me thinks that in the last pic, the tractor on the right is for the mower demo? The tires don't look like they fit on your farm properly :)
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| Looks good Gerard! I should get that research report from my sister tomorrow or Wednesday. One important thing to know is that in most areas, it is impossible to do "haylage in a day with alfalfa". It works for grass silage (cut in the morning, chop in the afternoon), but in most places, for alfalfa, it is more of a "haylage in 24 hours" technique... cut in the morning, chop the next morning. Nick |
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central - east central Minnesota - | Here, with my soils/conditions, running on the hay would push the hay down into the dirt - now I've added dirt to the ration and be luck to pick it all up . . .. The older hesston's / CaseIH (8830) have those veins on the conditioner to spread the windrow. It does work nicely, as it doesn't direct the windrow downward - resulting in a fluffier windrow, as compared to the new haybines with the deflecter on the very back that ensures the windrow is directed streight down. . . . |
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SW NE | Gerard, how many acres can be cut in about 12 hours in 80+ acre fields with the triple mower? |
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| Kind of funny to me how you gus talk about putting up haylage. It was only a few years ago that I didn't you couldn't put up haylage in one day. Swath in the morning, chop in the afternoon, swath in afternoon chop in the morning type of deal. And this was simply crimping and windrow it, then rake it a couple hours ahead of the chopper. |
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| looks good how big of tractors are you using? |
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Woodham, Ontario | Yeah, row crop tires are frowned upon here! Even the custom sprayer uses 20.8 tires in 30" rows.(90 centers) |
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Woodham, Ontario | We have chopped some the same day, but never more than 35 acres. Wide swaths help a lot. Jury is still out on conditioning, have taken some samples to get checked out properly. |
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Woodham, Ontario | 300 should be possible, 25 acres an hour is quite reasonable with enough HP. |
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Woodham, Ontario | Location, location, location... We are pretty humid between 3 of the great lakes. |
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Woodham, Ontario | On the NH was our JD 7210. The left mower tractor is our 7930 with 2 10' mowers, the right tractor is a demonstrator tractor that comes with the triple mower, it is also a 7930. |
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New Holland Discbine wide swath attachment pics
