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Little River, TX | Everything has their strong and weak points. Regardless you will find the weak points.
A 6 basket system is nice to have with large acreage. You can run a 4 basket tedder with a 40 hp tractor, I used a 20 hp tractor for a while and it managed.
Just make sure what you buy has a way of throwing the hay away from a fence row.
I have probably said this before but a big reason for a tedder is to keep the stoma open and get through the first drying phase ASAP or before dark if possible. The closer to 48% moisture the hay is at dark the less respiration there is, & over night the less nutrient and weight loss that will occure. (The folks in the high Desert Country get cold enough at night to stop respiration. ) It is direct sunshine on the hay that keeps the stomata open and heats up the moisture inside the stems. Cloudy weather and not much curing is done that first day. Raining and you are going backwards.
If I had some help I would have the tedder running as soon as the swather was half through the field.
Edited by Hay Wilson in TX 7/6/2008 09:22
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