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20foot Kuhn rake yes or no?
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<blockquote data-quote="DrDunc" data-source="post: 7551840" data-attributes="member: 615"><p>Tines should touch the grass, not the soil</p><p></p><p>Run the PTO somewhere around the 450rpm. Increase rpm will gather into a narrower row, but will make grass into a rope with lumps</p><p></p><p>Slower PTO speed is for long stuff, faster for short leaf</p><p></p><p>Forward speed is fast as it'll go without missing bits or making lumps, and PTO speed affects this too. Start about 5mph in leaf, 4mph in long stuff. Better going a wee bit slower and making a good row</p><p></p><p>Go slower downhill than up or you'll miss and your downhill row will have lumpy edges</p><p></p><p>If it's getting baled, check the row!!!!! You want it just wider than the bale for perfect square edges and most bales per hour. Faster pto will make the row narrower and denser in the middle. Better have rows with square edges and slightly less in the middle then the outside for best baling</p><p></p><p>Good luck with the new machine, grease it every day, wash it at the end of the season, chuck some oil over it, and check the tyre pressures before arriving at the field with one of the buggers flat (yeah, that last bit of advice is through bitter experience <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤡" title="Clown face :clown:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f921.png" data-shortname=":clown:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.5/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrDunc, post: 7551840, member: 615"] Tines should touch the grass, not the soil Run the PTO somewhere around the 450rpm. Increase rpm will gather into a narrower row, but will make grass into a rope with lumps Slower PTO speed is for long stuff, faster for short leaf Forward speed is fast as it'll go without missing bits or making lumps, and PTO speed affects this too. Start about 5mph in leaf, 4mph in long stuff. Better going a wee bit slower and making a good row Go slower downhill than up or you'll miss and your downhill row will have lumpy edges If it's getting baled, check the row!!!!! You want it just wider than the bale for perfect square edges and most bales per hour. Faster pto will make the row narrower and denser in the middle. Better have rows with square edges and slightly less in the middle then the outside for best baling Good luck with the new machine, grease it every day, wash it at the end of the season, chuck some oil over it, and check the tyre pressures before arriving at the field with one of the buggers flat (yeah, that last bit of advice is through bitter experience 🤡🤣) [/QUOTE]
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