Roll it over onto fresh dry ground with a single rota rake or an old acrobat if you have one parked somewhere in the brambles! Haybobs a sod in straw because it flicks the stones against the back window or into the cab.
best machine for wet straw in swath !!
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organicguy
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With the size of header today IMHO turning over with a rake is a waste of diesel.
Get it tedded out and then row back up.
You wouldn't try to dry a swath of hay by tipping it over!
Get it tedded out and then row back up.
You wouldn't try to dry a swath of hay by tipping it over!
davidroberts30
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threads like this make me glad i only got a small binder and any rain basically goes straight through the swath
very little tedding or moving needed
very little tedding or moving needed
I've got 3 machine's available for the job
The haybob it's never out the shed
The swathwilter it's only any good for fluffing up slightly damp rows or stuff that's been run on that just needs lifted again
The rake which is the only thing that will shift it onto fresh high stubble so the air can get through it to dry it out . The rake is the best but it also needs the right weather to go with the right machine.
This is all behind 25ft + headers in a big crop
Lose about 10% everytime you tedd it chaffing it up
Stewie
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I used to turn 35' rows with a single rotor rake effectively: the trick is going at the right speed to turn it over properly.
organicguy
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- North East of the south west
Agree but in catchy weather you might need 2 hot days to get it dry, but tedding it out can often dry it in 2 hours of decent sunshine.
1 year I tipped a swath 4 times but never had enough time to get it dry, spread it out and I had it baled in 2 hours.
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
Plus if you spread it and rake it the bedder is firing stones around cattle courts all winter.
JonL
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- East Yorks
This ^. But you have to be patient and wait for it to be dry enough to leave a fluffy swath that the air can get into after the rake. And you want to be sure the weather afterwards will let you get it baled. The more you move it the more drying out it will take if it gets wet again until tedding it out is the only option.
if you can avoid driving on swaths they dry a lot easier. Hence we chop headlands, straddle the swath with chaser/trailer and do not drive on swaths
And who turns up run on rows ,even if it going to rain d rys a lot quicker than pulling up a paddled wet black sh!t row
In a wet time its usually only the headland rows and ones the corn trailers have run on that we move, untouched rows will usually dry themselves given a few windy/sunny days
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- flintshire
Only 13ft cut head, got a twin rotor take so may rake 2 into 1 , not massive swath , drying well today , haybob does gather the stones a bit !!
organicguy
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It depends how carefully you set the rake and what speed!
I have bought straw where they have had the baler pick up set so low it filled the bales with stones.
All machines need setting carefully and driving with consideration!
Ali_Maxxum
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- Chepstow, Wales
Tuned plenty of straw over with a single rotor rake. To me a haybob just shifts the problem 6ft further down the field and doesn't 'turn over' anything!
"We bought a teagle superted last year because we had straw left in the swath, seems like we’ll be using it every year now! You can angle the gates to throw the crop one side if needs be"
- +1 excellent for the job, and doesn't hammer the straw too much
Chae1
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- Aberdeenshire
Anyone run a wuffler with a mower grouper on back?
Looks a good idea.
Looks a good idea.
I also bought a Teagle Super Ted for this season. It’s getting plenty of use and doing a good job.
Previously I had borrowed one for a couple of years but it was taking the P borrowing it every year.