splitting a straw swath

[spin cycle]

is there any way to split a swath from a 40ft rotary so it could be baled by a narrower pick up baler

 

[RAF]

no

 

[Goweresque]

You could try driving down it with a Lely Combi, if you were able to keep it centred on the row it should split it into two equal rows.

 

[Matt L]

Yes there is a way, you make a divider that sits on the back below the rotors that separate it into two half’s. Might have a picture, but think it’s been talked about on here before

 

[yellowbelly]

is there any way to split a swath from a 40ft rotary so it could be baled by a narrower pick up baler

 

[Highland Mule]

Spread and the re-row it with a haybob?

 

[yellowbelly]

Spread and the re-row it with a haybob?

The trouble with rotaries is the straw is smashed up that much you leave a lot on the ground if you do that

I hate baling behind rotary combines

 

[Highland Mule]

The trouble with rotaries is the straw is smashed up that much you leave a lot on the ground if you do that

I hate baling behind rotary combines

Didn’t say the haybob idea was any good, but it’s a possible.

Haven’t baled straw for years - and don’t miss it one bit.

 

[Al R]

Use a haybob, a neighbour used to bale smalls with a Jones baler behind a 10ft wide swath made by 25ft combine, he never grumbled even in 3t/ac of straw crops, they’d come out almost touching

 

[neilo]

is there any way to split a swath from a 40ft rotary so it could be baled by a narrower pick up baler

What do you have access too? If you have a single rotor rake it’s fairly simple to do. Just go steadily and drive so that you flick half the swath over, leaving the other half in place.
Not sure, but wouldn’t a haybob on low PTO revs do similar?

 

[Matt L]

The trouble with rotaries is the straw is smashed up that much you leave a lot on the ground if you do that

I hate baling behind rotary combines

All depends on how you set the machine up!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

On another point avoid Hybrid Barley Straw . Best burnt or chopped . Its dreadfull stuff

 

[gone up the hill]

On another point avoid Hybrid Barley Straw . Best burnt or chopped . Its dreadfull stuff

What is so bad about it @Forage Trader ??

I know the grain samples are normally poor!

 

[gone up the hill]

On another point avoid Hybrid Barley Straw . Best burnt or chopped . Its dreadfull stuff

What is so bad about it @Forage Trader ??

I know the grain samples are normally poor!

 

[GOODYSMATE]

we used a haybob to make two rows from a 35 foot table just drive to one side and one set of tines will drag half of it to make another row

 

[mixed breed]

As @neilo says a single rotor rake is ideal for the job

 

[spin cycle]

we used a haybob to make two rows from a 35 foot table just drive to one side and one set of tines will drag half of it to make another row

might try a haybob ......single row rake might be an idea for another year @neilo ..........archaic ...but i wonder if a vicon acrobat might do it

 

[som farmer]

used hay bob with very low pto speed, also, if heavy crop and little baler, make flat 8 into 6, stops it jamming up the sledge,
or, do like we do now, get it delivered in on a lorry

 

[neilo]

might try a haybob ......single row rake might be an idea for another year @neilo ..........archaic ...but i wonder if a vicon acrobat might do it

I can’t see why not. You just need to make sure you drive in the right place to grab half the swath.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

What is so bad about it @Forage Trader ??

I know the grain samples are normally poor!

Very brittle and hard . Thick stem . Useless for bedding as it wont soak up and cattle dont like eating it