Haybob

pajero12

Tipp Man wrote: »

Yeah when we were on the pit silage the contractor was throwing 2 (and then 3) rows into 1 and we weren't particularly happy with that silage.

There is just too much grass in a row to dry. However for the past 7 years we are back to single swarths and it is drying well

Muckit wrote: »

No silage bale contractors near us try and pick up 20' rows. Most only have 9' krones with no swrather.

Usually 10' taarup and john deere have swarthers that do pit silage

vincenzolorenzo

A neighbour near us uses a wilter to dry his grass before baling. I don't know what make it is but basically he drives up along the swart and it flicks the grass over and leaves it down where it was originally sitting. Does a great job drying out the grass and the row it leaves is 100% ideal for baling. Nicely fluffed up, no lumps. Great job

reilig

vincenzolorenzo wrote: »

A neighbour near us uses a wilter to dry his grass before baling. I don't know what make it is but basically he drives up along the swart and it flicks the grass over and leaves it down where it was originally sitting. Does a great job drying out the grass and the row it leaves is 100% ideal for baling. Nicely fluffed up, no lumps. Great job

Similar to one of these I assume:

http://www.conoreng.ie/product.php?category_id=8&product_id=28


They are starting to become popular around here - about 5 manufacturers of a similar product in Ireland.

vincenzolorenzo

Thats the one alright. The big advantage of the haybob over pretty much every alternative of course is that its a jack of all trades. It'll shake grass out fully and dry it well and can be used for hay or silage. It'll also do a decent job at rowing grass up, provided its set up and driven correctly, something which a lot of lads don't seem to know how to do in my experience. That wilter might do a better job at preparing grass for silage, but a separate machine required for hay.

jeff greene

reilig wrote: »

Similar to one of these I assume:

http://www.conoreng.ie/product.php?category_id=8&product_id=28


They are starting to become popular around here - about 5 manufacturers of a similar product in Ireland.

Saw one on Donedeal a while back with a swarther, like on a mower fitted, so you could double or even triple up rows. Think it was €5k

reilig

jeff greene wrote: »

Saw one on Donedeal a while back with a swarther, like on a mower fitted, so you could double or even triple up rows. Think it was €5k

I think that most of them come with a rear swarther which would allow you to throw the row to one side on top of another row to double them up. The ones that i have seen do anyway.

Edit: Just looked ta the picture on the connor website and it show one trying to throw a silage swart to one side. Looks like a fail!

vanderbadger

reilig wrote: »

I think that most of them come with a rear swarther which would allow you to throw the row to one side on top of another row to double them up. The ones that i have seen do anyway.

Edit: Just looked ta the picture on the connor website and it show one trying to throw a silage swart to one side. Looks like a fail!

well did you decide on anything what to do with haybob yet, our one needs a few new springs so trying to motivate myself to change them out, usually end up whacking my knuckles doing that job

Muckit

Bought myself a set of Sealey roll pin punches the other day for the exact same reason lad! Find it a right bas**rd to remove the roll pins with anything else. There's a little nib on the top of the punch that fits into the cente of the roll pin and saves it slipping and crazing the oul knuckles .....ouch!! €50 for the set of 9. I'm sure you could possibly buy them separately. Just liked the look of these, they come in a pouch and I've different roll pins to remove on an old fertiliser spreader.

Hoping to pull out the haybob this week and get it set up. Wrap gone very dear and have alot of surplus meadow closed. Makes more sense if weather comes good to make hay of some and sell them off

vanderbadger

Muckit wrote: »

Bought myself a set of Sealey roll pin punches the other day for the exact same reason lad! Find it a right bas**rd to remove the roll pins with anything else. There's a little nib on the top of the punch that fits into the cente of the roll pin and saves it slipping and crazing the oul knuckles .....ouch!! €50 for the set of 9. I'm sure you could possibly buy them separately. Just liked the look of these, they come in a pouch and I've different roll pins to remove on an old fertiliser spreader.

Hoping to pull out the haybob this week and get it set up. Wrap gone very dear and have alot of surplus meadow closed. Makes more sense if weather comes good to make hay of some and sell them off

ya i was looking at the farming indo online earlier where they do a piece on haybobs and the same job so it put it into my head, i must get a good punch alright, where did you pick up them ones

Muckit

Hi Vander

Ya I seen that article in the farming indo alrite, but had it in my head before that. They just recommended a standard parallel punch. It wouldn't have the little nib on it. But once it was same diameter as the roll pin it'd probably manage it ok.

I ordered my set from Liam Howley motorfactors in Ballinasloe (opposite shearwater Hotel). I know him from going in and out. He hadn't a glue what I was looking for, but he gave me a sealey catalogue and said if they're in it, he can get them. Found them in it at home, rang him up and he had them for me on Monday.

I've an impact wrench that I bought a while back and haven't used yet, so might break it in on changing the tines. I see sealey do colourcoded 'torque sticks' aswell. Would be a mighty job when using a compressor to make sure a lad wouldn't ring heads off bolts Is it too early to start writing my letter to Santy?? :D

vanderbadger

Muckit wrote: »

Hi Vander

Ya I seen that article in the farming indo alrite, but had it in my head before that. They just recommended a standard parallel punch. It wouldn't have the little nib on it. But once it was same diameter as the roll pin it'd probably manage it ok.

I ordered my set from Liam Howley motorfactors in Ballinasloe (opposite shearwater Hotel). I know him from going in and out. He hadn't a glue what I was looking for, but he gave me a sealey catalogue and said if they're in it, he can get them. Found them in it at home, rang him up and he had them for me on Monday.

I've an impact wrench that I bought a while back and haven't used yet, so might break it in on changing the tines. I see sealey do colourcoded 'torque sticks' aswell. Would be a mighty job when using a compressor to make sure a lad wouldn't ring heads off bolts Is it too early to start writing my letter to Santy?? :D

actually now that you mention it i bought the gun from aldi there a while back and forgot about it so might be an oppertunity to give it a go withthe compressor, quality of their stuff generally isnt the greatest though so it probably wont be worth a sh1te

Muckit

vanderbadger wrote: »

their stuff generally isnt the greatest though so it probably wont be worth a sh1te

It was at the ploughing that I both mine. Think twas from tuff tools in Cork. I bought the retractable air hose reel alrite from Aldi. Hopefully now the ould lad will leave it right the next time he goes pumping the wheels ! I'm always tripping over the air hose after him!

what happen

Muckit wrote: »

Bought myself a set of Sealey roll pin punches the other day for the exact same reason lad! Find it a right bas**rd to remove the roll pins with anything else. There's a little nib on the top of the punch that fits into the cente of the roll pin and saves it slipping and crazing the oul knuckles .....ouch!! €50 for the set of 9. I'm sure you could possibly buy them separately. Just liked the look of these, they come in a pouch and I've different roll pins to remove on an old fertiliser spreader.

Hoping to pull out the haybob this week and get it set up. Wrap gone very dear and have alot of surplus meadow closed. Makes more sense if weather comes good to make hay of some and sell them off

i bought a set of ck roll pin punches some years ago and i put them in the toolbox in the shed.then one day i went to use them and some bas**rd had taken them.never even got to use them once.:mad:

bbeeforsalmon

Muckit wrote: »

Bought myself a set of Sealey roll pin punches the other day for the exact same reason lad! Find it a right bas**rd to remove the roll pins with anything else. There's a little nib on the top of the punch that fits into the cente of the roll pin and saves it slipping and crazing the oul knuckles .....ouch!! €50 for the set of 9. I'm sure you could possibly buy them separately. Just liked the look of these, they come in a pouch and I've different roll pins to remove on an old fertiliser spreader.

Hoping to pull out the haybob this week and get it set up. Wrap gone very dear and have alot of surplus meadow closed. Makes more sense if weather comes good to make hay of some and sell them off

I hope you are using a roll pin with a smaller diameter than the original when you are rotating the tine holder to tension the spring - it will slip in and out very easily so the punch is only needed twice for each spring, once to drive out the pin at the start and again to put it back after the spring has been tensioned.

eddiek

is it possible to row 2 rows into one for round baler silage with a haybob also what rpm for shaking out . using pz and mf135. thanks for any replies

Bizzum

eddiek wrote: »

is it possible to row 2 rows into one for round baler silage with a haybob also what rpm for shaking out . using pz and mf135. thanks for any replies

I've done it many times. It depends on the size of the mower, but I used to throw two 8' rows (I think!) into one for the baler.

moy83

Bizzum wrote: »

I've done it many times. It depends on the size of the mower, but I used to throw two 8' rows (I think!) into one for the baler.

Would you just have one gate left on the haybob ?

bbeeforsalmon

The smaller (older ) haybob will put two 5ft 6in rows together for baling. It also spreads out a single 10ft row for drying and gets it back together for baling.

bbeeforsalmon

Two gates on at all times.

Bizzum

moy83 wrote: »

Would you just have one gate left on the haybob ?

bbeeforsalmon wrote: »

Two gates on at all times.

Yeah, always both gates. Opened fairly wide too. A wide row as opposed to a narrow high one.

moy83

If we ever get haybob season I must experiment

Bizzum

moy83 wrote: »

If we ever get haybob season I must experiment

You can throw the row over a bit to one side too onto dry ground as opposed to throwing it straight onto the line it was knocked on.

Waiting this couple of weeks to knock silage and it's still standing!

Muckit

Bizzum wrote: »

Waiting this couple of weeks to knock silage and it's still standing!

What are you waiting for?! It's only going to start rotting at the butt. This is as good as it gets. You play the cards you are dealt.

30-50mm of rain forecast from tomorrow on for the rest of the week and into next weekend! That'I be three weeks late for you! :rolleyes:

PatQfarmer

Cut silage Friday, got pi**ed on Saturday. Left it on ground while Tipp beat Cork Sunday:D. Ranked it up with haybob Monday afternoon, baled it Monday night.
My mower is a 2.2m(8'approx). Haybob only just gets 2 swarths. I have to be really careful first run, but once together, no probs. I sometimes go opposite directions, with gates angled and put 4 swarths into one for baler, but usually find it too much bother. They get it baled fine when you pull 2 together.

gc1992

You should be able to row up to two 7ft drum mower swaths into one with a pz 300, with disc mower swaths you'll probably be only able to row up two 5'6ft swaths. I wouldn't advise shakeing out silage with a haybob, if the grass is anyway heavy or wet it will make huge lumps of it and balers don't like lumby rows!! Regarding rpm you should rev it to the full 540(1700rpm for a 135) for shakeing out, for rowing don't over rev it, make sure you turn the top link down and make sure it's picking the grass clean.

Conor556

Did you get a machine that did what you wanted?

FMJG83

eddiek wrote: »

is it possible to row 2 rows into one for round baler silage with a haybob also what rpm for shaking out . using pz and mf135. thanks for any replies

What gear do you use in the 135 in for tedding?

Dupont

Got a lend of a haybob. It's a MF one that the gate fold down from on top. What do you do. Drive same as was mowed or on top of grass. Do headlands then rest. Is it same for the other runs

farmerjj

This thread is,nt half old,where,d ye dig this up.

bogman_bass

Dad rang me up on Friday all pleased with himself that he ran over the rows with the hay bob. It was a balls of a job. Lumpy rows and got 15 bales to the acre where the should have been 12.
Auld lads! :rolleyes: