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Hay bob

  • 31-08-2010 12:41pm
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    Miller80
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    In the last few years I started taking out paddocks for bales that got too strong for cows. Have my own rotary mower to cut it but get a neighbour to shake it out and row it in. The problem is that the paddocks are fairly light and would like to get a hay bob that could take a wide amount of grass into each row. Has anyone any idea if there is many of these wider hay bobs around?


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    reilig
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    Miller80 wrote: »
    In the last few years I started taking out paddocks for bales that got too strong for cows. Have my own rotary mower to cut it but get a neighbour to shake it out and row it in. The problem is that the paddocks are fairly light and would like to get a hay bob that could take a wide amount of grass into each row. Has anyone any idea if there is many of these wider hay bobs around?

    2 reel Haybobs as such are a standard width - they were made to take up 2 swarts of a 6 foot rotary or disc mower. These were made by several manufacturers including Pz, Lely, New Holland, Franzguard etc etc. (there are also several manufacturers of these machines under licence - too many to mention)

    More modern haybobs have 4 reels, which means that they can take twice the width of the 2 reel one, but they make 2 rows. If you want something that takes more than the standard then you will need a rake. Something like this:

    http://www.alexander-mills.co.uk/stock/hay_silage/19200.jpg

    there are several different types, and they are quite expensive in comparison to a haybob. Years ago we used to have one of these - you might still get one, but I'd say they are almost extinct:

    http://www.historylink101.com/lessons/farm-city/hay_rake.htm

    Up to 25 years ago we had one of these, you could make any size of a row you wanted. Not many of them available still though I'm afraid:

    http://www.chatstractors.com/041017_AC_hay_rake.htm


    Loads of choice for you above. if you give us your budget we can tell you what's available. Otherwise, if your gasss is very light consider getting a pz haybob and directing the rear rowing gates to one side in order to put 2 rows into one.


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