hay cut

wiggy123

cut day today in the north east of louth..
fingers crossed sun appears + stays put!
seen a few cutting, and still at it..making most of the dry weather

Mac Taylor

Cut Friday, turned it this evenng. Beginning to look like hay. Hoping weather will keep up.

Grecco

Today wasn't a great day on hay here in Clare. Its promised to shine out later on this week though

NewBeefFarmer

no weather for hay in mayo, maybe yesterday the sun was in and out. . mostly cloudy . rained at 7pm . .
today, . .. dull and over cast. . raining for the last 2 hrs. . . see a lot trying for hay around me. .

f140

id say hay is causing a lot of excitement in farm houses these days.

wiggy123

see bad week a coming yet again.. am goosed..

Mac Taylor

Baled & wrapped early this morning All done for 2012

wiggy123

hay still not touched.. unsure what to do with it.. 3 acres--is light..2/3 good day/sunny days-think i'd get it.. doesn't look like weather will improve.. years ****ed.. u thinks-we'll get a september.. prob a sorcher

wiggy123

didn't touch it today..even though dry+sunny..field was wet!! plan to maybe tomorrow,, contractor rang me tonight--to go in and wrap it.. said not jut yet.. am i foolish.. a gamble.. haha

vanderbadger

wiggy123 wrote: »

didn't touch it today..even though dry+sunny..field was wet!! plan to maybe tomorrow,, contractor rang me tonight--to go in and wrap it.. said not jut yet.. am i foolish.. a gamble.. haha

wrap it up and be done with it

Bizzum

wiggy123 wrote: »

didn't touch it today..even though dry+sunny..field was wet!! plan to maybe tomorrow,, contractor rang me tonight--to go in and wrap it.. said not jut yet.. am i foolish.. a gamble.. haha

How's it looking after the good day today?

sea12

[turned mine today. Allot if wet stuff in it. One field is very wet again and you couldn't let a baler need it. Could be cocking it like the 60s if this continues.

Bizzum

sea12 wrote: »

Could be cocking it like the 60s if this continues.

The 60's you say?
I remember well cocking hay...........But it was later than the 60's. I think we could have crept into the 80's!:)

Mac Taylor

Bizzum wrote: »

The 60's you say?
I remember well cocking hay...........But it was later than the 60's. I think we could have crept into the 80's!:)

Early 80's as a young lad, I can remember cocking hay with the auld lad, using one of those non pto type hay turners or maybe hay gathers. It was not fit enough to bale but good enough to make cocks. Baled it a few weeks later.

Anyone know the name of that machine or even remember it?

Muckit

acrobat?

Muckit

Minister Boyce

Muckit wrote: »

acrobat?

Beat me to it. Acrobat indeed. My auld lad was a dab hand with it. Took a right bit of tractor work as you had to drive up and down both sides of the row to tidy it up. The faster u drove the better too

Bizzum

Minister Boyce wrote: »

Beat me to it. Acrobat indeed. My auld lad was a dab hand with it. Took a right bit of tractor work as you had to drive up and down both sides of the row to tidy it up. The faster u drove the better too

Were they called a "Cock Pheasant" too?

Minister Boyce

Bizzum wrote: »

Were they called a "Cock Pheasant" too?

Not in my neck of the woods!

Mac Taylor

Bizzum wrote: »

Were they called a "Cock Pheasant" too?

Jeez, Bizzum, but between this and the thread on "ragworth" you seem to have only one thing on you mind:D:D

Mac Taylor

Yep that's it. A neighbour still has one in his shed. Can't imagine there is many of them around now

Pulsating Star

A full day turning the brothers hay here in Galway and can hear the rain just starting again now, so depressing:(

Sam Kade

I saw an ad on the paper yesterday "round bales of hay for sale baled last weekend" Considering we only had one good sunny day in cork last weekend and the first sunny day in a long time, he must be some operator :rolleyes:

vanderbadger

Sam Kade wrote: »

I saw an ad on the paper yesterday "round bales of hay for sale baled last weekend" Considering we only had one good sunny day in cork last weekend and the first sunny day in a long time, he must be some operator :rolleyes:

suppose it depends on where he is, a good few people down my way got hay last saturday that had been cut mid week

Minister Boyce

Pulsating Star wrote: »

A full day turning the brothers hay here in Galway and can hear the rain just starting again now, so depressing:(

That's a bummer. Uncle in Donegal had been workin on about 3 acres of hay the past few days...greeted by rain this morning.

sea12

sea12 wrote: »

[turned mine today. Allot if wet stuff in it. One field is very wet again and you couldn't let a baler need it. Could be cocking it like the 60s if this continues.

All baled yesterday evening. No need for the cocks. Turned out a lovely two days after and ended up being a lovely bit of hay.

Rovi

Bizzum wrote: »

Were they called a "Cock Pheasant" too?

Nope, the Lely Cock Pheasant was an entirely different yoke altogether:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-I-LTixDTdk

Atilathehun

Muckit wrote: »

acrobat?

Some just called them a side delivery! -:)

Atilathehun

Bizzum wrote: »

Minister Boyce wrote: »

Beat me to it. Acrobat indeed. My auld lad was a dab hand with it. Took a right bit of tractor work as you had to drive up and down both sides of the row to tidy it up. The faster u drove the better too

Were they called a "Cock Pheasant" too?

Cock Pheasant was a yoke similar to todays Mufflers. You could make rows with it and also drive along the same row to ruffle it up for better drying later on. Not a bad yoke in their time.

GERMAN ROCKS

Sam Kade wrote: »

I saw an ad on the paper yesterday "round bales of hay for sale baled last weekend" Considering we only had one good sunny day in cork last weekend and the first sunny day in a long time, he must be some operator :rolleyes:

you should ring him up and ask him who is he trying to cod. hay needs at least 4-5 good dry days with the sun shining down on it to be any good.

Bizzum

Rovi wrote: »

Nope, the Lely Cock Pheasant was an entirely different yoke altogether:

Thanks for that. I never saw one, but heard of them. They look a good yolk on light crops. I wonder how would it handle heavy wet grass?

Muckit

Atilathehun wrote: »

Some just called them a side delivery! -:)

This is what we called a side delivery We had two of them, but they were blue

tabby aspreme

Bizzum wrote: »

Rovi wrote: »

Nope, the Lely Cock Pheasant was an entirely different yoke altogether:

Thanks for that. I never saw one, but heard of them. They look a good yolk on light crops. I wonder how would it handle heavy wet grass?

If you went easy with them they would handle any crop , the rotor could also run the opposite way to the one on video, with the correct camber on the tines it would throw grass 6 or 8 feet in the air and scatter any lumps , they needed level ground or tines would snap easily ,when set like in the video the driver would get pelted with small stones slugs an worms ! happy memories

tabby aspreme

Muckit wrote: »

Atilathehun wrote: »

Some just called them a side delivery! -:)

This is what we called a side delivery We had two of them, but they were blue

Still have one ,a Farendlose ,green and yellow, my Dad bought it new in 1973 along with a Farendlose rotary mower , the tine carriers are bolted to the belt ,can manage to get about 18 ft of grass into a row with it keeps the baler man happy

MANSFIELD

Muckit wrote: »

This is what we called a side delivery We had two of them, but they were blue

We had the blue one too - i think it was called a Hayblitz.

iano93

Muckit wrote: »

This is what we called a side delivery We had two of them, but they were blue

Were they also called a "flash"?