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Best and quickest way to dry straw

  • 25-09-2015 7:08pm
    #1
    Reggie.
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    Hi all. Something here for the tillage boys. Neighbour want me to move some straw to dry it up for him. He wants me to move it over with the rake.

    Would the tedder used at a low rev be a better job or would it destroy the straw altogether.


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  • #2
    Willfarman
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    Hay bob at low revs through the rows is the norm in these parts...


  • #3
    Miname
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    Sunshine reggie.


  • #4
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,582 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Willfarman wrote: »
    Hay bob at low revs through the rows is the norm in these parts...

    Rows are from a 30ft header so haybob might not do the job as I suspect the rows are too large


  • #5
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,582 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    Miname wrote: »
    Sunshine reggie.

    I know that but this fella is in a panic to bale for some reason


  • #6
    Zr105
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    Rows are from a 30ft header so haybob might not do the job as I suspect the rows are too large

    If it's in a 30ft the only hope is to try spread it in real good weather with haybob as gently as you can then take it back up. The single rotor is the job of not to big a swarth and not to wet as it just gently rolls it over and puts the wet side up,


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  • #7
    queueeye
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    30 ft is far too big for haybob. Single rotor rake is the only job, and time. Forecast is good for a while. Panic isn't going to dry it anyway!


  • #8
    tomwaterford
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    Muffler/conditioner (proper name??)

    Think bridgeway used make em...see a lot of lads around new ross area using them on me travels


  • #9
    Reggie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,582 ✭✭✭✭Reggie.


    tomwaterford wrote: »
    Muffler/conditioner (proper name??)

    Think bridgeway used make em...see a lot of lads around new ross area using them on me travels

    I don't have one I'm afraid but would it not destroy the straw the way it works


  • #10
    tomwaterford
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    Reggie. wrote: »
    I don't have one I'm afraid but would it not destroy the straw the way it works

    There is a bit of setting up to them afaik with regards the wheels etc to stop them digging into the ground at headlands....supposedly the same as a conditioner on a mower

    In that in theory the lighter dryer stuff gets thrown faster and lands on bottom leaving heavier stuff on top??
    Guess depend on Type of straw etc....just what I seen on me travels

    (Though sometimes get the vibe straw is viewed as a nuisance in parts of Wexford)


  • #11
    smokey-fitz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 283 ✭✭smokey-fitz


    Single rotor is the only job. Friend of mine got one for this purpose. It turns over the swarth and moves it onto dry ground. With the swarth sitting up on stubble it will dry out in no time.


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