Been a while. Baling hay

[@crslyrn]

Thanks for the ride along. Looks like some healthy sized windrows despite the issue starting a new bale. I did some small square baling for myself today. Stay safe.

[@burningdinosaurs]

"Hay" it's good to hear from you! You about need some gathering wheels on that baler with that wide of a windrow! Sure makes a bale fast when it gets started tho! Thanks for the update!

[@MatthewHoag77]

Looks like you have a relatively calm and peaceful activity to keep you busy as long as the baler doesn't give you issues.

[@sowerscattleco3484]

Good looking hay. Lots a good hay around this year. I start cutting haygrazer tomorrow. I went to a variable core on my round baler and it makes a world of difference starting a baling in dry conditions

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

I wish mine had the variable core! Good luck with your haygrazer, hope it yields great. I cut my sorghum sudan yesterday, wow, I did not realize how much water it can hold! Juices were running off the rolls in the haybine!

[@GeigerFarm]

I hear the monotony in your voice ;) I've got a small respite from baling until the stubble clover. I got the "new" baler, then took custom jobs until it was paid for! Now it just leaves the barn for me

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

Every year I tell my wife no more custom work, but each year the few guys I bale for talk me into it. The worst part is my hay usually gets put on hold until theirs is done

[@GeigerFarm]

😊 sounds like our wives are talking together

[@mikep7810]

Nice job. Looks like you are getting some nice bales

[@coreytrout3857]

That's some pretty good hay to be in for custom work most time you have to drive your tires off to make a bale. Back when that Sudan was new a neighbor decided to direct chop a field a blew it in an upright silo. A boat could have floated in the juice that came out 😂

[@SoybeanFarmer3300]

I'm glad you got the extra off your farm work because every bit helps.

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

This year I have had a lot of conversations with 60 year old Farmer's that have never worked off the farm in their life that are thinking of going to be a greeter at Walmart or at the co-op just to find a little extra income. Everyone's nervous how this fall is going to turn out

[@floydfarms1578]

Not a bad way to make some extra cash as long as you don't break anything! We still run a JD 530 twine tie that is about 30 years old. No idea how many bales are on her, if she ain't broke and gets the job done she aint getting replaced!

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Good to see you! Money in the bank- you are not going very far before you make a bale!!

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

I don't know if you've seen Ted kahler but if he's seeing you pushing that clutch in oh boy I think we just drive him into fits. I bet he'd be driving his Magnum with his chin turn down to his one shoulder making funny click noises with his mouth. LOL Thems some thick windrows!!

[@tedkahler9738]

HAHAHHAHAH

[@MrVailtown]

Glad to hear ya again .

[@VouersWiscoHomestead]

Looking good. Glad to see hay being cut here in Wisconsin.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

Its been tough this year! Kind of scary knowing that we are still doing 1st cutting hay and its almost August! Hopefully enough forages get made to feed all the animals this year, last winter was a struggle with low feed inventories and a long winter!

[@dannyhoffman1324]

Love it bailing good windrows and listening to rock and roll on z 98 🤟🏻

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

Sometimes its the Rock that keeps you going!

[@mrbill4187]

Sometimes it helps to drop the engine rpm to just above an idle to start the bale. In short dry hay nothing helps. Lol

[@danfike3016]

Those are some nice windrows. Money money money makes the world go round. Looks like a good pay day.

[@michiganfarming1955]

Nice big windrows!

[@lifebehindacow5999]

Seems like I always end up doing custom work to pay for the custom work I have done. It's a vicious .circle.But it sure is nice getting a check.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

That sounds about right! The first job buys net wrap, the next buys fuel, the third pays for parts! Lol

[@AndersonCattleCo]

I turned down my custom jobs this year and it was nice not to damage my equipment but I missed out on a pay check.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

The check is nice, but the expenses are not!

[@ardurbin2]

Beautiful grassy hay Brad. Good info for Ben V on chopping sorghum. How do you check sorghum moisture level before chopping? 👍

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

A gram scale and wood chipper or chopper is one way, or a moisture tester and a pail that you can pack a bunch of sorghum in then use the moisture probe to test

[@tedkahler9738]

weld 1/4 inch bar stock on your starter roller

[@ryckmanangusranch4349]

Very nice looking hay. You guys get 10 a bale. We get 13 for a net wrapped bale. Have a good day. Nice hearing from you.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

I get 10 a bale for hay and 12 a bale for corn stalks. Some days I think I should stop doing the custom baling, but when they hand you the check you look forward to baling the next field! This year has had its problems tho, the main shaft and sprockets broke and I had to replace all the belts, plus when you add in fuel and netwrap $10 a bale doesn't seem like enough!

[@ryckmanangusranch4349]

I know what you mean. I can have the cutter I got because I custom cut. Couldn't pay for it any other way. I love the money also. Hard not to say sure I will.

[@AgWildNebraska]

Your office view looks like mountains on the horizon.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

We have some pretty big hills in this area!

[@Heimerviewfarm]

Those are massive windrows, just look at all that green

[@garritt8772]

Starting the bale was always a problem with the new holland balers. Had a deere baler and now have a claas never had any problems with either no matter what I baled. To many rollers in the front belts don't contact hay quickly enough.

[@brianhansen826]

Yall are having summers like we do in Oklahoma. I never bale in the heat of the day, baler hates it, hay just crunches and makes puff balls, I always wait till about 930- 10 o'clock at night when the dew has set in. It will bale much nicer and and way more dense

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

Super dry hay is challenging compared to wet hay. When I am baling silage bales there is never issues starting the core. Normally our humidity is so bad that after dark the hay feels like it got a 1/4 inch of rain on it

[@brianhansen826]

@@larsonvalleyfarm I've seen the dew heavy enough to make the tires completely soaked and hay still running around 10-12 percent moisture, you should slip down to the field some night and try it, it will surprise you.

[@ihus9950]

👍

[@makinhay2735]

Ted Kahler is right . He knows those New Holland balers very well. Weld those bars on and you will have a hay eating baler.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

I can't, my baler has the slice knives so my starter roll is not the round roller like his. I'll make a video when I hook it back up to the tractor. I might try welding more round stock to the bottom roller and see if that helps. The factory ones are probably wore down some

[@donvoll2580]

Good day I haven't left a comment either for a while. Was there liguid manure on there, it looked down bad at spots. Thanks

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

No manure, just commercial fertilizer. This hay lodged bad. Most of it was taller than the hood on the truck! Averaged 6.5 bales per acre!

[@chargermopar]

I wish I was out there with a skid steer loading the trailer.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

Over 700 bales! We could use another skid steer operator. Demoing a Kubota skid loader right now because the 873 burnt up

[@chargermopar]

@@larsonvalleyfarm 873 has Deutz engine, no radiator, it overheated or literally caught fire? If I was closer you bet I would be your other operator.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

@@chargermopar a wire had to have shorted out. It was parked on the edge of a field we baled. 3 days after it was last run it was found on fire by the neighbors who called the fire department

[@chargermopar]

@@larsonvalleyfarm That really is bad, I have a frie nd who had the same thing happen to his New Holland LS180. My machines have battery terminal cut off switches on the positive terminal.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

@@chargermopar i plan on adding cut out switches to all my equipment. Just takes one mouse to mess up everything

[@Theblindfarmer]

Some big windrows net wrap is super fast

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

2.5 wraps in like 20 seconds! It sure has sped up bale making!

[@Theblindfarmer]

Northern Wisconsin Farming and twine for me is a 60sec cycle really dry hay is hard to start the core my baler is the same way

[@drk_hrmn]

what model is this tractor

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

6400

[@rogerwilson9892]

Brad it true so is feet walks and money talks lol.

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

And its hard to turn down money! Especially on a year like this! Hope you are having a great day Roger

[@rogerwilson9892]

@@larsonvalleyfarm Yeah been nice highs in the low 80s but next week but to the 90s but hopefully you all can get through the year with less rain than you had the Spring.

[@pughviewfarms4622]

10 dolla make you holla. Hell go for 50k

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

Lol

[@JamesOBrien2253]

600$ an hour not bad going for a baler that's paid for itself a while back

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

Exactly! Although ive had my share of expense this year between all new belts, main shaft and sprockets!

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

@@larsonvalleyfarm just getting it ready for the next big money grab!

[@kswaynes7569]

Do what you have to do to make money! None of us are overly financially secure.

[@massey375]

Nice looking windrows

[@larsonvalleyfarm]

Cranking out the bales yesterday. Hopefully todays job is just as good

[@massey375]

@@larsonvalleyfarm yeah those are the money jobs. Glad your getting the work. That sudan sorghum looks nice. Alot better than the mess I have here. Haha