Mowing Darn Nice Hay!

[@stuartroland9605]

Hello Dennis . Great to see you out in the fields making hay when the sun shines. That is some good looking hay. I hope you will be able to get everything baled before the next rain comes .That crop saver sounds expensive .Have a good day take care .

[@DLHFarms]

Yep that crop saver is $630 for 50 gallons.

[@KPVFarmer]

Even though it’s a four year old video, I’m happy to have found it. Nice to see a real farmer running some NH machines. While that’s what we’ve ran for generations, I’m open minded on what’ll be next. Nice to see a T5 in action. Cheers 🍻 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇸

[@localcrew]

You’ve done great work on that field. Must have been hard, but look at that green grass !

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@Cake41579]

My grandpa used to say that the clover seed is always there you just gotta get the ph right to make it grow to its fullest potential. Snd that field is absolutely beautiful crop of hay buddy. You sure got it going your way. Hopefully it's still producing this year like it was that year.

[@crslyrn]

That's some really nice looking hay. Looks like it should make some awesome bales. Thanks for the ride along. Stay safe.

[@DLHFarms]

Made some awesome bales!

[@Pinehollowmechanical]

another awesome video, I enjoy watching these in the morning before i go to work. Something about equipment and bailing is soothing lol

[@DLHFarms]

Awesome 👍

[@marhuf]

Wow, that is some great looking hay Dennis. I hope you get lots of bales. Thanks for sharing the mowing job with us.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah it was really nice stuff!

[@stephenshea7277]

You should be proud of that field it looks great. All your efforts paid off. Great video, take care.

[@DLHFarms]

Very thankful!

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

One of the rewarding moments of making everything come together

[@brianmartin6449]

I love this video can't wait too start doing it my self one day

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@allenbreedlove8906]

Pretty hay right there .. I live in northeast Ga and we cut all our hay about 2 weeks ago .. we were in a drought and now it’s rained for 5 days straight with 2 more to go .. Thanks for sharing Dennis love your videos

[@DLHFarms]

We are getting lots of rain now, we needed it.

[@jeffcanyafixiy]

Interesting cutter, (offset to tractor) lots of universals to grease on that PTO. Really like the channel & beautiful hay!! Newly subscribed from Mid-Atlantic area. Take care!

[@DLHFarms]

Welcome! It's offset so you don't run over your crop, once it's ran over it won't cut off clean.

[@davemiller3027]

Dam that's some Great looking Hay!! Keep up the good work and Stay Safe.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks Dave

[@jamesryland7104]

I know I am kinda randomly asking but do anybody know of a good place to stream newly released series online?

[@kaydendangelo3843]

@James Ryland Try Flixzone. You can find it by googling :)

[@mylesmaddux2488]

@Kayden Dangelo Yea, been using flixzone for months myself :)

[@jamesryland7104]

@Kayden Dangelo thanks, I went there and it seems to work :) I appreciate it !

[@deanbrown4512]

Beautiful crop, and a lot of it.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes sir thanks Dean!

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Field looks nice Dennis!

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@scotabot7826]

Beautiful field Dennis! Wouldn't it be nice if they we all like that. Can't wait to see you bailing it. I'm sure its all in the barn now. Glad you didn't get the rain then, that we are getting now, and will continue to get the next few days. I'm sure you have been rained out the last couple days.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah I've been rained out for a week now but I'm almost done 8 acre's to go. Got this and many other fields done with no rain though.

[@justinfrederick3648]

Great video! Hay farmers are real farmers!

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks for that 👍

[@SLCFarms]

Hay looks beautiful Dennis. I have a lot of the same kinda fields. I take all the ground no one wants. Thanks for sharing. Even though I mow hay almost every day the sun shines I still enjoy watching others do it. I know you definitely don’t need it but I gave ya a shoutout on my channel cause you have such good videos.

[@DLHFarms]

Well thanks for that! I'll see if I can find that video.

[@chuckstevenson2929]

Thanks for the video. Good looking hay right there. That is a lot steeper ground than what the camera shows.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah you can't show steep land on camera it's a shame

[@orkidknog4147]

looks like you should get quite a good few bales of that lot, as for the weather i take each day as it comes as there mostly wrong with there forcast

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah it's tough hay farming with the weather.

[@fegolem]

Wow. That looks great. I'm trying to rehabilitate a few old pastures for hay. I know it'll take a couple three years. Other than weeding, fertilizer, and lime, I'm not sure what else would help. I just started at it. It is mostly natural Coastal Bermuda and Bahia grass.

[@DLHFarms]

Your on the right track

[@ryckmanangusranch4349]

Wow that's some awesome hay. Wish ours looked like that. Good deal

[@DLHFarms]

Lime and fertilizer 👍

[@salmonhunter7414]

Hope you got it up dry. Very nice looking field.

[@DLHFarms]

Got this one up in good shape.

[@tarefoot]

That is some beautiful hay.....Don't ya just love, love, love that rotary haybine compared to the ole sickle mowers.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes it's so much better!

[@Michael-fd8ob]

Dennis do you have a video of how you open up a field when cutting for hay or opening up an alfalfa field. If not, would you please do one.

[@DLHFarms]

I don’t think I’ve got one just about that but I know I’ve talked about it in some of my mowing videos.

[@Michael-fd8ob]

@DLHFarms ok ill look thru them. Just wanted to see how it's done thanks

[@glenparks5175]

Love that orchard grass my dad growed it down here in southern Ohio with lespadisa clover, that was great hay

[@DLHFarms]

Yep is really good hay!

[@mikehors7351]

Wow that looks nice.

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Definitely a different type of grass than we have here in Ireland. Hope the sun keeps shining 🌞 Dennis.

[@DLHFarms]

The son has shined and I got all my hay done! More videos on the way when I have time to edit.

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Great news Dennis. Looking forward to the next videos .

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks 👍

[@michaelmcguire1431]

That's a good lookin piece of hay! I'm in South Central Ky and this was my best year yet.

[@DLHFarms]

It's been a good hay year for sure

[@GFarrow20]

Thick is good except on drying time! Nice rig you got there sir

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@GFarrow20]

Yessir. Do y’all have stem maggots in your grass around where you work? We’ve had them pretty bad so far.

[@DLHFarms]

No I've never ran into that.

[@michaelsailors7794]

Great looking hay. Almost done with my first cut in ga. Very good numbers so far

[@DLHFarms]

Awesome I got 8 acre's to go waiting on the weather.

[@stephensfarms7165]

Wow, what a beautiful field of hay. And a nice machine to cut it with. Man U can really go fast cutting. I bet it will bale up good. Look forward seeing you baling it. Take care Dennis. 🙏👍👍👍

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks Ronald!

[@dannyadams9278]

Beautiful country u live in there Dennis 👍👍

[@DLHFarms]

Yes it sure is!

[@mattbarker7739]

That's some great looking hay

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@ClearwaterAngus]

Can you do a video on process how to take a field from broomstraw to nice hay like this

[@DLHFarms]

I guess so. I don't have a field to work on right now so it would be a lot of just talking.

[@ClearwaterAngus]

@@DLHFarms if you would rather I can send you a email and you can just explain it like that if you want. I have a few field that I need to fix and start getting better hay from and not sure how

[@DLHFarms]

Basically what I did was lime it 2 tons to the acre. Then drilled orchard grass and Timothy in it. Then I put 300 pounds to the acre of 19-19-19 on it the last three years in the spring. I have also put some dry manure and liquid manure on it a couple times in the last 3 years. It takes time it don't just happen over night.

[@dougkendall684]

Have you ever tried reed canary grass in the low/wet spot?A lot of it here in Mn. Not as good of quality but does very well in wet conditions

[@DLHFarms]

No, I normally have really good grass in wet spots.

[@bjenkins803]

The weatherman doesn't know "whether" or not it's gonna rain lol. Hay looks great and the T5 didn't seem to mind that at all.

[@DLHFarms]

Haha got that right. T5 did well with it's power up grade. Just very noisy in the cab.

[@billyjoeekers5903]

Good looking hay!Anxious to see if you pulled the trigger on the Green Machine🚜

[@DLHFarms]

No triggers have been pulled yet haha

[@dwightjones5826]

That tractor dose a good job

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@Freecan67]

Hay up here in eastern Ontario is not so good. Been Cold till last weekend. Take Care.

[@DLHFarms]

Hope it gets better soon!

[@holmesfarms8372]

I’m glad to see we aren’t the only ones running our nh mower with the end shield up!

[@DLHFarms]

You can mow so much closer to stuff and hit the road easier and faster.

[@holmesfarms8372]

Exactly! Get those ones that tell well it’s not gonna keep the rocks or anything from flying out the side and I tell go look at the side there is a huge hunk of metal over there blocking

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@mikepishl4216]

Beautiful looking crop

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@christopherkalinowski9430]

Those disc mowers are incredible imagine how much longer and more maintenance a haybine would be great machine's in there day though

[@DLHFarms]

This would have been time consuming to mow with a haybine.

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

I remember in the 1960s there was a weather forecasting service out of Denver, Colorado that the local Wisconsin radio station used. They were very accurate and could often tell the exact time of day the rain would come. It seems like the weather patterns have changed so much since then. Instead of rain over large areas, it seems more spotty with more heavy downpours.

[@DLHFarms]

I agree with spotty with heavy downpours

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

That’s funny a I have been 180 mi from Denver most of my life and Denver can’t hit here any better than anyone else

[@dougvaldivia3395]

watching my first hay mowing video in 2024 but the video is from 2019....well it popped up....i bet i watched 5 yrs ago

[@2cylinderfarmer]

Good looking Hey Dennis. Say did you ever make any videos of that 6130R working before you took it back?

[@DLHFarms]

Oh yeah there coming before to long

[@tomsales263]

i would like to know what you did to get from a trashy field to beautiful field like that

[@DLHFarms]

No tilled some good seed in then lots of lime, fertilizer and some cow manure

[@DLHFarms]

Takes 2 or three years to get to this point it don't change in one year.

[@williambrewer6346]

Some good APPs for weather; MyRadar, WeatherUnderground. Also Agrible,Inc Southern Region Ag Forecast with Eric Snodgrass has a great extended forecast. We like the wind patterns on MyRadar to show the atmospheric flow, there are many options for viewing. Happy Harvesting!

[@DLHFarms]

I use weather underground.

[@skoalring83]

Great video

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

Beautiful

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@regsparkes6507]

'God bless the weatherman' those poor folks work hard doing all those calculations, then their chance of getting it right still comes down t 'anb educated guess', doesn't it? So far so good I guess. That crop you have looks healthy enough, so I'll keep my fingers crossed now for good drying weather for you.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@GratefulNachos]

Nice video!

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@deerejohn4664]

Nice looking hay Dennis! Could you let us know how many bales you get off that field? Thanks

[@DLHFarms]

39 round bales 4x5 on 7 acre's.

[@deerejohn4664]

Nice! Are we going to see a video on that soon?

[@DLHFarms]

I didn't video this field in particular but I videoed some the fields after this one I bailed the same day.

[@briankshaw8755]

Thought I would see the demo JD mowing?

[@DLHFarms]

It's coming.

[@redneckokie9348]

Don’t miss that dinner bell.😍 Hows the little one doing?

[@DLHFarms]

He is great! Growing hard

[@samtaylor5822]

I don't think he's ever missed dinner

[@roadkill5333]

I often wonder how the decision is made to do things, like mowing a field. That mower looks like it runs best off to the right. Does it also track along behind, or even to the left? Are you mowing to the right to prevent driving on the standing hay? Does it knock it down, and make it harder to mow if it's not offset? You seem to be following the basic outline of the shape of the field. With each pass, you seem to stick to the basic shape. Does this help out in some way? Is it just drivers choice, or does it somehow make a better mowing process? I understand the limits of the parcel, but once around the edges, can you straighten out the rows? Would it make it easier to navigate? Or would it make some other unknown problems? It would seem that the easiest way would be straight lines, and that would be based on the second or third trip around, but reduce the amount of steering, backing, and unnecessary trips around tight corners with unproductive moves. Just curious! Thanks.

[@DLHFarms]

The mower is offset to the right so you don't run over the standing hay because once it's mashed down it don't cut it off clean. This mower can be run straight behind you but it's only purposes for doing that is to steer it around poles. This mower only swings out to the right but they make mowers called hydro swings that can mow off either side. This particular field is long and narrow and has a clump of trees right in the middle of it and makes mowing it any other way than what I was doing difficult. I have a video somewhere that talks about how I like to mow my fields normally about 5 rounds on the outside then start going back and forth in the middle in straight lines.

[@OSUOiler]

Looks good! Our hay here has been marginal this year. It has rained almost non stop so a lot of the pastures have not been sprayed or fertilized, and a lot of the wheat turned before farmers could cut it for hay, so wheat hay will be almost non-existent. I'm fixing to start our grass hay next week if weather prevails. So far the Bermuda is very stunted due to the cool weather. It'll be interesting! On another note, what do you use to mount your camera to the equipment? I want to try that but don't want the camera to get bucked off, either. Thank you!

[@DLHFarms]

I use a magnetic mount I have a link to it in some of my older videos that I made over the winter. Its in the description.

[@hawki5120]

Great video. Now many acres of hay do you do a year?

[@DLHFarms]

100 acre twice a year

[@jonathansullivan3089]

Mowers been on my tractor for 3 weeks sitting in the barn. Cant buy hay weather this year in northern kentucky. The only hay been done in this area so far is haylige. Cool and wet. Really weird weather.

[@DLHFarms]

Hope it changes for you I've have weather like that here in the past few years too.

[@jam2190]

You're jus as much a farmer as any guy out there planting corn, soy beans, wheat n shit!!

[@Zomsky]

Awesome yield! How is the fuel burn on the T5 now the HP is dialed up?

[@DLHFarms]

I can't tell much difference in it. I haven't checked it but I'm not fueling any more often than normal. Still runs forever on a tank

[@Zomsky]

DLH Farms yeah I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone complain about the fuel economy of a Fiat engine!

[@liammulligan4355]

Do ya thing the knocking in the baler due to timing issues caused the knocking in the T5 ???

[@DLHFarms]

No

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

is there any advantage with them grasses and your market to cut them sooner for higher quality?

[@DLHFarms]

Around here you never get to choose when you want to cut the weather determines that for you.

[@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754]

@@DLHFarms lol yep. With the Bale wrapper that has helped us a lot for cutting on time. Kind of like when we chopped hay. You only needed a couple day window.

[@DLHFarms]

👍

[@jankotze1959]

Great great video, thanks Dennis

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks 😊

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

Can u wrap that wetter hay for silage?

[@DLHFarms]

No

[@tomwaldo9556]

I've seen round bales on fire out in the field before. Is that from bailing too wet?

[@anthonybinning3853]

Tom Waldo can be or lightning also

[@DLHFarms]

Normally one bale by itself can't make enough heat to ignite.

[@casto-]

Well it looks like we've got your rain here now 😣. I reckon a hydroswing mower would be a nice investment 😆. I've pretty much done the same with my fields. Basically I'm stupid enough to take the small, annoying fields that every one else is clever enough to leave alone 😂😂😆

[@DLHFarms]

I know what you mean haha

[@mp3625]

Lol the weather man??? 50/50 chance??

[@DLHFarms]

Haha!

[@HumbleHaymakers]

Lookin’ good! What is your approximate MPH ground speed?

[@DLHFarms]

About 7mph

[@pdbuilder8212]

The trouble I run into on fields that thick are the darn fawns are hidden down in there and won't run

[@DLHFarms]

Yep it happens unfortunately 😔

[@mikejohnson9118]

Good looking stuff. Think you will sell it all or be keeping it? Whats a bale going for down there?

[@DLHFarms]

I sell all my hay that's my business, don't have any live stock or anything. I'm getting 45 for a 4x5 roll and 5.50 for a square bale.

[@MrJohndeere3720]

thats some nice hay.. :) ours is behind becuz of the flood then being cold out..

[@DLHFarms]

Hope it get caught up soon.

[@MrJohndeere3720]

@@DLHFarms its trying :)

[@kimyoung1093]

Good video! Does anybody else think this fellow looks like Victor French ? 😂

[@MrPummi88]

I often see no front attachment. Is this not usual in your Region?

[@DLHFarms]

When you don't need a front attachment it's better to take it off for visibility sake.

[@scottaddison8071]

What model cutter is that? I’m looking at a Kubota 5032 today (Vicon) got $19k and I wanted your opinion. It’s not a conditioner, just mower with 8 disc & 3 knives per disc???

[@DLHFarms]

This is an H7230 New Holland it’s been pretty good

[@eddiemortontapman7252]

Great Channel ! Dennis are y’all almost finish at the glass plant ?

[@DLHFarms]

No but we are closer than we we're

[@gatecity5284]

watch your channel religiously and was wondering do you have fluid in the T5 rear tires for added weight ?

[@DLHFarms]

Yes I do. Thanks for watching!

[@Crimsontide798]

Nice video

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@bighurk30able]

Well if the orchard Grass is up to your chin that means it's 4 ft tall 🤣🤣🤣🤣lol JK nice video buddy

[@DLHFarms]

Lol

[@mikesavavge3365]

Be very satisfying to be mowing such a good crop after all expense and time put in .well worth it for many years to come .on the massey check out 1st sloping bonnet massey made .used to drive one 1996 massey 6140 they 90 hp sloping bonnet really good loader work.

[@DLHFarms]

Very satisfying 👌! You like that Massey?

[@mikesavavge3365]

@@DLHFarms ye am a massey man .nothing be the same on 5712 to that apart from sloping bonnet. Only thing didn't like had normal clutch and forward and back you had to put clutch pedal to the floor then move lever on steering column pleased that's all changed years ago. Dyna 4 and shuttle great know.Dennis

[@mikesavavge3365]

Just read message over again don't know where know came from at end of message just shows have to check before send more

[@rexregister2963]

How's the tractor trading going

[@DLHFarms]

Very interesting

[@JohnJohnson-vx2wr]

Thanks for the video Dennis. Are you done with that glass factory pad?

[@DLHFarms]

Oh yeah the pad is done and most of the steel is up.

[@tomkennedy5956]

What is the best sweet hay I don’t know a lot about the hay business

[@DLHFarms]

I don't know about sweet hay. I can tell you that the best hay around here is going to be orchard grass mixed the Timothy and maybe some clover. Alfalfa is good but a pain to raise and dry.

[@tomkennedy5956]

DLH Farms thanks I’m glad I ran cross your videos I really enjoy them I to do construction work drive the trucks but I rather run Equitment and move it on the lowboy but every now and thin I got to get in one of them dag on dump trucks keep the videos coming I’m ready for a new one

[@TheByard]

That amount is going to make bales fast, may have to wind out the weight or have busted strings.

[@DLHFarms]

I round rolled this field.

[@TheByard]

@@DLHFarms It's more difficult to square roll em

[@DLHFarms]

Haha

[@billymcclanahan1794]

How long does it need to lay on the ground after you cut it? Before you can bail it?

[@DLHFarms]

About 3 days

[@craigadair128]

How do you have time to run a full time excavating business and do this on the side - seems like too much to stay on top of

[@DLHFarms]

Excavating is my dad's business.

[@austinhancock5072]

That is thin hay compared to the hay in the flat lands of North Carolina and if you can get chicken poop then that would help you out a lot

[@DLHFarms]

Oh yes such thin hay, good thing I don't farm for a living I'd go broke.

[@hicktownpa1233]

you need a discbin that turns both ways

[@DLHFarms]

Sometimes

[@hendersonlandworks6158]

Looks good man how many bails a season do y’all roll?

[@DLHFarms]

I don't do that many rolls, more focused on square bales

[@hendersonlandworks6158]

10-4 we only square bale around 500 a year on our costal feild but usually roll around 2500 bales for the public

[@DLHFarms]

I roll about 300 and square around 5500

[@chadengemann8237]

is this before or after you got the 6130R. How did you like JD in the field.

[@DLHFarms]

Before, videos coming on that

[@petedemarr2833]

Do you use a cutter conditioner

[@DLHFarms]

Yes

[@petedemarr2833]

@@DLHFarms you don't have to let it sit in the field as long

[@briandugmore2163]

Nice pasture dude. What cultivar was that cocksfoot/ orchard grass?

[@DLHFarms]

Orchard grass.

[@williamgalbraith1888]

Where are you located at

[@DLHFarms]

Patrick county Va

[@williamgalbraith1888]

Cool I am from Sinclairville New York what size number of your dicsbine

[@DumdocMTL]

Hey Dennis. What PTO HP did you end up at after you tuned up the engine? Sorry if this a repeat.

[@DLHFarms]

I haven't dynoed but should be about 125 hp at the pto.

[@gsettlemyre]

Hey, hey, oh wait, hay!!!

[@DLHFarms]

Haha

[@jmars807]

Nice.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks

[@madampolo]

Do you run across some rabbits, raccoons, or other wildlife in that grass with that mower?

[@Jacob_6420]

Yes you do, usually rabbits, baby deer, or turkeys on the nest.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes occasionally you do. I try to stop if I see something.

[@darrellnichols6179]

Why are you running the end shield up? Any particular reason? I’ve always left mine down. Just curious.

[@DLHFarms]

Running on tight roads, then it doesn't get put down, you can mow a lot closer to stuff also. Just don't do it if there are people around for safety. Most of the time that side is against tall grass anyway and it don't throw anything much at all.

[@darrellnichols6179]

DLH Farms ok. Thanks. Mine as a few battle scares from fence posts or guy wires. Lol. Dad was loosing his depth perception in his last couple years he was with us.

[@DLHFarms]

That's ok gives you something to remember him.

[@nigelbrown1193]

I do not know anything about hay but that looks good enough to eat (if I was a cow or sheep)

[@DLHFarms]

Haha 👍

[@noelhohberger1188]

I miss cutting hay

[@belllpatrick]

Noel Hohberger heard that for sure

[@DLHFarms]

Me too, been a couple weeks now.