We always cut our long stem grass hay 4 inches or so above the ground. Cuttings it that tall helps the new growth regenerate quicker and also helps with weed suppression. Bermuda hay was done different. It was cut about an inch or so above the ground. The grass hay was always fertilized in the fall or early spring where as the Bermuda hay was always fertilized in the early spring and after every cutting. I hope this info helps. Thanks for the video.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
I’m probably going to drop the shoes on the mower another inch just to feel better about it.
@richardmarshall8505
Жыл бұрын
Lovely old baler sounds very quiet, love baling hay, when Tractor and baler are singing, all is good
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@ronlarson2561
Жыл бұрын
I like that baler. My dad and I had one years back and we were both impressed with how tight and square the bales were
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
They were good for their time.
@rustyrelicsfarm2406
11 ай бұрын
The 1800 just looks perfect with the baler.
@drunkensasquach3311
Жыл бұрын
Probably in here somewhere.. Grass regrows from the stem Alfalfa and clover from the root... Depending on moisture you can kill newy seeded grass by cutting too low
@jeffstevens3420
Жыл бұрын
That old rake makes a nice windrow
@arthurok327
Жыл бұрын
Howdy, ya, I agree 👍
@arthurok327
Жыл бұрын
Howdy ya'll, I hope ya'll are doing well, I gotta say, youve done a Great job with that little patch of ground, I remember when you first ran a piece of equipment on that ground, it was rough, full of garage, and other surprises, you ran several implements over that ground, and eventually seeded it down for hay, and as I said, you've done a Great job, and produced some decent hay, really enjoyed watching ya'll turn that very hard, and neglected land, into a decent little hay field 👍 Keep it up, Stay safe, God Bless, and Farm on my Friend's, Peace
@fredmiller5651
Жыл бұрын
Well done Ethan. Thanks for taking us along. Fred
@larrybruck2949
Жыл бұрын
Looking good Ethan! Been there, done that hooking up implements, yep.....definitely a process! Praying for rain in SE Michigan too.
@tacratt6091
Жыл бұрын
And that’s how you make good wind rows! Ol rake does a nice job!
@mattboswell5392
11 ай бұрын
The rear drawbar on that rake is a great idea. I used to have a couple old David bradleys and they were a rear pain to pull . Found they pulled better with one rear wheel. But I wasn’t going far. I always got nervous raking with a pull type bar rake in an awkward field. There’s no lifting so you gotta plan out your route .lol
@DonWelter
Жыл бұрын
That little Su 55 is a nice match for the raking job. Finished first cut hay Mon 05 Jun. No problem getting it dry...the only damper spots were in a couple of shaded areas along tree lines. Typically bale those areas separate and feed to cattle right away (4x5 net wrap round bales). Need rain bad in N. Central OH.., Corn is coming up surprisingly well, beans are trying to come up, supposed to get rain Sun 11 Jun. Good luck with your crops!!!
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
We are supposed to get the same rain.
@johnkissack5295
Жыл бұрын
Beautiful hay!! Those bales and the quality would be $15.00 a bale here Western SD. You should be very proud of your accomplishments in getting such a good stand. I’ve put hay up for over 60 years and my opinion is leave your stubble 3-4 inches that really helps your regrowth plus your mower will not get plugged as easily and sickle further away from foreign objects. Your rake and baler picks the hay up perfectly. But, you can’t go wrong with ALL OLIVER!!!
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
I’m thinking I’m going to drop the shoes on the mower to leave a little more stubble next time.
@ascension8811
Жыл бұрын
We had a rake like that however I don't remember it having the cover guard on it. The story goes my uncle lost part of his pinky finger with that rake. Nice to see an Oliver baler running.
@peanutsmith1462
Жыл бұрын
Nice looking hay bale for older baler still getting the job done
@joechristian4918
Жыл бұрын
Back in the day we had a 720 ? Oliver baler . Always knew if the hay was a little tough , it would miss tights on the one side...I enjoy watching the baling now if only the computer could put out the smell of fresh baled hay. 😊
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
I used to have a 720 that was the same way.
@terryhawkins4295
Жыл бұрын
Nice looking hay. We did get some rain here in iowa here and there but we could all sure use some more
@echoandy51
Жыл бұрын
First cutting of grass hay, I leave it a little longer to help it sprout back better for a second cutting. At the second cutting I trim it short to get the extra feed.
@ctfarmtrucking6934
Жыл бұрын
Always nice when all that hard work pays off. nice job.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Yep
@olliealltheway3954
Жыл бұрын
The tractor and bailor, really do look good together brother!!
@dennisneel9788
Жыл бұрын
You do awesome work as always
@waltersmith3441
11 ай бұрын
We had a old Ford Baylor that grandpa had a draw bar out of an old tractor cut and drilled so we could bold it to the draw bar of RB so we could get the bailer further away from the tractor and the PTO shaft would work And another thing I really like your vidiots and I see this other fellow that just goes out and bi's Oliver tractors and stuff I never see him working on them or doing the work to preserve the old tractors as you do so we know who the real person is and who's right none whose shirt tails I really enjoy your videos thank you
@jeffstevens3420
Жыл бұрын
You can cut alfalfa that short. It will just grow back a little slower. But also cutting it with a sickle mower will make it grow back faster than with disc mower. Due to cleaner cut and less damage to the stem.
@MostlyInteresting
Жыл бұрын
Back ages ago when I helped my relatives with hay, they cut fescue 3-4 inches. Well tried to, its a bit all over with anything but a disk mower which they did not have at the time.
@hvy1ton
Жыл бұрын
We had 3 days of east to west popup storms in eastern Kansas. Got a whole tenth out of it. 8" behind for the year after an overly wet winter.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
We are at the 7-8 inch deficit to.
@stephenbontrager5894
Жыл бұрын
That baler works like a dream. Hopefully you guys get some rain soon. Also I got a email from autmuan auctions there is a guy who has all sorts of oilver memorabilia really cool signs and tin work. I thought of you when I saw it
@dehavenfamilyfarm
Жыл бұрын
Good work Ethan! Longer stubble, around 4+ inches is healthier for the stand and it will regrow faster/better too.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
I’m gonna leave it taller next time.
@NEAFarmKid4010
Жыл бұрын
Seems to me like we have our disc mower set to cut that short, but we cut a lot of Bermuda hay as well, so that may be why. Pretty good looking first crop hay. Your 60-T sure is a nice baler. May not have the capacity (as far as strokes per minute) of a newer baler, but she looks like she'd keep up with our Deere 336 (which isn't new by any means) all day long.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
I think it’s only rated for about 6-7 ton an hour.
@danherrmann8755
24 күн бұрын
Thanks for the ride.
@davidvogel2592
Жыл бұрын
That's the fun part running the baler
@rhoadesy_6567
11 ай бұрын
Agco had a video out where they had a forage specialist that explained for the best yield without hurting the plants you want to cut aflalfa at about 2 inches and grass closer to 4 inches
@TheCamotoast
Ай бұрын
Do you have any leads on parts for that #2 hay rake? I picked one up and need a bearing for it.
@toddcash5350
Жыл бұрын
Leave it aleast 3" plus of stuble, otherwise you will kill it off. I cut over 400 acres a year.
@fishydubsfishing6516
Жыл бұрын
Gee that brought back some memories the old suicide bumper jack
@stephenheyes4324
Жыл бұрын
You sure did a great job with your hay Ethan
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@michaelsheeder148
Жыл бұрын
Ethan is nice that the super 55 is working today. When I was a kid on the farm I always liked the smell of the hay. Hopefully somebody could give you an answer on your stubble, it seems to me like being a kid on the farm Dad had the stubble about 3in long I thinking 🤔. Thanks Michael
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
That’s probably about what it should be.
@kennethheern4896
11 ай бұрын
A lot of comments about your cutting height. The main reason I try to cut 3-4” high on everything I cut, is for drying. If it’s short the cut hay is on the ground and doesn’t dry good. I custom bale for a guy that scalped his alfalfa. The hay laid on the ground and never did dry.
@mathiggins4264
Жыл бұрын
Wow looking good buddy be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Husker3435
Жыл бұрын
Very nice hay OFB, that field has come along way from where it started. It’s cut a little too close, another inch and a half I think would be better, IMO. Hang in there bud, I think everyone everywhere needs about a 2 to 3 day soaker🙏🏻keep plugging away young man🇺🇸
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@dankreoger611
Жыл бұрын
I hear ya on the dry weather. Pete over on A Few Acres Farm is buying extra round bales from neighbors in case he doesn't get a second or third cutting.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Hay is going to be a hot commodity this year.
@jamesbreault5762
Жыл бұрын
Looks really 👍👍👍👍👍👍 great
@geraldharkness8830
Жыл бұрын
not only have i thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of these vids,,your camera angles are so good,,good enough to be agricultural training vids very well done!
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@andreeriks6360
Жыл бұрын
Most people with a new seeding will leave it a tad high just because the soil isn’t compacted yet an if set to low it can pull out the plant and for rocks that may surface but in my option it’s set good I’d keep running it how it is
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
I guess I’ll see how quick it comes back before I make a decision
@codymoore6747
Жыл бұрын
We cut our alfalfa at 2” with a disc mower. We strive to cut it every 28 to 32 days, obviously depending on weather. Alfalfa is a tricky but very plenty crop. Moore Farms Southern Indiana
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
We can manage that in a year with normal rainfall.
@dylanhockaday9878
Жыл бұрын
I’m down south but I try to cut my alfalfa and try to leave about 3 to 4 inches if stubble so it will come back better and not bake the plant and roots as much
@hacc220able
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing
@lynne6433
11 ай бұрын
Great video😊!!!
@TheMuskokaman
Жыл бұрын
My dad used to say "WTH! Less than a hand-width high & you're too nigh to the ground!" & then some other shit that kind-hearted folks might find offensive (yeah, I've scalped a few acres once...or maybe twice) lol. 60 bales ain't a bad crop considering it's just an acre & the beginning of June. Best we ever got was only 75 & that's cutting in the late 3rd week of June or 1st week of July even.
@wisconsinman2755
Жыл бұрын
I leave my stubble about 2 inches, almost on the nose 50 50 alfalfa grass up in wisconsin. Hit a record yeild too for first crop, 631 bales off of 8 acres
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Can’t complain about that.
@ronaldpiper4812
11 ай бұрын
Can you gps a place needing attn so later fix or combine get a alert?
@Fieldman12
Жыл бұрын
About 95% of our corn is up. We still have some trying to come up but need rain. We planted beans the weekend of Memorial day and they still are not up last I checked. Need rain bad here in southern ohio
@MaclearieFarms
Жыл бұрын
Love it Ethan
@MostlyInteresting
Жыл бұрын
I am in central VA and its been weird. We were wet too early, So I am worried for my neighbors that they are going to have issues.
@Rabbit-ge6ns
Жыл бұрын
We always tried to leave 3”-4”. It is best not to cut to short. Keep up the good work and videos.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@aarisom
Ай бұрын
I just picked up the same rake. Just wondering why do you pull it from the back on the roads?
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Ай бұрын
Pull yours down the road forward one time and you’ll find out.
@shanerickert1304
11 ай бұрын
Are you in Ohio? You just described our weather perfectly, until today when we got our first good rain in over a month.
@cesmith4566
Жыл бұрын
No matter how high you cut it this year it's gonna turn brown, mine has,we need the rain! These disc mowers get really low and it comes back ,I think the hay will be good if you get some rain!
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Yep
@tonyjones9715
Жыл бұрын
👍👏👏 Thanks
@GenDiesel
Жыл бұрын
No I think about as low you’d want to go, some good looking hay imo
@michiganfarming1955
Жыл бұрын
Usually when I rake hay we get a downpour, I’d mow hay just to get rain I wouldn’t be mad. I don’t remember a year this dry in a long time
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Same
@lynne6433
11 ай бұрын
Are you going to paint the tractor?
@stevenbetassa7329
11 ай бұрын
nice old Oliver tractor, but you mention that the bales wore around 50lbs? wow thats so lite, our bales here at that weight would fall apart before the harrowbed could pick them up, we go for 110 to 120lbs, and 130lb for alfalfa haym bale lenght is around 43 to 44 inches.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
11 ай бұрын
Good for you?
@Fieldman12
Жыл бұрын
Looks like nice hay!
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@Heimerviewfarm
Жыл бұрын
The weather directions are weird this year. Normally everything comes out of the southwest the last few rain shots have came straight north and out of the north east.
@Jethrosgarage
Жыл бұрын
Nice lookin' hay!
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@jonathancrissinger2301
Жыл бұрын
Looks alittle short to me. Nice looking hay. Didn't really have much down time with equipment and that's good. See in the next one.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@chrishunt5727
Жыл бұрын
An emergency tape measure is paper money. Exactly six inches long if you’re ever in a pinch
@christiananna3025
Жыл бұрын
I always cut my hay at 4 or so inches off the ground so I get better/faster growth
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
I’m probably going to leave it taller next time. I just left the mower where it was set when I got it and figured it was good.
@MostlyInteresting
Жыл бұрын
Nice first load. If only you had 100 A of that :)
@geraldkarl642
Жыл бұрын
NICE
@farmallskittle
Жыл бұрын
Im just curious but I've never seen a baler tongue as short as yours is. Is there a reason it's that short
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Ask the engineer
@farmallskittle
Жыл бұрын
@@Oliver66FarmBoy yeah makes sense
@jamesbreault5762
Жыл бұрын
Been raining every night here in west Texas. Its called el nina
@TimMartin-bh9js
Жыл бұрын
Nice job
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@roadhogg1418
Жыл бұрын
Never seen a rake pulled backwards before Farm Boy! Ha.
@curtisowens4588
Жыл бұрын
Do you have animals or do you sell your hay? Good job.
@JackieClark-sw6nf
Жыл бұрын
Good looking hay.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@MaclearieFarms
Жыл бұрын
Is that super 55 diesel
@w056007568
Жыл бұрын
In my opinion that has been cut too short for new seeds and a dry (droughty) time. Recovery will be real slow as there does not appear to me to be much leaf left to photosynthesise and so new growth will have to be driven via the root system. With real dry weather recovery this will be very slow, although it is early June, without rain and a dose of fertiliser the prospects for a reasonable second cut look poor until measurable rainfall the Fall. Dan
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
As dry as it is it’s doesn’t matter what height you cut it. It wouldn’t be coming back without rain at this point.
@brettlamont4965
Жыл бұрын
What’s a bale sell for these days?
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
No clue.
@nicholasmeyer5234
Жыл бұрын
Stubble height is fine
@coltonbentley39
11 ай бұрын
my grandpa siad it best the more you leave the faster it grows but you dont the weights you want
@thuggoe
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully this drought breaks
@farmingforfunandprofit940
5 ай бұрын
In operation it's rake once bale twice
@brandonrichardson6750
Жыл бұрын
I always try for 4 inches
@scottm-rw1og
Жыл бұрын
Yes short stubble
@MaclearieFarms
Жыл бұрын
21:48 time to bust out the sprinklers
@jeffhoman767
Жыл бұрын
Automatic last bale eject. Lol
@joemalone9380
11 ай бұрын
i genuinely feel sorry for you feeling so stressed that you need to talk to the world on a camera . i empathize . take care of yourself . the lord has your back im sure.
@dmartens6267
Жыл бұрын
Pray for rain.
@BrianP277
Жыл бұрын
I would drop it atleast one hole. Its a bit short
@Oliver66FarmBoy
Жыл бұрын
Yea
@petergardner2334
11 ай бұрын
you should not be taking risks with pto running
@Oliver66FarmBoy
11 ай бұрын
I didn’t take any risks….
@Ikrar2hell674
11 ай бұрын
Please give me jo tractor drive
@markdebano944
11 ай бұрын
I like watching farm shows but it’s hard to watch yours because you talk way way to much!!! And you live here in Michigan!!
@Oliver66FarmBoy
11 ай бұрын
So don’t watch and you won’t have anything to bitch about…. Simple…
@charliesmith5849
5 ай бұрын
Sorry , I can't watch your video due to very poor camera work and inability to see what the heck you are doing!
@Oliver66FarmBoy
5 ай бұрын
So move along? You don’t need to announce it unless you think you’re really that important to the world.
@charliesmith5849
5 ай бұрын
@@Oliver66FarmBoy I did not mean to offend you, but I have, so please accept my apology. I was interested in watching you hitch up to the tail end of the rake and I wanted to see how that would make it tow, but I never got to see that. I really wanted to know how that worked for you.
@Oliver66FarmBoy
5 ай бұрын
So because I didn’t show one specific part that you wanted to see, that I have shown in dozens of other videos both before and after this, you can’t watch the video because of poor camera work? Sorry nobody told me I have to show every single redundant detail every single time I pull a piece of equipment out of the shed. Idiot.
@charliesmith5849
5 ай бұрын
@@Oliver66FarmBoy This was my first time watching your channel. I did not know you have shown what I wanted to see dozens of times. I will just be left to wonder how that works and why.
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