IH Forever Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Cut a few road sides with the H and 110 sickle mower. Slow and boring job…but it was too hot to have much ambition for doing anything else. 14 Quote
Sledgehammer Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Drug my 1/2 mile lane and the rest of the road out to the highway. Road commissioner doesn't seem to make it by very often and quick rains lately have tried to wash a few spots. 18 Quote
B.B. Posted July 12 Posted July 12 Was running the rotary cutter on the 70A till I got rained out lol 12 Quote
MT Matt Posted July 12 Posted July 12 12 hours ago, 560Dennis said: In northeast Ohio I never figured to bale till 1 pm. with the temperature at 62 f and 95 percent humidity as example. grease and oil, baler and tractor maintenance was only things to do. I’ll bet I could have started baling at 9 am today, as soon as the sun got over the mountains. Very little dew over night. It didnt get tough baling until a little after midnight and I was almost done. The air temp really dropped about then. If you plan to work after dark, you’d better bring a hoodie because the temp drop is significant. 3 Quote
IH Forever Posted July 13 Posted July 13 17 minutes ago, MT Matt said: I’ll bet I could have started baling at 9 am today, as soon as the sun got over the mountains. Very little dew over night. It didnt get tough baling until a little after midnight and I was almost done. The air temp really dropped about then. If you plan to work after dark, you’d better bring a hoodie because the temp drop is significant. Definitely could not do that here in IA. The grass was wet with dew until probably 1 yesterday. I’m envious…I hate humidity. 4 Quote
ray54 Posted July 13 Posted July 13 1 hour ago, MT Matt said: I’ll bet I could have started baling at 9 am today, as soon as the sun got over the mountains. Very little dew over night. It didnt get tough baling until a little after midnight and I was almost done. The air temp really dropped about then. If you plan to work after dark, you’d better bring a hoodie because the temp drop is significant. 1 hour ago, IH Forever said: Definitely could not do that here in IA. The grass was wet with dew until probably 1 yesterday. I’m envious…I hate humidity. Why location, location really matters when taking advice from another successful farmer. Here with low humidity, you need to have the dew to keep from making hay into chaff. So generally only bale from 5 am to 10 am. But generally no rain , so it gets dry just wait another day for more dew. 3 Quote
billonthefarm Posted July 13 Posted July 13 Took one of the 14’s to a local tractor pull. Antiques and farm stocks up to 13,000. 14 Quote
Alan Dinan Posted July 13 Posted July 13 12 hours ago, MT Matt said: I’ll bet I could have started baling at 9 am today, as soon as the sun got over the mountains. Very little dew over night. It didnt get tough baling until a little after midnight and I was almost done. The air temp really dropped about then. If you plan to work after dark, you’d better bring a hoodie because the temp drop is significant. Friend of mine has baled dry alfalfa at anytime during the night to get the best moisture. They rake it in the morning with a dew, if there is one, then wait for the moisture to hit 20-22%. 2 Quote
stronger800 Posted July 13 Posted July 13 22? We want 10-13. your window to bale around here, is always Short. 4 hours is a lot. Maybe 5 on the best days. I couldn’t imagine have a 12 hour time frame and just being able to go wherever 1 Quote
Alan Dinan Posted July 13 Posted July 13 51 minutes ago, stronger800 said: 22? We want 10-13. your window to bale around here, is always Short. 4 hours is a lot. Maybe 5 on the best days. I couldn’t imagine have a 12 hour time frame and just being able to go wherever He puts preservative on and saves more leaves. 2 Quote
lorenzo Posted July 14 Posted July 14 Neighbor came over today to cut some horse food for us. Tractors and equipment are all his. 14 Quote
stronger800 Posted July 15 Posted July 15 Non stop. Unless somebody drops a old fashioned hay hook and doesn’t tell you, then you stop, and switch tractors 3 7 Quote
billonthefarm Posted July 16 Posted July 16 Cultivated soybeans and cleaned up the triple 6 for a tractor drive this weekend. 16 Quote
PacerX Posted July 16 Posted July 16 Not one of the tractors, but IH anyway... 1969 1300d dually dump truck. Carried, hauled and dumped 2 yards of crushed rock like a champ. 13 Quote
IHandJDman Posted July 17 Posted July 17 Picked up this nice 2 owner S1600 today to be my 2nd truck. 32,500 miles on it, 345 with a 4+2. Also sprayed 6 acres of soybeans with my 806. 16 Quote
Cool1566 Posted July 17 Posted July 17 52 minutes ago, IHandJDman said: Picked up this nice 2 owner S1600 today to be my 2nd truck. 32,500 miles on it, 345 with a 4+2. Also sprayed 6 acres of soybeans with my 806. Sweet! Low miles too! Congrats on a nice looking truck! 1 Quote
DT Fan Posted July 17 Author Posted July 17 Moved 11 bales to the neighbors place with the 756 G. Steering worked great and it's running better than it ever has! Apparently it wants to remain in the shop indefinitely, power seat is leaking hydraulic oil. 6 Quote
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted July 17 Posted July 17 5 hours ago, DT Fan said: Moved 11 bales to the neighbors place with the 756 G. Steering worked great and it's running better than it ever has! Apparently it wants to remain in the shop indefinitely, power seat is leaking hydraulic oil. That tiny little hydraulic line probably dry rotted thru. My 856 gas is plugged off, resting on a 2×4. A someday project. 2 Quote
MT Matt Posted July 18 Posted July 18 On 7/14/2026 at 9:06 PM, stronger800 said: Non stop. Unless somebody drops a old fashioned hay hook and doesn’t tell you, then you stop, and switch tractors Did you get lucky or did it go through? I’ve came close with some elk antlers before, I’m sure my turn is coming. 1 Quote
MT Matt Posted July 18 Posted July 18 Didn’t get on a red tractor today but dropped 30 acres of oats with New Holland red. We’ve had some uncharacteristic shots of rain so I wasn’t able to cut when I wanted to but dry hay in the bale is better than wet, green hay. Most will get round baled for cows anyways. Sprayed for mares tail in my orchard grass. Just used the truck to pull the sprayer. Picked up another load of organic fertilizer from the local slaughter house. Some is dry enough to go through the fert-I-blower. Some will have to be dumped, spread out and plowed into the oat stubble this fall. The price was right though. 8 Quote
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