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Understand Haybine Functionality and Grass Type

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How does a haybine or hay cutter work? How I cut hay on the farm..drone fail :(

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The presenter provides a detailed explanation of the New Holland haybine's functionality. He describes how the tines grab the grass and feed it into cutting blades, which operate like hair clippers. Crucially, he explains that after cutting, the grass passes through rollers that crimp the stems, breaking them to allow moisture to escape, thereby accelerating the hay drying process. The specific type of grass being mowed is identified as Kentucky 32 Fescue (K-32 fescue), known for its stiff stem.

Goal: Learn how the haybine cuts and conditions hay, and identify the specific grass.

Tools and materials

  • K-32 Fescue Grass Sample
  • New Holland Haybine (Model 474)

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comment what we have here is a new holland 474 i assume the 74 is 74 inch cut so it's about 6 foot a little bit over 6 foot cut 7 foot 6 foot something like that this thing basically has tines on it that spin it almost looks like a combine those things are spinning and these little Forks grab the grass like this and this is stuff that hasn't been explained to me and now I know and I can explain it to you which is so cool anyhow it grabs the grass and pulls it in and underneath you have a blade didn't that cool so you had the blade that cuts like this basically like a pair of hair clippers it's at 4 it's grass clippers it goes she she she she cutting that hay as the rake the rolling rake pulls it in and then it goes through a couple rollers back here on the back and they're like big rollers that roll on top of each other kind of like an old-timey washing machine and those rollers pinch that grass really hard and crimp it so let me show you the grass and show you what I'm talking about by crimping it guys mowing hay is not that exciting but you're going to learn something I promise you'll learn something today so this is what we call red top or red top fescue or wild grass or fescue whatever you want to call it I planted this entire field in Kentucky 32 fescue it's called k32 fescue this K 32 fescue has a stiff stem on it and what those rollers do is that rolls through here and snaps this stem so that the stem is broken and the moisture can escape and thus all this hay on the ground can drive faster

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