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Raking Hay into Windrows

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POW!!!! Here's what went wrong

What happens here

The presenter drives the John Deere tractor, which is equipped with a hay rake, across the field. The rake efficiently gathers the scattered hay into neat rows, known as windrows. This process is essential for preparing the hay to be picked up by the baler in the subsequent step.

Goal: Prepare hay for baling by forming windrows

Tools and materials

  • Hay Rake — Gathering hay into windrows
  • Hearing Protection 3M Worktunes — Protecting ears from loud machinery noise
  • John Deere Tractor John Deere — Providing power and mobility for the hay rake
  • Dry Hay N/A — Material being raked

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so really Gator we're driving up new land that we clear right here meeting with the power company went well we're a meeting about is where we're going to build our permanent home and getting the power lines further away the tree hazards that we've had with all these storms here lately so the power companies trying to do the right thing trying to do the smart thing and get us away from tree hazards so what we're going to be doing is moving the power line down the hill away from our farm away from the house a little bit so that we can potentially build our permanent home right out here on this beautiful Knoll in other words we'll have to make a creek crossing down here and all this stuff will be in vlogs in the future but we'll have to make a creek crossing with a gigantic pipe maybe two gigantic pipes because this bottom right here floods out when there's a big heavy storm so we'd make a road to our home right here and our home would be out here and this would be our front pasture front yard very private very nice so tractors parked over here we're going to ride over and get all hooked up we already have the rake hooked up we're gonna get rocking and rolling I'm going to show you the hay that we're raking up and show you what the issue is with letting hay sit on the field and get wet over and over again it's not good for it not at all what you'll see from the air on the drone shots there's a rock I have a deal with myself any time I find a rock I picked that rock up so if I'm at middle of something I don't care what it is I'm stopping and I'm picking the rock up so this is the hay that we raked up the other day and it started pouring down rain on us it's still moist underneath it doesn't have a very moldy smell but I've got to turn it in other words I've got to run the rake over it and roll it over again and then out through here it hasn't been raped yet I've got to roll it over to let this wind whip through it by the time I get to the baler the outside rows will be dry enough and I'll bail them right here a spring cut hay and I just have a surplus ever surplus of hey and I don't need it I can't sell it here it's a it's only worth about 20 bucks a bail around here and I just can't bail her for that so the best thing to do is feed the land and bush hog it so next spring early in the spring I'll bush hog it down I'll probably mohei in the middle of the year and then I'll bush hog it down again in the fall let's get on the tractor and what you're gonna see…

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