It’s that time of year

what size are those tires and wheels they look good

They are off of a 200. Carlisle 9.5Lx15.
I was expecting that question. There are 3 reasons. 1st cutting orchard grass becomes very tough as it heads out. The stem grows quickly above the blade grass. Cattle or horses do not like it that way. And we sell to both customers. They will waste the hay to avoid eating the tuff stem as they try to pick out the blade grass. So we try to cut it before it heads out if weather permits. Although the 390 mower/ conditioner does a decent job of breaking the hay, I have found running the conditioner within 30 minutes of cutting with the 390 it further breaks and softens the stalk. This also aids in drying time. Several hay farmers in our county after cutting their hay with a Discbine use crimpers that have both rollers made of steel. They were widely used years ago but are now being reproduced by Mennonite farmers in PA. Pretty expensive machine for our small farm so I came across the AC conditioner and it works very well. It has made a big difference in the quality of hay. Our cattle no longer waste the hay and dry time has been reduced significantly as the stem contains a lot water. Along with the Tedder, we have reduced drying by a least 1 day. With May’s crazy weather that can mean the difference between making quality hay or it getting rained on.

Edited by AC720Man - 05 May 2023 at 11:07pm

Looks good Robbie. I'm trying to wait till Memorial Day weekend. Down in our area hay just seems short this year if it was fertilized or not.

Nice. Good looking machines

Nice looking tractors there, Rob!!! Also looks to be the perfect day...beautiful weather!!!

Gear box went out on our rake so thankfully our neighbor loaned us his wire wheel rake. Allowed us to be able to Bale our hay but I wasn’t impressed with it. Left too much laying in the field.

Edited by AC720Man - 07 May 2023 at 9:45pm

Harvey I’m sorry for the loss of your cousin. We live on the other side of the Massenutten mountain about 40 minutes from where you are describing. Rain is coming tonight so no more cutting hay for a few days.

I know a lot of you guys out there appreciate old iron. This tractor is new to our farm. It belongs to a good friend. It was his dad’s JD 70 diesel they had on their farm. It had sit for 30 years and he asked me to help him get her running again. It only took a 3 ft pull from my D17 diesel and she fired up. After determining the pony motor was too far gone he purchased a 12V electric starter kit which also included a alternator to replace the generator. Excellent kit, and we upgraded the rest of the electrical wiring and replaced the voltage gauge. The ole girl runs well and did well on the baler although 1st low is a bit fast. It is totally different than our AC tractors, takes a bit to get used to driving it. It does have live pto and a lever that disconnects/ engages the pto on the fly. Which reminds me of the pto disconnect lever on our 6060. I did feel a little unsafe with no fenders though. 2 cylinder has a lot of torque and never smokes even under load. He wanted us to do some farming with it and was disappointed when he couldn’t be there to drive it himself.

Edited by AC720Man - 08 May 2023 at 8:45pm

Got a soft spot for the green 2 lungers. Sound kinda neat especially under load. Dad did some minor work on some back in the day when he was the local mechanic. Seemed like an accident waiting to happen with no fenders and the way they wound jump if too much clutch applied. LOL

Yes they were kinda crude but there were a bazillon of them working back when.