First real farming with the new tractor

[Orangeinalaska]

It was a short haying window with all of the rain this season but we finished up before the rain came. Almost 70 acers and just over 5000 bales. I know there is a green tractor in the photo but they can't all be orange. It was a nice break from my other job of commercial fishing!

 

[mbu]

What model of Kubota do you have? Kind of looks like a M7060 but not sure. Also, what model is the JD?

When I see a tractor doing work I like to look up what power and weight it has.

Thanks...

 

[Orangeinalaska]

Yep the kubota is an M7060 and it handled the baler with no problem. The JD is my brothers and it is a 2955.

 

[D2Cat]

In that third picture is your brother baling the next windrow over for where you are cutting? Or was that a new starting point for the day, or does that tedder allow that fast of drying up there?

 

[Orangeinalaska]

He is pulling a mower conditioner in that pic. With decent weather we usually bale on the third day sometimes sooner if weather is perfect. The ocean is less than a mile away which means we can get alot of evening dew and fog. The Tedders are very helpful, speeds things up by days if the weather is marginal.

 

[Bulldog]

Nothing wrong with having a green tractor like that. Those were real machines unlike what they produce now.
Don't feel bad, it's been a hard hay season everywhere. I just finished my first cut and didn't get to do everything because the ground was so wet. I've had to bale just about everything in 4wd this year. I would hate to know I had to get up square bales though. I've baled just over 900 rolls this year so far. I don't miss square baling at all.