The noble Haybob.

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Last-of-V8's

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Now only fit for the museum ? Not big enough for vast acreages ? Bad reputation ?
Loads and loads advertised on FB over the last few weeks for £2-400. Half what they were 5 years ago ?
Ours served us well for over 40 years. Looking a bit tired now, and needing new gates. Kept in case the straw season turns " difficult ". Made some lovely hay with it over the years, and some rubbish too. But I've found the same with a modern tedder. If you ain't got hot sunny weather.......

Discuss, without using the words " Fendt ", " No till ", " Woodworm ", and " Proper farmer ".
 
Sawdust said:
There is absolutely nothing wrong with a haybob, :) it's usually the people who can't work one who shout that they are crap,:rolleyes: cause there is a skill to working them.:TU:
It's not just a case of 540rpm, wheels down and off you go:slap:
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Absolutely. Know a chap who could row up green grass in front of a forager without putting lumps into it. High gear and low revs. Doesn't throw the grass out the back, just pulls it into the middle.
 
Phil the Dill said:
Absolutely. Know a chap who could row up green grass in front of a forager without putting lumps into it. High gear and low revs. Doesn't throw the grass out the back, just pulls it into the middle.
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Nearly every field needs it's own configuration, there are so many variations! but according to proper farmers the machine is shite :rolleyes:
 
They've refined the design into an almost bomb-proof long lived thing unless you hit something solid or totally neglect e.g. the PTO shaft.
While kind of slow if you spread grass at correct revs and speed you can have hay after two passes.
The only snag is that for modern high capacity balers it can't make a big enough row.
On the other hand if your smaller row gets wet unexpectedly you can spread it again if need be.
Tyres and wheels can give problems but replacing the whole wheel is inexpensive so just have one spare and sort it later.
 
4wd said:
They've refined the design into an almost bomb-proof long lived thing unless you hit something solid or totally neglect e.g. the PTO shaft.
While kind of slow if you spread grass at correct revs and speed you can have hay after two passes.
The only snag is that for modern high capacity balers it can't make a big enough row.
On the other hand if your smaller row gets wet unexpectedly you can spread it again if need be.
Tyres and wheels can give problems but replacing the whole wheel is inexpensive so just have one spare and sort it later.
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We drilled new holes 🕳 in the gates to suit round baler swaths 👍
 
Sawdust said:
We drilled new holes 🕳 in the gates to suit round baler swaths 👍
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We did too, but modern balers need massive swaths, which means spending eleventy billion on a wide rake. Another reason selling hay at 1970's prices doesn't pay. Back in the good old days of proper farmerism, you could buy a new drum mower for £1200, Haybob £1200 ? round baler for £5k ? Or contractor to do it for £1 / bale. Now it's £80k for a tractor, £10k + for mower, £ 10K for tedder, £10k + for a rake, and £50k for a combi baler. Oh woe is me off topic situation..... :ROFLMAO:
 
Finished with mine for this year, its just waiting for power wash before being put away. Bought it new in 2002.
Set right it does a good job. I only spread out, balerman rakes up.
Only lost 1 tine this year. Got new springs so could refit them, but does a working spring really make much difference?
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Back in the good ole days, Riverlea just delivered some bits in a wooden crate, and you put it together yourself saving 12p.
Halcyon days.... :ROFLMAO:
 
MIne arrived fully made up, ready to work cos I'm a gurl.
Lost a lower link pin off the haybob last year, hoped to find it this year, but didn't clunk it with the mower, nor thwack it with the haybob, nor did it roll out of a bale all last winter.
Last year, 2 different next door neighbours borrowed it as theirs went kaput.
One made me a new stand for it.
 
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Yes, I lost part of one of the gates 2 years ago turning straw swathes. Ran up and down the rows ahead of the £50k combi baler with my metal detector, but never found it. Nor did the expensive baler. Phew. Nor the straw chopper belonging to the bloke that bought the straw. Phew. Didn't find it ploughing up the stubble either. Disappeared off the face of the planet.🤷‍♂️
 
Choochter said:
Finished with mine for this year, its just waiting for power wash before being put away. Bought it new in 2002.
Set right it does a good job. I only spread out, balerman rakes up.
Only lost 1 tine this year. Got new springs so could refit them, but does a working spring really make much difference?
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Did it come with the broken auger bit or is that an extra?🤔
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