The noble Haybob.

Is there a way of rowing up with the venerable haybob, that suits modern round balers
I destroyed a single rotor rake and had to beg the locals to tow up , even with my single rotor the baler wanted three passes in one row
 
Montydog said:
Is there a way of rowing up with the venerable haybob, that suits modern round balers
I destroyed a single rotor rake and had to beg the locals to tow up , even with my single rotor the baler wanted three passes in one row
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The bigger the row, if they don’t go slow enough, you end up with more bales, IE more cost to you an more money 💰 to them 😡
 
not been moved for years, my choice
it made a good job of lifting grass cut with a drum mower and which had been lying for 2 days
 
Mine is relatively new but I just leave wheels in middle hole and adjust with top link.
They are probably already seized up even though it's kept inside - not checking 😎 - position doesn't make a whole lot of difference
 
Oh. I've spent 30 years religiously altering it from the tedding to rowing up position. Including the almighty faff of positioning the tines in the other holes. But then, I am what is known in the trade as a proper farmer. I must have the poverty spec version which didn't come with a stand. Perhaps there's a wooden crate somewhere with a stand and other bits left in the bottom....... :unsure:
 
Montydog said:
There’s simply no hope, as I am not a prooper fumer, I can’t do bold type and .. a serious few pointers in the use of the venerable hay bob would be good 👍
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make sure the tines are set the correct way for either spreading out or rowing up.
adjust the top link so that it tilts slightly down towards tractor
drive with enough revs to suit the machine - for my fransgard its needs to be at 1900, I understand that for pz haybobs its about 1500
if you've got a tight turn to do, lift the thing
otherwise when turning, turn the correct way for the machine - for mine its turn left
see, I am a proper farmer
 
Choochter said:
make sure the tines are set the correct way for either spreading out or rowing up.
adjust the top link so that it tilts slightly down towards tractor
drive with enough revs to suit the machine - for my fransgard its needs to be at 1900, I understand that for pz haybobs its about 1500
if you've got a tight turn to do, lift the thing
otherwise when turning, turn the correct way for the machine - for mine its turn left
see, I am a proper farmer
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IIRC you turn right with a haybob, everything else you said (y) Get a better spread if you set the tines "out". Fold them back for rowing or you make a raggy row
 
I’ve got an old Zweigers haybob, but I haven’t used it for a year or three. I make round bale silage and with a mower conditioner, most of the time turning it would be a waste of time (or two wastes of time if you spread it out first).

I bale n wrap for a mate that has a normal mower and a Lely 4 rotor thingy that he seems to love. He seems to spend a couple of days before baling running up and down knocking all the clover out of it and then rowing it up (‘rope-making’ we call it- most peculiar he seems to worry it sufficiently that it all knits together- at times you can see it being pulled into the baler from in front of the tractor!!)

Also( and this annoys me a bit) he gets a guy to come and row up with it, and he’s always fiddling with his phone so you get about 3/4 of the grass in one swath and 1/4 in the next. I don’t worry about making a tidgey bale to finish!

I aspire to make hay, but generally we don’t have the weather for it -rather have decent silage than rubbish hay!
 
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