Modified Haybine Halves Cutting Time

Modified Haybine Halves Cutting Time HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Mowers 38 With a homebuilt $1 000 bracket and a couple new 7560 New Holland haybines Willie Albrecht reduced the time and fuel it took to cut his hay last summer “I cut 270 acres in 9 hrs on 100 gal of diesel fuel with one operator ” says the Athens Wis farmer Additional savings will come in a few years when he trades in the haybines for new ones and their resale value will hold strong “The resale value of bigger mowers is lousy ” Albrecht says The smaller 15-ft haybines have a much better resale market to smaller farm operators Plus one of his haybines will have practically new components “I took the hitch and wheels off one and stored them in the shed ” Albrecht says He attached the head on the bracket he built for the front of his tractor which has a 3-pt hitch and pto shaft The haybine is secured with three pins “I bought a New Holland because it has a center gearbox that swivels I spin it backward to make it work ” Albrecht says As it cuts hay in front of the tractor a second haybine cuts off to the side to create a 30-ft swath With a 300 hp tractor Albrecht says he can cut hay at 20 mph He’s considering adding another haybine on the other side to make a 45-ft cut next year Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Willie Albrecht R 381 East Townline Rd Athens Wis 54411 ph 715 297-2323

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