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Can you merge two 40' swaths with a 4 wheel rake?
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Big Ben
Posted 6/1/2023 22:19 (#10253212 - in reply to #10253190)
Subject: RE: Can you merge two 40' swaths with a 4 wheel rake?


Columbia Basin, Ephrata, WA
BryceH - 6/1/2023 20:05

Hello all,
We are thinking of putting up some dry land hay this year. We are close to a large population center and everyone owns a horse or cow here and needs cheap hay.

We will be swathing with a 40' Macdon D60D head. This will be fairly low yielding ground. Hoping between .3-.5 tons an acre. For that reason I would like to push two 40' swaths together to keep the baler moving along. They will land about 7' from outside of swath to outside of swath. There is a 4 wheel 3 point rake for sale locally. Can that merge those two together? If not what would you recommend for something quick and dirty? We only get a hay crop about one every 5 years.




There’s a 7’ void between the swaths, or both swaths and the hood between them only occupy a 7’ space? If the former, you’re going to need way more wheels. If the latter, a four wheel rake might do it. It’s not much rake but that’s not much swath either.



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