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62 and sunny here in srn NH. Sunny, with a high near 83, forecast for today.
I was playing touch tag with my wife who was running the rake right in front of me the other day in similar conditions. Wind was so bad a couple of times that it blew the hay out of the rake curtain"Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. Heat index values as high as 107. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph."
Forecast for us today. 77 degrees at 15 minutes to 7 in the morning. Hoping to roll with the big square all day. Raking will be interesting with this wind.
We’ve tried playing tag with rake and baler before, and it doesn’t really help. 1) the hay is most vulnerable to blowing away just as it comes off the rake, and the baler can’t possibly be right there. 2) having the baler tractor right behind the rake amplifies the wind hitting the windrow between the rake and baler tractor, and under the baler tractor, and a windrow that freshly laid down is more vulnerable to blowing away than if it has lead for a few minutes and settled. The solution to wind and raking I think would be something like a canola roller. Someday I will make one . . .I was playing touch tag with my wife who was running the rake right in front of me the other day in similar conditions. Wind was so bad a couple of times that it blew the hay out of the rake curtain