This is the first year running this cutter( Flail ), its great, but it has developed a vibration. I was told it may get some a little vibration as time goes on. Not to sure about that. I don't se anything apparent that would be causing it. Where do I need to look, I did notice that maybe the clutch is wobbling some but maybe I didn't notice it before.
My 1411 seems to cut a little higher on the left side (hitch side) of the machine. You can see the difference looking accross this piece of Alfalfa. The pic was taken 2 days after I cut. Header floatation seems good on both sides, though I haven't attempted to measure it with a scale.
Oh, and to give you an idea of how dry we are, that is one piece of 18 acres of Alfalfa I mowed. It was all in blossom. 18 acres made 50 small squares.
I made a mistake this last spring. I got tired of going over a field with my disc and cultipacker and didn't get it smooth enough. 5 times over a field gets to me. The problem was mostly the sod from the previous years. It is sort of a different soil. When dry there is just no give in the soil. I did the same process on a field 2 miles away and it is just fine. I planted in orchard and brome and have a good stand, but it is very rough still. Any good recommendations on what to do? I don't think rolling it with some sort of heavy drum would work like I've seen suggested else where. Because driving over it with my swather and big baler hasn't changed it much so how could a drum? My first option right now is next spring while still in dormancy and moist is to run my cultipacker over it again with the pivot tracks in the same direction I cut and bale. But I am thinking also of buying a triple K that I see listed at the local JD dealer. It's cheap and probably needs new tools. Any other thoughts? Tearing it up and starting over isn't really an option. The cultipacker will tear some out, but not enough to make much of a difference. Given the price of grass hay seed and time to establish on 75 acres. My Teff field is the same roughness, but I can disc that up and start over next spring and this fall.
