New Holland Baler BR770A string round bale

I purchased a used string New Holland BR770A baler a few years back.  It has auto wrap and command box with it.  I have found that each bale the auto wrap does something different.  It may wrap string every few minutes, it may go into auto wrap mode and never shut off, it may not trip at all, and sometimes it works as it should.  I have read the books I could find on the baler and have tried several adjustments.  I am not sure what else I need to do, but I have another hay cutting coming up in a month and would really like to resolve this issue.  Has anyone seen this issue or have suggestions on what I need to do?

New Holland Baler BR770A string round bale

946 Deere Windrow Width

How wide of a windrow will a 13' 946 swing tongue lay out? The conditioner rolls are about 9' wide - can you lay a 9' windrow?

946 Deere Windrow Width

Seeding failure,head scratcher

Neighbor seeded 2 fields with Alfalfa and a grass mix.
One field was beans last yr and other corn.
Seed was mixed with fertilizer and spread with airflow and rolled in.
He got a good stand and it was 3-4” tall and nice and green then leaves turned tan/brown and dried up.
Wind storm came threw and blew all the leaves off.Stems left standing.
The grass that was seeded was a lot thinner then should of been.
They have gone over all chemical application records and shouldn’t be issue with any carryover.Also the 2 fields had totally different chems last yr.
The dieing off of the plants was even across the entire field was no different in low ground or higher ground.So that pretty much rules out plant diseases.
I think it could be a screw up at fertilizer plant and to me the only thing that makes any sense.They said no way it could happen.
They looked into testing soil for chems but you have to test for specific chemical groups and no way of knowing what to test for.Testing for everything possible would cost over $1000.IIRC about $200 per test.
They want to reseed it.
They dug it up because waterhemp was coming in spots.
Sure seems risky to me to seed it again but that’s what they want to do.
Sure is a head scratcher.

Seeding failure,head scratcher

New Holland 575 baler help

We traded our NH 315 baler with a pan kicker for a 1990 NH 575 with a 72 belt thrower so we could get more capacity and have a newer baler. I want to change the gear box oil- can anyone tell me what the capacity is as the end of the  level check plug is broken off and I have no idea if there is the right amount of gear oil in the gearbox now?  I also want to change the oil and filter for the 72 thrower- will it self prime after the change or is there some procedure I have to go through?

 

TIA

New Holland 575 baler help

What do I have here?

I have aquired this 8 acre field recently. My goal is to put up hay from it.  I don't have a lot of experience in reclaiming a field and weed control.  What do I have here and what should be my best plan of attack?  Burning is out here.  I was going to knock it down with a stout flail mower that I have.  Should I spray before? after?  As of yet I do not know what the PH level is.  I'm assuming it is way out of wack. Any and all suggestions would be appreciated.

What do I have here?

The cost of second cutting OG

So, I have to admit that I cut my second and then third cutting in og before I wanted to to control the foxtail and crabgrass seed heads.  Made 13 bales to the acre on second, 10 bales to the acre on third.  Beautiful hay heavy bales.  No weeds, all leaf.  So many want it I decided to figure out exactly what it cost me.  5-6$/ bale for topdressing fertilizer, another 3-4$ machine cost including fuel meaning it's 9-10$ a bale just to cover my costs but not my labor.  I will be testing the market response to that today and tomorrow. 

 

The intangibles are I would have had the cost of bushhogging it twice for weed control and the grass would not have been in nearly as good a shape for the fall run on the first of August.  The fields are lush and dark green and growing.  Spraying the fields early next week for post-emerge foxtail and crabgrass control  and topdressed today with 250# CAN per acre.  Hopefully we will get some rain in August and have a nice later cutting with better math.

The cost of second cutting OG

Reclaiming hay field

My wife and I just bought a small 30 acre farm that will have a few horses.  I plan on putting up my own hay.  However, there is a 10 acre field that I must reclaim. I need some advise as t how to go about it.  I have attached a few photos showing what I am up against.  I'm not sure of the variety of weed that covers the whole field...but the bottom line is that it is a weed.  Burning is out of the question here.  I have a pretty stout flail mower that can bring it right down.  Should I do it now?  Spray?  Any and all suggestions will be appreciated.

Reclaiming hay field