Ford 4000 Tractor Cutting Hay

Hello again young man, a few tips for you. 1. When driving your tractor's, never ride the clutch! Always put your left foot on the tread plate otherwise you will cause premature wear to the clutch disc. What you are doing is pressurizing the clutch pressure plate which allows the clutch disc to momentarily slip. This takes the meat off the disc or it can put a glaze on it which makes it less effective. 2. Hay, the hay you cut in this video is very mature and as such dusty because the seeds have dried out and are ready to fall. The best practice for cutting hay in my opinion is laid out below. A. Allow the seed head to form and then dry out but do not let the seed head get too dry and go brown otherwise the grass begins to die back. This results in over dry, dusty hay which is bad to mow, bale and handle. B. Cut the hay after 11am in the morning and before 3pm in the afternoon. This allows the Sun to warm the grass up effectively by which time the sugar levels in the grass have risen so when you mow the grass the sugar is trapped in the stalks and it makes it more palatable for livestock to eat and convert into meat of milk. Cutting too soon or too late in the day yields low sugar content and as such poorer quality grass. C. Your mowing technique. I always go into a hay field and mow it from the outside in. So, mow with the fence or wall to the left side of the tractor and go around the field three times. Then I take the middle of the field out and then do the final back swath (with the mower up to the fence but not touching it) last of all.

I have one. These mowers came out in the 1970's and was the beginning of the end of the sickle bar mowers. They would cut anything standing or not. Never clog and maintenance free. You see how easy to change blades. They basically float on the ground but can cut a bit shorter than you like. No adjustments for cutting height. Quite heavy unit too. They did come with a full deflection apron. Is very risky to mow without one. Zwegger brand mowers.

I am from Nicaragua and i just come to Hungary and here i see one verry nice they work well.

Keep working support yourself

A me piace molto questo lavoro con il trattore di agricoltura 😆😆👍👍

I've never seen a mowing machine like that before

Moc dla dorosłego a kosa dla niemowlaka.

Foarte frumos a mers . Dau strainii astia niste indicatii de crapa pietrele😂

Dam that's a big field

Very good job

Nice Ford 4000, are going to bale the grass.

Also lads sometimes the clutch pedal is heavy or hard to press therefor it's able to hold the weight of your foot with out it going down. Or engaging

I rember the old school sickle mower's

Never seen anything like that looks like it would cut anything.

Frumos clip!

Thanks all for your support. I'm glad to see people like you!

good

hum looks like it cuts an puts in wind rows at the same time ?

Never saw a mower like that in the states. We don't have to put license plates on farm tractors here. Looked like it was doing a good job mowing.

Yes, those new blades are cutting very well. I am concerned that the "Cutting Drums", should not be used "Without" the metal top cover, it has been removed, also there should be a protective skirt hanging from the top cover! I hope You realise? If your blades hit a stone: "You could be killed". Not to mention the Camera man, following on behind the mower??? Don't use it until the "Guards" are put back on! A little knowledge can be dangerous??? Stay safe. PS, if the blades hit a stone in your direction: You won't know about it, until it's too late. Please take note, I started farming, a long time ago. 👍🇬🇧