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Originally Posted by Seahawk

We did hay for a winter crop for years. Not hard, frankly.

I sold my hay rake about ten years ago. I did the cutting and raking, but the baler was a friend of mines.



I can't find the picture of the automatic baler grabber and stacker we used...there is some really cool new designs as well.

Again, I didn't own it!

BTW, a lot of small animals get killed in initial cutting. Depending on the time of year, baby rabbits, snakes, field mice, etc. take a hit.

I hated that part.

This is interesting for what is basically a 'burb boy (not really a city boy either).

We've got a "yard" that is about 1.5-2 acres and I keep mowed pretty clean and short to keep snakes and critters to a minimum near the house and so the grandkids can play without us worrying. Then we've got stuff outside of that area that due to time, weather, whatever may not get mowed as frequently. I've mowed that stuff when it was 12-18" deep. I've seen lots of mice and rats when it gets deep like that. I haven't seen any dead critters, but I assume that's because when it gets that deep, we end up having to go pretty slow since we're mowing and not shredding. We really probably need a bigger tractor with a shredder, but that's not in the cards yet.