Neat I&J Ground drive

[gwpoky]

Found this on youtube and had to share:cool:, if they where not so expensive I might get one, maybe someday.

Here comes fall I hope you all are well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DThHZ9rXkQ0

[J-L]

That is a neat video GW. Thanks for posting it. It sounds and looks like the plunger is working a little slow, but is working none the less. Surprised me how it didn’t seem to be working the team really hard. Don’t know if I’d want to bale 300 acres of heavy grass hay with it, but it’d do in a pinch if your tractor was down.
I would love to have one too and it would be hooked to an I&J mower if I were flush with money.

[Donn Hewes]

Although the video doesn’t show it we did plug that baler a couple of times. Just something to consider. You would need to make perfect hay with perfect windrows ever time. imagine plugging when you are out there by your self. just my two cents. Donn

[J-L]

Not surprised at it plugging Donn. Kind of stretching the limits on that cart it looked like. I found a baler with a Wisconsin motor that I need to go look at and I think that’s definitely the way I’d go.
That big cart should be more than enough to run a mower though. What about the smaller PTO cart on an I&J 7′ mower? Do you think it would work or would the big cart be needed?
Wes

[Donn Hewes]

I think their regular ground drive PTO (the video was of the heavy duty) cart will run their mower. The regular would also be good for a rake. The heavy duty did work well with the rotary tedder. The secret to a ground drive pto cart is matching the weight and traction of the cart with the job you want to do. Not enough and the machine quickly doesn’t operate as it should. Too much and you are wasting horse power. That is why baling or other things like it is hard to do. The job is hard enough that you don’t want to waste a bunch of horse power pulling an oversized cart, but make it a little lighter and it will not operate well as soon as the conditions aren’t perfect. Just hard to do.

[gwpoky]

I am surprised they did not have the wheel weights on the cart and that was a big baler I wonder if it would better on a smaller baler? I would love to get ride of my motorized baler, but when you look at how little fuel I used to run the baler vs. buying one of these carts, neat as they are, even when fuel hits 10 dollars it would take many years to pay it out just on the baler. Besides we are moving towards more loose hay.

P.S. It still has a very high cool factor:-)

[LostFarmer]

I just have a hard time seeing a baler on a ground drive system being effective. You can’t just stop and keep the pto engaged to to clear the baler. After a couple of rounds pulling out of the had doesn’t work either. Heavy hay would be a challenge as well. The baler with the engine would be a great way to go. I have wondered about an engine off an old VW Rabbit. Those little diesel engines were easy on the fuel. I thing they would work well on a baler.

I have a rotary tedder that I think the ground drive would be great with.

[drafthorsey]

Donn,

A friend came home with a ‘reel’ gang mower he bought from a golf course auction. I want one! 5 reel mowers built in a 3 forward 2 rear fashion. He mows his lawn with it hooked to a forecart. First problem he encountered is maintenance. It takes a lot time to keep it sharpened as it seems to want attention after 5 or 6 uses. But best mower I’ve ever seen for lawns that can be horse drawn.

Second, is there a ‘brush hog’ mower that can be horse drawn to use for field edges? Or am I going to have to keep paying the guy to come out with his tractor? Johnson grass really gets a hold on the edges along with other unpalitable stuff. Thought of goats, but I haven’t got the money to re-fence. Thanks Chad.

[Anonymous]

My goats wont even look at JG. I have it around my 90sq garden on one side. Never seen them eat it.

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