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New Holland #56 Hay Rake at Gordon St.Hilaire's Family Farm

Gordon St.Hilaire and his family farm continue to take viewers through the process of producing hay for our farm. We shared our Tedding machine last week and would like to share the next machine in the process which is our New Holland #56 rake. This machine puts the dried hay back into windrows to be baled. Our rake is a rolabar rake which means that it has only one reel. It is ground driven and uses many teeth that rotate on the reel to reassemble the hay into windrows to be baled by one of our two balers. This machine is easy to operate and requires minimal maintenance. This is another vital machine we use on our farm to produce top quality feed for our cattle.


New Holland #56 Hay Rake


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