Tedders anonymous

K.G. · 02-10-2023 12:17pm #1

Is there any hope someone would start a support group for people with this addiction.these people don't realise what damage they are doing to themselves and those around them,its these people really suffer(mainly baler harvester and wagon drivers)

Sacrolyte · 02-10-2023 12:27pm

Hi. My name is sacrolyte and I have a haybob addiction. (that felt good)

kevthegaff · 02-10-2023 1:02pm

Luckily never bought one, slippery slope..

emaherx · 02-10-2023 1:08pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121184397#Comment_121184397

I've 2 haybobs that are older than me, both missing swarth dividers to make proper knots of the grass, luckily my baler man doesn't complain 😜

mahoney_j · 02-10-2023 2:22pm

Im Beyond help

K.G. · 02-10-2023 2:26pm

First step they say is to recognise you have a problem

K.G. · 02-10-2023 2:28pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121184545#Comment_121184545

As they say the clue s in the name its a haybob,not a silagebob

Jb1989 · 02-10-2023 3:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121184896#Comment_121184896

Handy small sized tedder there. There's Not always a need for a big wide one.

emaherx · 02-10-2023 4:27pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121184948#Comment_121184948

Won't disagree, a nice tedder is always on the wish list but there always seems to be something else with a higher priority.

Reggie. · 02-10-2023 6:48pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121184896#Comment_121184896

What price are they now

20k

Reggie. · 02-10-2023 6:49pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121185232#Comment_121185232

Thats an 8 rotor

893bet · 02-10-2023 8:35pm

I confess to having bought a new (new in 1993) tedder…….,and

and

to have kept the haybob just in case.

Dunedin · 02-10-2023 8:43pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121186490#Comment_121186490

😂😂😂

funkey_monkey · 02-10-2023 10:05pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121184896#Comment_121184896

Is it the angle of the photo or is that really wide?

Dozer1 · 02-10-2023 10:22pm

My dad bought a Zaga haybob 15 or so years ago it was used for 3 years and i retired it... anyone of you suffers want it for therapy

mahoney_j · 03-10-2023 6:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121186894#Comment_121186894

No really tidy machine ….an 8 rotor very tidy when all folded up

funkey_monkey · 03-10-2023 8:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121187427#Comment_121187427

Is that your yard? There is what looks to be a lovely traditional house there in the background.

mahoney_j · 03-10-2023 9:17am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121187585#Comment_121187585

Yes where my father and his family were reared …..14 people in a 3 bed house …1 kitchen 1 good 😀room and a toilet added in the 50s …..walls would take a bomb to knock them but roof needs work

funkey_monkey · 03-10-2023 10:32am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121187684#Comment_121187684

If you follow heritage houses of Ireland on Instagram there are some lovely places to get you inspired.

This looks like a lovely wee place:

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cxn_MF7sj6T/?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==

Aravo · 08-10-2023 8:10pm

My name is Aravo, I love hooking up the haybob here, it's usually a sign of some good old sunshine. It must be 35-40 years young. Still have the user manual for it. Not 1 winter has it seen outdoors. We used to be all posh dropping/increasing the wheel height depending on what we were at. Still used a bit. Less this year as we had no hay. Lost no left wide, left narrow, right wide, right narrow tines this year.

amacca · 09-10-2023 8:29pm

I have a small lely lotus so naturally I want a bigger one

Dad sold the haybob and square baler years ago

Tbh I'm relieved, it would just slowly get consumed by the ditch I'd have left it in meaning to get back to it.

memorystick · 30-10-2023 1:30pm

60 acres max per year here between hay and silage. Would a Lely 300 be sufficient? The 600 is a good bit dearer and a bit concerned about breakages in the linkages and stock.