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Read articles →This is a real-time, multi-day hay-making log rather than a spec review: the owner mows with a Range Road disc mower on an XR440, then teds, rakes, and bales mini round bales using a 25HP LS MT225S with a Range Road baler and tedder-rake combo. It covers hookup, windrow adjustment trial-and-error, twine-timing issues, hill performance, and hands-on impressions comparing round vs square bales. Best for buyers curious about small-tractor haying workflows and mini baler quirks.
An owner-operator testing borrowed/sponsored haying equipment on their own property and sharing candid, unpolished impressions, including things that went wrong.
It handled hills with no trouble, never bogged down, and the owner never felt tipsy even baling straight up the hill with the mini round baler attached.
The owner got good windrows running it on diffuse with the curtain positioned on one side, though the rake was unlabeled and he suggests trying collect next time.
The owner had not set the twine timing yet, and being angled on hills made it hard to see both sides of the pickup, causing twine to hang out.
Yes, the owner found they did not hurt his back as much, they rolled easily for stacking, felt lighter, and his family preferred them over square bales.
