Pint
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- Location
- East Sussex
Ahh, you'll be looking for a tidy 885xl or an 856 perhaps?
Classics Earning their keep.
- Thread starter Tha Ulsterscot
- Start date
IH 684
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- Location
- durham dales/cumbria border
how much
Pint
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- Location
- East Sussex
I don't personally have any of them for sale just a suggestion , that spiked your interest though
IH 684
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- Location
- durham dales/cumbria border
probably going to get a zetor or similar, iam wanting something about 10 year old
- Location
- south norfolk, uk
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
The two old girls before harvest last year hopefully they will be a good this year.
kneedeep
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- Location
- S W Lancashire
A sight of beauty
mb86
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- Location
- Barnard Castle
Goweresque
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- Location
- North Wilts
Now there's something you don't see much nowadays! The old Vicon side rake. Never understood why they didn't redesign them with a hydraulic ram to lift the wheels out of work at the end of the row. They always made a clean job of rowing up, but the inability to turn cleanly on the headland meant that the haybob was always going to take over.
- Location
- Mendips Somerset
Quick picture of the 80s Browns parked up after a busy day
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- Location
- Mendips Somerset
could do with that outfit here for a few days penmoel , got a few fields that need some lime , one of our landlords had similar fiat but 4x4 may have made an offer if i knew he was thinking of selling
mb86
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- Location
- Barnard Castle
Yes we use it most years in a light cut to make a decent row for the baler. Rowed that up with the haybob then put 2 into 1 with the side rake. Have wondered about putting a fixed drawbar and a trailer axle behind with a ram to lift it out as we have to row the headlands up first, bale them, then row the middle up. on the other hand i'd rather have a twin rotor rake!
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
does it not rope the hay all together?
Selectamatic
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- Location
- North Wales
I've only baled any real amount with a little baler, but from what I can see that is not such a bad thing...
With the baler going at a good forward speed, and in good condition to be able to take it, it does not really matter.
Roping together was mainly a problem with silage, precision chops etc, where a roped up swath would pull all in on one go, killing the tractor and making the job generally hard going...
Just my opinion...
mb86
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- Location
- Barnard Castle
No, Mind we haven't used it in heavy crops where it might do with the grass being longer.
Goweresque
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- Location
- North Wilts
I use a V rake (effectively two side rakes in mirror image forming a V) to row up all my hay, never had a problem with roping. Might be an issue in damper crops (ie silage/haylage) but in hay not a problem, even in heavy crops - this season some fields have been running at 125 small bales/acre, and the V rake has coped without a hitch.
Tha Ulsterscot
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- Location
- Greyabbey Co. Down.
That only happened with these type of rakes if the hay was turned a dozen times with the thing to wind it into a rope. If your only rowing up once or putting 2 into 1 its no problem. Its not a good machine for Haylage, as the tines run on the ground and can pull soil into the crop. Not good for fermentation. Already got the badge.
Goweresque
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- Location
- North Wilts
Here it is with one of my old DX90s in front.
mb86
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- Location
- Barnard Castle
I was going to get some photos of my neighbour silaging but he got contractors in, he usually uses i think a 590 and drum mower, 175 and kuhn rake, a 290 on a nh 716???? forager, 135 leading with barn door type trailers and a fermec on the pit. All tidy kit.