SilliamWhale
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I know of one that's not done much work on an elderly neighbours farm......hoping to pick it up...if and when he retires.
@Mickeymatbro isn't that old!
monkey metal mowers...
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@Mickeymatbro isn't that old!
His secondhand gear will be way out of my price range......
holywell farmer
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some makes seemed to have dropped drum and just make disc these days
Roy_H
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Yes a lot of good machinery has been totally ruined by hanging it on the back of tractor way too large for it. ( I have just seen a small hedgecutter which would look perfect on the back of a 4000 working on a huge tractor with three times the HP of a 4000. It looked ridiculous). Way back in 1975 I remember going on a one day training course about using The Howard Bigbaler, when talking about power requirement the guy lecturing us said "I don't recommend you hang it behind a Massey 135 but on the other hand don't put a Muir-Hill on it!"
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smcapstick
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- Kirkby Lonsdale
That's a very good point.
The PZs did years behind the 135 and the 265... but would they have last as long behind a 4wd NH TS110? Of course not.
Good observation
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you know you little twisterwhat have i started
Red Fred
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- Hants/Dorset border
I was thinking this- I run one of my two Samasz mowers behind a 90 when the original Fahr would have been on a 45. I have 2 because the 6ft was a bit slow, so after 7 years doing 200acres, it wasn't worth trading in although it has been fine, and I just bought a bigger one from our local family dealer. that is fine as well after 3 years use. Now Mrs Fred can do a bit to help out with the 6ft one on the IH574 if she wants some bales done for her pony!That's a very good point.
The PZs did years behinf the 135 and the 265... but would they have last as long behind a 4wd NH TS110? Of course not.
Good observation
For what it's worth, I've tried running my 9ft Major topper on the 90 and it drove me mad with broken shear bolts. On the little tractors, it is great (well, a bit flimsy in some areas, but it works great!)
People probably get carried away and go faster...just because they can.
Red Fred
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- Hants/Dorset border
I think it is because you are sitting up high in a bigger modern tractor which is boss of the job, whereas on the little old 45 you were down with the job and had a better idea of what was going on. And you don't realise that you are going a bit faster, being remote from the work.
And, frankly, with a 5 foot mower, it's painfully slow. The temptation to go up a gear is difficult to resist.
When I first used the PZ, it was on a Ford 4000. 1st high in a thick crop, 2nd high in a light crop. And that was it. 3rd high was really a road gear, and totally out of the question.
When I first used the PZ, it was on a Ford 4000. 1st high in a thick crop, 2nd high in a light crop. And that was it. 3rd high was really a road gear, and totally out of the question.
And in a thick overhanging crop, you can't see bugger all......so down to 3 foot, to be sure.....
Selectamatic
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- North Wales
The PZ Factory, home of the original and best mower of it's type is now owned and run by Kuhn.
They still produce the Mower's and Haybobs there, to broadly the same spec as the originals.
If you want a 5ft 6ins Mower made to the same original standards as the well respected PZ units, let me know, we have one in stock, ready to go.
Price will be higher than their competitors, but you get what you pay for...
They still produce the Mower's and Haybobs there, to broadly the same spec as the originals.
If you want a 5ft 6ins Mower made to the same original standards as the well respected PZ units, let me know, we have one in stock, ready to go.
Price will be higher than their competitors, but you get what you pay for...
Red Fred
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- Hants/Dorset border
The one I always liked was our New Holland drum mower in the '70s. It had a shaft drive instead of belts. It lasted years, but I don't know if anyone still makes them?