Vicon tedder like a lely cock phesant

gaura

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Hi just recently bought a vicon tedder similar to the cock pheasant. would any one know the name and any info about them and how they are rated would be great. It seems more like a swather. Thank you
 

David.

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Mixed Farmer
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J11 M40
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Is that it?
 

Henarar

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Somerset
Thank you yes thats it do you have any experience using one .Regards Grahame
we had one I can just about remember it being in the shed when I wasn't very old but never used it or seen it used
they had the advantage over a cock pheasant of the tines being mounted on webbing so they had some give if they hit the ground, they were meant to lift the hay with the help of the draft they created hence the name fan ted
have you got one ?
 

old vin ag

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The Vicon Lely Fan Ted never had the sales volume of the Blanch( British) Lely Cock Pheasant, certainly not in the UK anyway. I started working in 1968 for Blanch Lely which was there trading name at the time. The Vicon Fan Ted had quite heavy tines bolted to a heavy Belting this made its Tedding action rather more violent in action which farmers with clover in there grass mixtures were not always happy with. The down side to the Cock Pheasant was the long tines for windrowing 2 swathes into 1. Where the crop was cut with a flail mower which was considered the way forward in the Late 60's it was difficult to make a clean job as the shorter length of the dry crop would tend to drop through the tines. Enter the Golden Pheasant which was called that because of its yellow windrowing doors. This then improved the windrow ready for the baler considerably. In the the photo of the Fan Ted you will see that it is fitted with removable doors for windrowing 2 rows into 1. Another some what little used idea was that the gearbox on the Cock Pheasant could reverse the rotor to change the crop flow from travelling over the rotor and through under the hood to just a back kick flicking action, from memory I can't remember it this reverse action was possible on Fan Ted. The Cock Pheasant was a copy of the Jones 2 row Tedder of simular design. Thousands were made over the product run of in excess of 9 years latterly at the new British Lely factory at Wootton Bassett near Swindon where I was based working as demonstrator and service engineer. The Vicon Lely Fan Ted was built in Maasland in Holland and distributed by Vicon Farm Machinery who were based in Ipswich.
 

8100

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Location
South Cheshire
Always wondered how the cock pheasant worked .I got sent Chelford to pick one up a friend had bought in the monthly sale.I was about 14 i think and had to endure been bounced about on a little 3011 Zetor by the big lump of a tedder.Never used it in the end for some reason and often wondered about its performance :)
 

timff

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The Cock Pheasant was a lump of a thing, and used to throw the Dexta around on any field which wasn't flat but twice as quick (literally!) as the old Wuffler which was mind numbingly slow. The Flying Pheasant was an option for Majors or 4000's or 165's as they were three point hitched.
 

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