Boohoo
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- Newtownabbey
Kuhn or Claas
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jpd
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- rep of irl
i think operation is as important as the machine
given the right operator
4 or 6 should do an equally good job
given the right operator
4 or 6 should do an equally good job
ollie989898
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With the typical British weather being what it is, im not sure what a safe acreage is these days.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
With smaller rotors, the tunes are sweeping the ground more closely, for more of the working width. So yes, more, smaller rotors might be marginally better, but also considerably more expensive and more gearboxes to go wrong in the future.
On a given budget, i’d Rather have a new 4 rotor than a used 6 rotor, or a newer 4 rotor rather than an older 6 rotor. Unless you are tedding lots of acres of course.
- Location
- West Kent
I've just found this post from @Martin Holden which explains it very well.
When I started out I could only afford a 4 rotor but if you can stretch your budget (or take advantage of finance deals) you would be best to get a small 6 rotor machine, something between 6 -7 metres.
When I started out I could only afford a 4 rotor but if you can stretch your budget (or take advantage of finance deals) you would be best to get a small 6 rotor machine, something between 6 -7 metres.
oakleaf
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- Location
- South coast of Ireland
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Most of the manufacturers like to make claims on how many mower rows their Tedder will take. Surely an irrelevance in hay, for anything but the first pass?
We used to have a 4 rotor Kuhn but it was a proper b*tch in heavy wet crops, so much so I’ve seen us head back into a field with a hand fork to level the big lumps before baling, now have a 6 rotor Lely and never had this problem and it will operate a a far faster forward speed.
oakleaf
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- Location
- South coast of Ireland
It can even be irrelevant on the first pass too as some people do this at an angle to the mower anyway.
I have tried this but seems to work better for me to follow mower initially.
oakleaf
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- Location
- South coast of Ireland
I dont agree with this claim at all.
Yes each wheel is on top of the swath but it doesnt matter cos rotors 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 are rotating into each other whereas the gap between the swaths is presented to rotors 2 & 3 which rotate away from each other.
Your land must be drier than mine
oakleaf
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- South coast of Ireland
Pure limestone here 
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.Pure limestone here
Bit boggier up here
- Location
- South West
Very true if on wet ground as straddling a middle row is massively better if tedding 3x 3metre rows than driving on 2x 3 metre rows as mud is very damaging to stock
pgk
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- Location
- south warwickshire
Anyone any experience of sip spider 4 row tedder?
I bought a 12 rotor Kuhn out of Italy a few years ago. Paid about 7.5k plus almost 2k shipping. Needed a fair bit of work even though only done 6 seasons. Must have turned most of Italy! Fantastic to use, spreads anything evenly and rips all lumps apart. totally stable on steep ground unlike the previous krone that rolled forwards out of work and missed the stuff. Output is amazing but the big difference is even drying in hay with very few green lumps at baling time as the small rotors caught almost everything on the first pass..
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
So since we've all agreed that small rotors are good, who's got the smallest? I'll start off at 4 rotors covering 4.6 metres.
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