Which Topper

Farmer Roy

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
NSW, Newstralya
By time you find the topper in the nettles from where it was left last year grease it up and fit to tractor you could’ve had half of it strimmed,

i have a largish zero turn mower for the house yard, but a couple of small sections it doesn’t fit into, that I used to do with a small push mower.
However, by the time I get it out, make sure I have enough 2 stroke fuel, get the thing started etc etc, I now find it much quicker & easier to get the cordless Makita strimmer out & use it instead
 

Al R

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
West Wales
It’s roughish terrain - don’t think a ride on would cope - not one that would be same price as a topper. Might just go with a topper same width as tractor then or get a smaller offset. Flail or topper? Gonna leave the grass on floor and then hope sheep eat it up. I don’t have access to a rake or bailer so no means to get rid of it and I ain’t hand raking it!
Get the sheep to eat it first, it’s rare sheep will eat the cut grass unless starving, I’ve always found when I top what’s left after the sheep and sheep are still in the field they don’t eat the long stemmy cut grass and just nibble further down into the grass trying to get the new growth every day
 
This is correct!!! Lol

so an offset smaller topper or a 7-8ft topperI that width of tractor is what I’m after…nowt fancy or too expensive as only gonna be used twice a year!
 

Highland Mule

Member
Livestock Farmer
For 1.5 acres? Seems like overkill to me and an offset with inexperience seems a sure way of getting fence damage too. If the OP really wants a topper but also has grazing sheep then they should get the least complicated, most reliable machine out there, which means no hydraulics, no offset, no flails. Just a cover, a blade and a PTO shaft. The finish won’t matter either, as the sheep will tidy up what’s left behind.
 

Fendt516profi

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Yorkshire
For 1.5 acres? Seems like overkill to me and an offset with inexperience seems a sure way of getting fence damage too. If the OP really wants a topper but also has grazing sheep then they should get the least complicated, most reliable machine out there, which means no hydraulics, no offset, no flails. Just a cover, a blade and a PTO shaft. The finish won’t matter either, as the sheep will tidy up what’s left behind.
If sheep will tidy up what's let behind then I refer to my first post.
 
For 1.5 acres? Seems like overkill to me and an offset with inexperience seems a sure way of getting fence damage too. If the OP really wants a topper but also has grazing sheep then they should get the least complicated, most reliable machine out there, which means no hydraulics, no offset, no flails. Just a cover, a blade and a PTO shaft. The finish won’t matter either, as the sheep will tidy up what’s left behind.
Yeah that's good advice, thanks.

Found this - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17516650...rWm0gux1ROewuPmnI8prksEjg=|tkp:Bk9SR7j5pZ6-YA

think i'll make an offer!...whats people thoughts?
 

Highland Mule

Member
Livestock Farmer
Over-priced. Where are you in the country anyway? If in Scotland, give Scott at Wishaw a shout - he has others, but this is plenty good enough for your needs.

 

SFI - What % were you taking out of production?

  • 0 %

    Votes: 115 38.3%
  • Up to 25%

    Votes: 115 38.3%
  • 25-50%

    Votes: 42 14.0%
  • 50-75%

    Votes: 6 2.0%
  • 75-100%

    Votes: 5 1.7%
  • 100% I’ve had enough of farming!

    Votes: 17 5.7%

Expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive offer for farmers published

  • 207
  • 1
Expanded Sustainable Farming Incentive offer from July will give the sector a clear path forward and boost farm business resilience.

From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Sir Mark Spencer MP Published21 May 2024

s300_Farmland_with_farmFarmland_with_farmhouse_and_grazing_cattle_in_the_UK_Farm_scene__diversification__grazing__rural__beef_GettyImages-165174232.jpg

Full details of the expanded and improved Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) offer available to farmers from July have been published by the...
Top