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smcapstick

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Kirkby Lonsdale
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... :whistle:
They don't make Haybobs there, any more. They are made by Mesko-Rol in Poland - red and green for Mesko-Rol, orange for Kuhn and red for Fleming and Zagroda (the ones I supply).

The old PZ plant still turns out the drum mowers, though. It's mostly a baler factory, with some wrapper and very limited forager production.
 

davedb

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Location
Staffordshire
Had to put a new top shaft in a Samaz mower last year, it had helical cut gears which according to weaving machinery were un heard of in one of them mowers, so had to have 2 new gears with straight teeth, the shaft wasn't particularly soft but was only used behind a leyland 270 so can't of been to robust either
 

Mursal

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Never ever lift the older PZ165 when working or sure as anything the shaft between the two drums will crack then break. So the first thing you want to do is lift it.
 

spin cycle

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Location
north norfolk
now then...shopping on fleabay...class corto 165n....class wm165....pz170....or new talex,wirex.....sh samaz ,landmec....all about the same money....visually appear similar:scratchhead:

late runner a fella km 167
 
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Never ever lift the older PZ165 when working or sure as anything the shaft between the two drums will crack then break. So the first thing you want to do is lift it.
Also note that the earlier 4 belt mower uses a smaller shaft between the two drums than the newer 3 belt mowers, never had any problems lifting it when in use, only with the remains of hidden tree stumps from trees that I've never seen that were removed 50-60 years ago:rolleyes:
 

Roy_H

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Then a horse girl (Mrs Fred, obviously :) ) rides past and you wobble down to 2ft.
I will tell you the worst "wobble " I ever had when cutting hay. I was just opening out a 60 acre field situated by a main road. It was a good crop and the grass was tall and very thick. The grass was flowering and the disc mower was kicking up a lot of pollen . It was just like fog. All of a sudden I saw a naked woman face down just a few yards in front of the cutterbar, in fact I stopped just in time before I hit the 'torso'.:nailbiting: The 'murder victim' turned out to be a mannequin, a dummy from a shop that some clown had thrown over the hedge. Of course I breathed a sigh of relief, I got out of the cab and threw the damn thing in the hedge bottom but 2 or 3 rounds later my heart was still beating like crazy.
 

smcapstick

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Location
Kirkby Lonsdale
Weight and bulky for the ordinary couriers, no?
Only a pallet ride away (y)

a joke i think:)....i've seen your mower to.....always look nice in the photos cos of the nice yard backdrop:)

fella is close and looking tempting though:scratchhead:
Delivery to Norfolk would be around £120 + VAT. Some self-assembly would be required, though, as it would be folded up.
 

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