M-J-G
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Did you price a side pull?
3m trailered mower conditioner
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- Co antrim
How u findin the massey 8s so far
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- Co antrim
Wev bought a 1365. Others may think theyr just old hat but iv mowed with a few different mowers and by far my favourite is a 1365. One thing i will say is mowin with a side mount its easier to judge to shave the dyke but the rest of the field i prefer a trailed
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Wellytrack
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Wellytrack
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I’ve used both and found mounted better on hills, be sensible what direction your turning and no troubles. At least the mower will always be in the same place, unlike the trailed.
Access of lanes much better with mounted, so too travel on the road.
Trailed mowers do seem better built however and deal with stresses better, a fatigued piece of chassis on a trailed is unlikely to fail quickly whereas the mounted would fall apart.
Access of lanes much better with mounted, so too travel on the road.
Trailed mowers do seem better built however and deal with stresses better, a fatigued piece of chassis on a trailed is unlikely to fail quickly whereas the mounted would fall apart.
Dave W
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I don't understand new things
It was a demo the mf rep put it on YouTube I wouldn’t know how! The 7720 on the trailer is my usual forager tractor the 8s was great for that job I really liked it and it had plenty of poke but it was 25hp more than ours. Only trouble is it was physically massive I’m not sure how it would fit our job
I bought a JD 1355 trailed brand new in 2008 . Cuts approx 230 acres a year .
It’s had 3 new skids last year due to wear and one conditioner tine, I change the gearbox and bed oil every two years. Think I paid 8.5k for it , it’s never let us down and probably still worth 5k.
All I’m saying is buy a decent trailed mower for the acreage and it will last for a long long time and cost little and be a lot kinder on your tractors than a mounted.
Also I think the OP wanted advice on which make to buy , not financial advice.
It’s had 3 new skids last year due to wear and one conditioner tine, I change the gearbox and bed oil every two years. Think I paid 8.5k for it , it’s never let us down and probably still worth 5k.
All I’m saying is buy a decent trailed mower for the acreage and it will last for a long long time and cost little and be a lot kinder on your tractors than a mounted.
Also I think the OP wanted advice on which make to buy , not financial advice.
ColinV6
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Gone up a fair bit in a year! We bought a brand new pottinger mounted start of last season for £11k!
Courier
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Used to cut 600 acres annually with a mounted 1.85 metre Kidd Clipper then traded it in for a trailed version of the same to cut 800 acres annually…which lasted us 13 years (10,500 acres) with sensible maintenance costs.
Wow! What could you cut in an hour? It couldn’t have been any more than 3 acres could it? That’s a lot of mowing hours in a year!
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- Co antrim
Is surprising how much work was done years ago with low hp tractors and small machines
Wellytrack
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My dad mowed about 2.5 acres an hour with a PZ 165. That was probably about 3 times as quick as what came before, the fingerbar.
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- Co antrim
Iv mowed plenty of grass with a 5 foot drum and now a 7 foot drum currently
Courier
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- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
4 / 5 cuts beginning 10th May over 4 farms each with different ideas about silage qualities
I moved from a samasz 7ft drum mower a few years ago to a 10ft pottinger novacat, it does make the samasz look silly tbh
ColinV6
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I cut 11 acres for hay last year with just our rear and it seemed painfully slow being used to front and rear. Next time I’ll get both on if we make hay lol.
4 / 5 cuts beginning 10th May over 4 farms each with different ideas about silage qualities
That’s good going! What tractor did you use it on?
Courier
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- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle