4 metre hydraulic folding power Harrow

[Titch724BB]

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to buy a new 4 metre folding power Harrow and looking for some advice tips and experiences with Kuhn, sulky and lemken power harrows. These are the three nearest dealers in the area. Will be going on a fendt 724 and working in heavy clay ground. The lemken has 4 rotors per metre and I’m sure the Kuhn has 3. Is there much difference in power and finish between them. Thanks in advance

 

[Zebbedee]

We run 4m folding and 3m lemken on drills and get on very well with them have run amazone in the past but think lemken have the edge

 

[Vernon]

5m folding Kuhn here, was looking at 4m but 5 came up at a good price, good machine, nice level finish and don’t regret the bigger machine. T7030’s handle it ok, T7.235 well on top of it so be fine on 724. Not used sulky or Lemken so can’t comment on those.

 

[Phil P]

I have a 4m Kuhn (non folding) and a 4m KV (folding) I know your not looking at KV but what I will say is the Kuhn with 3 rotors/m copes far better on stony ground and is easy to drive (I usually run it on a 6520). The KV with 4 rotors/m tends to drag large stones and takes more driving as your pushing more soil (run it on a 6215r), however it does make a finer seed bed and does it quicker the the Kuhn.

 

[Robert K]

We have a lemken 4m rigid for sale if interested

 

[glasshouse]

I used to have trouble with tines hitting each other in the middle after a stone knocked them out of sync

 

[Spencer]

I used to have trouble with tines hitting each other in the middle after a stone knocked them out of sync

Just pull one of the side pto drives off turn the tines a little to move it over a tooth and away you go..

 

[glasshouse]

Just pull one of the side pto drives off turn the tines a little to move it over a tooth and away you go..

That only works till you hit the next stone
Its a pain in the rear
I went back to 4m rigid

 

[Spencer]

That only works till you hit the next stone
Its a pain in the rear
I went back to 4m rigid

I found dropping a rigid 4m onto a low loader for every field move more of a pain

 

[mo!]

Surely the first stage of looking at a 4m folding is have a strong word with yourself and not buy it! Cost per metre is crazy. Buy a 6m and go a bit slower.

 

[glasshouse]

I found dropping a rigid 4m onto a low loader for every field move more of a pain

That depends on how many stones you have and whether the driver notices the machine is out of sync before something breaks
Tfolding one also doesn't level so well

 

[KB6930]

Hi everyone,

I’m looking to buy a new 4 metre folding power Harrow and looking for some advice tips and experiences with Kuhn, sulky and lemken power harrows. These are the three nearest dealers in the area. Will be going on a fendt 724 and working in heavy clay ground. The lemken has 4 rotors per metre and I’m sure the Kuhn has 3. Is there much difference in power and finish between them. Thanks in advance

Heavy clay ground you definitely want the most rotors you can get I wouldn't touch h a lemken amongst our stones but if I was on clay it would be near the top of my list

 

[Ducati899]

I run a 5 meter folding Kuhn on a deere 6175,not the lightest of ground but it has no trouble running it

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Bought an Andy guest refurb 4m folding couple of years ago for a contracting job where access is an issue on some very stoney bank sides. Brilliant decision got rid of a knackered old 3m maschio and half decent 4m rigid amazone but needed either another 3m or folder for access so but the bullet and got the 4m folder. Guest refurb as good as new at more sensible premium over a rigid to new but took him a while to find a suitable donor to put through his process. Agree a couple less rotors better on stones and finish just as good in my opinion swooping gears about made bigger difference to get slightly faster rotor speed but not crazy fast to allow stones to clear.

 

[Spencer]

That depends on how many stones you have and whether the driver notices the machine is out of sync before something breaks
Tfolding one also doesn't level so well

Oh I usually notice straight away.. only had it happen once

 

[glasshouse]

The 6m kuhn folding one didnt do it, only the lemken

 

[fredf]

My son bought a 6M folding Mashio drives it with a MF 6490 the PH makes a good job and the driver likes it mainly for contracting so folding is very handy. 6M and 8M will be better for spares just put another 3 or 4M harrow on.

Tom

 

[Titch724BB]

5m folding Kuhn here, was looking at 4m but 5 came up at a good price, good machine, nice level finish and don’t regret the bigger machine. T7030’s handle it ok, T7.235 well on top of it so be fine on 724. Not used sulky or Lemken so can’t comment on those.

Do you have to a front weight on front on the 5 metre? Have been looking at the 5 metre but feel if wet year the extra weight will go against me

 

[Titch724BB]

We have a lemken 4m rigid for sale if interested

Thank you for the offer but looking for folding for easier transport going down country roads

 

[Vernon]

Do you have to a front weight on front on the 5 metre? Have been looking at the 5 metre but feel if wet year the extra weight will go against me

Sometimes. We can manage without weights but do pick a small set up if working on steep fields or travelling distance on the road.