are green Polish made drum mowers any good?

[startinghandle]

it is not for me as we have finished farming... but my cousin's mower is about worn out so will need something for next year. I have seen photos of drum mowers made in Poland , they are green and look similar to the Fahr KM22 but know nothing about them, so can I give my cousin good news thanks in advance

 

[Dave W]

There's a few different brands. Some are absolutely dire. Some are half decent.
None will be as good as a tidy used pz/sip/kv etc

 

[PuG]

We've run the same Samasz drum mower for well over ten years, 2.10 model. TBH simple, does the job, drive shaft failure last year which we just turned a new collar and welded on, probably going to fit it this winter with new blade holders. Actually now looking at a 3 meter front Samasz mower, specially considering price!

 

[Still Farming]

Good Mowers had several.

 

[nick...]

@smcapstick will know
Nick...

 

[spark plug]

A friend has a Talex, dose a job but I have had to weld the headstock back together. I think they have beefed up the headstock on the new ones a bit so may be ok now.

 

[Adeptandy]

Having purchased a piece of Polish kit, ( not a mower ) a phrase springs to mind, " you get what you pay for " they're ok, but be prepared for a bit of maintenance

 

[hendrebc]

Having purchased a piece of Polish kit, ( not a mower ) a phrase springs to mind, " you get what you pay for " they're ok, but be prepared for a bit of maintenance

I had my 4 year old polish sprayer through an MOT today. A few llittle things wrong like a couple of leaky pipes but nothing actually wrong with it just little niggly things. Fine for light use if I was doing a lot id get a better one but like you say you get what you pay for.

 

[Flat 10]

I have a samasz for sale, I like it, only selling as mate has bought a big moco and does a nice job at reasonable price.

 

[Agrispeed]

I think the biggest problem with these is that the headstocks don't really work on bigger tractors. My PZ doesn't sit right behind anything bigger than about 50hp.

 

[egbert]

it is not for me as we have finished farming... but my cousin's mower is about worn out so will need something for next year. I have seen photos of drum mowers made in Poland , they are green and look similar to the Fahr KM22 but know nothing about them, so can I give my cousin good news thanks in advance

If the green one you're talking about is a Samasz...(or however it's spelled)........

We're very hard on mowers, due to igneous issues (and generally heavy handed incompetence I admit), and are on our 2nd.
We do manage to break them, but I've found our trusty man/van/box of spanners can source a part affordably from the importer -who has proved very reliable, straight and sensible- and fix em.
This has not proved to be true of others.
Gave up on whatever PZ is branded now (kuhn?) , as the quality seems to have nosedived.
Tried expensive (German?) Fella, but single impact with boulder resulted in eyewatering parts bill, and it still wasn't right.
Another el cheapo eastern European was such a pile of pants it might as well have been made of cheese.

 

[Jameshenry]

I think the biggest problem with these is that the headstocks don't really work on bigger tractors. My PZ doesn't sit right behind anything bigger than about 50hp.

I found the same, samasz 165 wouldn't clear the back tyre on a ford 4610 !!

 

[Still Farming]

I found the same, samasz 165 wouldn't clear the back tyre on a ford 4610 !!

Adjust lower link pins maybe.
Undo lock nut to slide in or out to adjust tracking .

 

[Jackov Altraids]

I used a samasz for years with no problems. Eventually snapped the shaft but wasn't too expensive to fix and now just use it for rushes[big ones].

 

[smcapstick]

Samasz and Talex are the main Polish brands. Both are good.

There are some other, lighter brands but they tend to be a bit lightweight for our needs - they’re designed for those little twin cylinder Ursus tractors.

 

[Flat 10]

My samasz has a modified headstock to allow use on bigger tractors. It’s in the classifieds. Bargain end of season price

 

[Jameshenry]

Adjust lower link pins maybe.
Undo lock nut to slide in or out to adjust tracking .

Had it adjusted out as far as i could but it still wouldn't completely clear the back wheel , the pto shaft was at a bad angle too, ended up selling it and buying a krone disc mower, no problems whatsoever with that and clears the wheel track easily

 

[Still Farming]

Had it adjusted out as far as i could but it still wouldn't completely clear the back wheel , the pto shaft was at a bad angle too, ended up selling it and buying a krone disc mower, no problems whatsoever with that and clears the wheel track easily

Strange that?

 

[Jameshenry]

Strange that?

Yes i was a bit baffled by it tbh, not like a 4610 is a big tractor although it's on 16.9 tyres

 

[smcapstick]

I found the same, samasz 165 wouldn't clear the back tyre on a ford 4610 !!

There is no reason why a standard 165 mower wouldn’t clear the back wheel of a 4610. I’ve had several and all fit tractors of that size or larger, such as Massey 290s or my old Renault 75-34.

Did you buy it new? It sounds as if you’ve had one of the compact models - I have a new 135 mower in, now, with that arrangement. They have a shorter crossbar and headstock to suit larger compact tractors and MF 135s, etc.