Best second hand tedder £1800 - £2500

[DeeGee]

Lely tedders are good machines, but whoever told you the 600 is a good choice is a buffoon it is useless at both tedding and raking.

For your budget you could buy a very tidy 4 rotor or a very shagged out 6 rotor. I sold my old 6 rotor Lely and it looked OK as paint was shiny but it was fecked. I got 3.5 grand for it.

The four rotor Lely 600 tedder is brilliant, you won't find a much better 6m machine IMO. The 600 Combi however was designed to both ted and row up two 10' rows but did neither job very well.

 

[Mrfarmjunk]

Have you owned all three, from new, for more than a season?

Only owned a Krone. Worst machine we ever bought. From new and it just fell to bits. KV and Claas are from experience been a contractor, customers have/had them. Got to watch out for tine arms and guards going up the baler. Most changing machines for Kuhn or Fella round us.

 

[smcapstick]

Only owned a Krone. Worst machine we ever bought. From new and it just fell to bits. KV and Claas are from experience been a contractor, customers have/had them. Got to watch out for tine arms and guards going up the baler. Most changing machines for Kuhn or Fella round us.

There are a lot of Krones around here. I have bought and sold a number of them - all in excellent condition, even with a few years on them. You must have had a Monday morning/Friday afternoon machine.

 

[Monty]

Despite what others will tell you, I think the lely 600 makes a decent job of tedding plus it's almost as big and quick as a 6 rotor. They are also built like a brick house and stronger that the larger 6 rotor lely tedders. Would definitely recommend one. Any tedder will chuck the grass in the air, fan it out and dry the grass. Ours makes a much much better job than the haybob it replaced simply because that threw the grass backwards in bogs without lifting it.

Ours is a 94 machine. Can't see it wearing out any time soon tbh

 

[Mrfarmjunk]

There are a lot of Krones around here. I have bought and sold a number of them - all in excellent condition, even with a few years on them. You must have had a Monday morning/Friday afternoon machine.

I'll never buy another Krone machine in my life. Not one machine round here. And I'm not far from amazon/Krone headquarters.

 

[robandles]

I can do you a new 5.2m 4-rotor Jarmet tedder. They are only £2,750 + VAT You'll get a TFF discount, too
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Morning

Do these rake as well as ted?
I'm also looking to upgrade from my Vicon 300 (it's cool so don't laugh too much) and was also thinking about a Lely 600 but considering I've seen them on eBay for 4k at 11 years old yours does seem a better option.

 

[smcapstick]

Morning

Do these rake as well as ted?
I'm also looking to upgrade from my Vicon 300 (it's cool so don't laugh too much) and was also thinking about a Lely 600 but considering I've seen them on eBay for 4k at 11 years old yours does seem a better option.

No - it's just a regular tedder. Adding features adds cost - there is no way a 5.2m dual use machine could ever be as priced low as £2,750 + VAT.

I do, however, do some reasonably priced rakes too!

Sipma 3.5m single £2,750 + VAT

Sipma 4.5m single £3,750 + VAT

 

[Jimmyjoe554]

Has anyone on here got a Jarmet 5.2 meter Tedder,I only have 5 acres off hay every year,it will not be doing much,and it’s only half price off a branded one,but it would be interesting to here from someone who owns one,or has used one!

 

[smcapstick]

Has anyone on here got a Jarmet 5.2 meter Tedder,I only have 5 acres off hay every year,it will not be doing much,and it’s only half price off a branded one,but it would be interesting to here from someone who owns one,or has used one!

I sold about 30 new ones. They’re a good machine for the price. They’re lighter than a Western machine, as you would expect, but perfectly capable when used properly.

The transport width is a bit wider than some other machines, too - about 10 feet at the top. Way out of the way of cars, but be careful when passing trucks and overgrown hedges!

 

[Jimmyjoe554]

how does it work tedding out a heavy crop off fresh cut green grass,and will it take two ten foot rows in one go?

 

[smcapstick]

how does it work tedding out a heavy crop off fresh cut green grass,and will it take two ten foot rows in one go?

It’ll do two 8 foot rows. They’re 5.2m, so around 17 feet wide.

Fine on all crops, just do as you would with any other tedder to do a proper job - drive at a speed that allows the machine to pull the crop apart, rather than bulldoze through it.

If you want to scale your grass out faster, you have to go wider. Not go up a gear.

 

[Jimmyjoe554]

In any off the ones you have sold,has much went wrong with them?is there a Tedder on the market that will row as well?

 

[Bullring]

In any off the ones you have sold,has much went wrong with them?is there a Tedder on the market that will row as well?

The only one that will row up is a lely combi one, 2 haybob rows behind, don’t know if it does a god job mind you.

 

[Jimmyjoe554]

Does anyone know how much a Jarmet 5.2 Tedder is going to cost?

 

[smcapstick]

In any off the ones you have sold,has much went wrong with them?is there a Tedder on the market that will row as well?

Only had one damaged. The operator drove past a house, rather too close!

Other than that, just tines and the occasional arm. The arms are just flat bar, though, so easy to make yourself. Even the tines are plain straight jobbies, so most fit. Old Krone types fit well. You just need to nip an inch off the ends to the match the other tines.

 

[aangus]

Does anyone know how much a Jarmet 5.2 Tedder is going to cost?

£2750+vat

 

[smcapstick]

£2750+vat

I bet they’ll be near double that, now.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Do you not still sell them?

 

[smcapstick]

Do you not still sell them?

Not any more, no. The company in Poland I was getting them through became rather too tricky to work with.

I would happily sell them again but only if I was dealing directly with the manufacturer. Somebody else has the franchise, though.

 

[aangus]

I bet they’ll be near double that, now.

Sorry hadn't looked at the date