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That's not a 2100
My single chop cuts more than that thing
That's not a 2100
You might be disappointed in the 2100 thenThat's not a 2100
My single chop cuts more than that thing
Have you seen the 2100 in action?You might be disappointed in the 2100 then
do you know the fellas name that has it?That's the one I am going to see.
The owner says its a brilliant machine. He only bought it for zero grazing but when he saw it in action he put in his silage with it instead of the precision chop. He was very busy last week so I said I'd leave it.. I don't need one. My interest is only borne out of curiosity and my neighbour needs to upgrade
We actually made conventional hay bales after mowing using our kidd dc. Leaving the back open and going at a good pace leaves the grass like a conditioner. Too slow and it chops it up too much....Kid Double chop, open back flap acts as a mower, leaves it in good rows, run back over 24 hours latter and pick it up , I thought everyone did that before precision chops took over
What killed double chops was they were to slow .you cant get enough through that small drum . You spend you life unblocking it if you try and push it . For the litte extra cost of a precision chop it's a no brainer , neither is the improvement in quanlity by wiltingReading the Bales Vs Pit thread thought I'd share this.......
Last June I cut 10 acres of whole crop wheat with my fairly up together tidy New Holland Double Chop, did it all on my own one Saturday, filled trailers pulled them in and tipped then pushed it up, went back and cut a bit more. 2 x 5 acre fields on 200m from pit. Only did it on my own as no one else about that weekend.
Now it made lovely stuff (I topped it off with 2 loads of grass) and the beef bullocks (12 month stores) loved it, wish I'd made more.
Now I am seriously thinking about doing a few more acres this year but what about Grass Double Chop? We have the kit and the man power so I think I might do less bales and see how we get on doing some.
What do you reckon, many people in South West doing Double Chop these days?
NB. It is a little hard mentally when you are crawling along cutting 5ft with 160hp on the front...... perhaps I should find a smaller tractor for the harvester so tempting to flick up a gear.... only to push the crop down!
I spent my late teens and 20s unblocking the auger at the back,and putting another brass shearbolt in.I ended up doing it in my sleep.Although strangely enough,i still have a fondness for them.Maybe because i had family team and farmworker(almost part of family aswell) around.All long gone now.What killed double chops was they were to slow .you cant get enough through that small drum . You spend you life unblocking it if you try and push it . For the litte extra cost of a precision chop it's a no brainer , neither is the improvement in quanlity by wilting
What a job unblocking the chuteI spent my late teens and 20s unblocking the auger at the back,and putting another brass shearbolt in.I ended up doing it in my sleep.Although strangely enough,i still have a fondness for them.Maybe because i had family team and farmworker(almost part of family aswell) around.All long gone now.
yep been lifting today with menglee mower runing field infront of me farmer didn't want it to dryIf the weathers like it is now a double chop will be the only thing that can make good silage
Wonder how many choppers have been to unblock this last week in the uk due to dry silage [emoji23]
You hardly know what became of that harvester.That's the one I am going to see.
The owner says its a brilliant machine. He only bought it for zero grazing but when he saw it in action he put in his silage with it instead of the precision chop. He was very busy last week so I said I'd leave it.. I don't need one. My interest is only borne out of curiosity and my neighbour needs to upgrade
I never got around to seeing that machine.You hardly know what became of that harvester.
We bought a 2018 DC 2100 in ga Allen,s a few years back. Some lad had bought it out of mills to zero graze and do his silage but then traded it against a wagon. Wonder is it the same harvesterI never got around to seeing that machine.
Yes sounds like it.We bought a 2018 DC 2100 in ga Allen,s a few years back. Some lad had bought it out of mills to zero graze and do his silage but then traded it against a wagon. Wonder is it the same harvester