Easiest hooking on or off front and rear mowers?

Fendt516profi

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Yorkshire
One like this
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KB6930

Member
Location
Borders
Claas rear is very easy .

For a start you want your left lift arm 4 or 5 turns longer/lower than the right . As this helps to run the headstock level in work and it'll pick it up no bother as the headstock will be lying that way anyway.

Pick it up till you can latch both arms take the stand out drop it right down attach top link job done .

To drop off pull pressure relief rope for the catch drop the mower into float let the arms right down the top link and bottom hook catches will be more or less slack take top link out lift up drop the stand drop the arms

2 mins tops either way on or off
 

James

Member
Location
Comber, Down
Have a 2022 class rear and front mower and find no problem.back mower let pressure of lifting ram by a rope mechanism and lower on to one leg . Front mower is no problem either ,no stand needed just lock the ram with lever( front mower is a mover)

Sounds good. What are they like for following undulating ground?
 

Sebastian77

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Nottingham
I always think the secret to putting a mower on is taking it off correctly in the first place.

Amazing how many people don’t know you have to disconnect a spring or put a pin in somewhere to square take tension off headstock

We've always put a short length of 4x4 below the center "arm" on our novacat, then when you lower the link arms the weight comes straight off the headstock. Without it even if you lock the headstock off it will still keep dropping down and make the job a right pain in the ass
 

Down farmer

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Down
Sounds good. What are they like for following undulating ground?
First class (pun) at following the ground front is like back float’s on hydraulic suspension with brilliant movement in all undulating ground
Have used krone and Kuhn in the past with satisfaction but much prefer the class for cutting and following ground and seems easier driven also have topping skids which are easily fitted,does a good job as well but an expensive topper
 

James

Member
Location
Comber, Down
First class (pun) at following the ground front is like back float’s on hydraulic suspension with brilliant movement in all undulating ground
Have used krone and Kuhn in the past with satisfaction but much prefer the class for cutting and following ground and seems easier driven also have topping skids which are easily fitted,does a good job as well but an expensive topper
Great thank you
 

rookswood

Member
Location
Gatwick
Work with both McHale and Krone at work. Krone easycut mowers are fairly easy to put on and off but the Am series can be a right pain some times. Best to hook on are the McHale's, rear stands on 3 solid legs upright and the front has two stands and rests on the bed. Have the pair on and off in minutes.
 

icanshootwell

Member
Location
Ross-on-wye
My Malone disc mower is an A1 beetch to put on.. I have kind of sussed it now, but if I break the correct procedure... I have been known to swear a tad....
Your correct, on mine the tractor has to be bang on before you start, the arms will not lock in if your not, take a power harrow there is a tolerance you can get away with where the hooks just fall in. Even the stand on mine has no use, I will take a picture and show you.
 

Muddyroads

Member
NFFN Member
Location
Exeter, Devon
I don't have to do it or have done it that many times, thankfully, so I am not well versed.
Firstly need a bit of sleeper or block under back of mower to stop it falling back.
The ball pins are never quite equal heights, so one arm hitches up before the other. Obviously with the very nature of the mower, when lifting the arms to try and get the other on - it just pivots the headstock away.
No hydraulic link here - which would make it slightly less aggravating
Once you know you’ve got the lower arms in the right place, try putting the top link on after the first arm is latched, it will stop it rocking backwards.
 

___\0/___

Member
Location
SW Scotland
Our rear claas has the wee leg on a block of wood (not sure it makes any odds but thought I'd mention it) .
We line it up
lift arms and ball nearest mower clicks in
sometimes put the top link goes in at this point
Drop the arms ball furthest away from the mower clicks in.

Sometimes they both click at the same time but as mentioned elsewhere once lined up 2 minutes and it's on.
 

KB6930

Member
Location
Borders
I don't have to do it or have done it that many times, thankfully, so I am not well versed.
Firstly need a bit of sleeper or block under back of mower to stop it falling back.
The ball pins are never quite equal heights, so one arm hitches up before the other. Obviously with the very nature of the mower, when lifting the arms to try and get the other on - it just pivots the headstock away.
No hydraulic link here - which would make it slightly less aggravating
I've had my claas off and on hundreds of times over the years and not once has it went backwards. Definitely no bits of wood etc used either
 

Cmoran

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Galway Ireland
Bought a new malone side mounted conditioner this year and it’s a dream for taking on and off was afraid it would be hard work as always used trailed mowers up to this.
 

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