Fransgard RV390

[ste]

Don't want this to decend into a 'should buy 2 seperate machines' thread.

Making 25-30 acres of hay per year, have been using a hayzip for the past 10 years, but that has now died a death. I was looking at a new haybob, but for a bit extra can get a RV390.

Are they any good? We're happy with the quality of the work of these type of machine, as we know how to set them up and use them properly.

The other possibility is a Galfre 4 rotor tedder and 3m galfre rake, but wouldn't be able to change the mower as well, plus think its overkill for the little acreage

 

[Dave W]

Good machines. Heavier built than haybobs. Can be a bit problematic if you've got any tight gateways

 

[hillman]

How would the Kuhn 360 fare ? As would be able to put two swaths into one ,don't have experience of one ,just curious

 

[ste]

List about £600 more, only able to spread at 3m, definatly not as strong looking as the Fransgard.

Looking at about £2800 for Haybob 300, £3800 for Fransgard, and £4400 for Haybob 360, or around £5200 for the Galfre set up of 2 machines

Above prices before bartering

 

[super4]

I went from a haybob to the fransguard, I found the fransguard much stronger and being heavier the speed of travel could be quicker than the haybob, I had issues with hay getting between the rotor and gearing on the fransguard that needed sorting a few times, and parts were expensive. I found road travel ok but they are wide and another reason to keep the springs up together to stop the tines falling and causing a problem. I have since bought a separate rake and tedder and now will never go back to a haybob type machine for hay making again.

 

[hillman]

I saw couple of weeks ago in farmers guardian I think hallmark tractors had Kuhn 360 for£2900

 

[balerman]

A 360 is a super rowing up machine,teds the same as a normal haybob,good strong machine.

 

[UKFarming]

I know a couple of people in my local area who brought the Enorossi machine in the link below this season and have got on well with it from what they told me so it might be another option for you. I had a look and it seemed to be very well made and according to info on the web page it does 6 different jobs which is useful.
http://agrimarketia.com/agricultura...ultural-machinery/dr420-4r-tedder-rake-combo/
http://agrimarketia.com/agricultura...ultural-machinery/dr420-4r-tedder-rake-combo/

 

[hillman]

Any idea of price uk farming of that rake looks good not quite sure of its tedding do

 

[Simon Chiles]

Don't want this to decend into a 'should buy 2 seperate machines' thread.

Making 25-30 acres of hay per year, have been using a hayzip for the past 10 years, but that has now died a death. I was looking at a new haybob, but for a bit extra can get a RV390.

Are they any good? We're happy with the quality of the work of these type of machine, as we know how to set them up and use them properly.

The other possibility is a Galfre 4 rotor tedder and 3m galfre rake, but wouldn't be able to change the mower as well, plus think its overkill for the little acreage

I had a Fransgard 390, it replaced a hay bob, and I used it for many years and it probably turned and rowed up thousands of acres. I have now replaced it with a lely Combi and a single rotor rake. The Fransgard was a very well built and strong piece of kit that really was no bother throughout it's working life here and it was still going strong when I sold it. The tandem wheels help to ride better on rougher ground than the single tyres of the Hay Bob and it was easier to swap the tines over between raking and tedding. Like all dual purpose machines you need to adjust them between tedding and raking to get the best out of them, the rotors need to run horizontally when raking and need to be tipped forward for tedding. Because of it's ease of transport and fast operating speeds, work rate was not that much less than a dedicated Tedder especially in the small fields we do around here. On the subject of transport it is possible to get it's transport width under 3m, you have to swing it into the transport position then pull the outside tines out of their raking/tedding position and fold them backwards and forwards so they are flat against the side of the rotor. By not allowing the tines to stick out reduces the transport width considerably and makes the difference between being easy on the road and a nightmare. It was also good at knocking several rows into one and turning rows of wet straw over onto dry ground.
With a decent operator, one that will drive at the right speed and vary the pto speed to the job, it will do a very tidy job. With an operator that can't be bothered it can make lumps just as well as any other machine will, with the added danger of the baler driver punching his lights out.
For the amount of work you have to do it would serve you well and if you look after it it would last you for ever.

 

[norse]

Don't want this to decend into a 'should buy 2 seperate machines' thread.

Making 25-30 acres of hay per year, have been using a hayzip for the past 10 years, but that has now died a death. I was looking at a new haybob, but for a bit extra can get a RV390.

Are they any good? We're happy with the quality of the work of these type of machine, as we know how to set them up and use them properly.

The other possibility is a Galfre 4 rotor tedder and 3m galfre rake, but wouldn't be able to change the mower as well, plus think its overkill for the little acreage

We ran an RV390 many years ago and as said a stronger machine than most of the others we had little trouble for 5 or 6 years then we changed it for a new one that was never as quiet as the old one,we shimmed up the right hand crown wheel and pinion but was still noisey but as we were doing more contract bailing we went down the seperate twin rotor rake and tedder route,to sum up ithink that the weak point on the RV390 is definately the crown wheel and pinion and at £600+ not cheap.

 

[AMIA_Ltd]

Any idea of price uk farming of that rake looks good not quite sure of its tedding do

hillman, I have just come across your post on here about the Enorossi DR420 and I have just sent you a quick PM.