Galfre machinery

[onthehoof]

anyone got any of their hay equipment, any good? Can you get spares?

 

[Fragonard]

anyone got any of their hay equipment, any good? Can you get spares?

They're soft. No problem with parts. Email Galfre, they'll tell you your nearest dealer.

 

[ploughman1963]

Had a single rotor rake for 5 (?) years now - not needed spares - does an excellent job. @neilo

 

[willy]

I have a 4 rotor rake, it’s a good rake but after year 2 we seem to break a rotor shaft at least once a year. Weak point is where the hole is drilled through the shaft.

 

[neilo]

I’ve had a single rotor rake for seven years and it works as well as any i’ve Used before. At the time, it was similar money to any decent secondhand rake from Kuhn etc.

It’s cheap & cheerful, and perfectly adequate for small acreages. A contractor’s machine it is not though. I welded a fatigue crack on it this week which, apart from replacing one bent tine, is the only thing i’ve Done to it apart from grease it (yes, I know, I have a grease gun).

Two local dealers still sell them, and the tine I had to replace was on the shelf, but not had to get anything else.

 

[Deutzdx3]

Decent machinery for the price, sold some tedders and rakes a few years back. Went to the factory and they were making their own gears at the time instead of buying them in. Still family owned.

 

[robs1]

Had a single rotor rake and it was fine for the price

 

[David.]

Got a single rotor rake, about 6 yrs old, £3200 new, been fine. Not had to do anything other than grease, but I like to think I am a bit careful.
Seen tedder at show and thought it looked about same as the lower range KV offering.

 

[Muck Spreader]

Have had a single rotor rake for 5 years with no problems other than we had to assemble it as it was delivered direct from Italy in a crate.

 

[Wellytrack]

Fleming - they of topper fame sold Galfre made rakes for a few years.

 

[Scribus]

Can't make head nor tail of their website -

http://www.galfre.net/

 

[Cowabunga]

Wasn't Galfre destroyed millennia ago in The Time Wars when nearly all the Time Lords apart from Dr Who and The Master and a few Daleks perished?

 

[Cowabunga]

Can't make head nor tail of their website -

http://www.galfre.net/

Probably written in old Galfreyan.

 

[ploughman1963]

Wasn’t they Galafre?

 

[Cowabunga]

Wasn’t they Galafre?

Probably just an alternative spelling. A mutation that developed over the eons. Let's face it, there have been multiple mutations.`
The place is run by alien lizards in disguise, you mark my words.

 

[Scribus]

Probably just an alternative spelling. A mutation that developed over the eons. Let's face it, there have been multiple mutations.`
The place is run by alien lizards in disguise, you mark my words.

Not all of them bother disguising themselves, have you seen the contenders for the Tory leadership?

 

[Scribus]

If not Galfre then who could be recommended? Perhaps McHale might find a market for farmer sized versions of their contractors machines.

 

[Deutzdx3]

If not Galfre then who could be recommended? Perhaps McHale might find a market for farmer sized versions of their contractors machines.

All the big brands do smaller machines around 3.2m and grease packed heads instead of oil immersed gearbox. Not sure why any one would want a 3.2m take though.