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<blockquote data-quote="melted welly" data-source="post: 7277259" data-attributes="member: 37168"><p>we have an RM and it’s ok......... you can get the parts from the javelin guy who does Irrifrance kit as well and is really really helpful, can’t remember name offhand though. </p><p>2 major flaws with the RM reel I’ve found are:</p><p></p><p>1. The pipe on ours is pretty crap, and it has a horrible habit of splitting at the gun end. Ours is a late 90s model, and this pipe was a warranty replacement after the original stretched and burst in the first yr. Ours tends to bend as it lifts the gun. This is because when it pulls in, it lifts the gun by pivoting on the lifting frame, using the pulling motion on the pipe as the means to pivot the frame and lift the gun. Ours would split on average once a season, but sometimes do the whole of one or 2 seasons then split several times the next. Not hard to fix yourself but a massive pain in the arse, fiddly and time consuming.</p><p></p><p>2. It needs to be lowered onto the ground to rotatate it into work position. It’s a bit of a nuisance, especially if your ends aren’t bowling green level or have been tracked. You’ve to power it round with tractor hydraulics and the motor is pretty weak so in less than perfect conditions you need to put the shoulder into it whilst simultaneously holding the spool handle.</p><p></p><p>On the whole you get what you pay for, it’s not a premium product in my opinion but it works away, the computer control unit is very accurate and reliable and when it’s going in easy conditions, it’s a fine bit of kit, but ours suffers from quality issues. I’m sure in the intervening 20 odd yrs since we purchased ours, the pipe issue would’ve been addressed but I’d be checking it closely on 2nd hand machine for scratches, gouges, damage and flat spots.</p><p></p><p>Also have a wrightrain which is older and totally mechanical, personally I prefer using it as you can set the angle of the reel on the chassis and pull it along the end without the palaver of setting it straight behind the tractor every time to do so. Makes for a much faster move than the RM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="melted welly, post: 7277259, member: 37168"] we have an RM and it’s ok......... you can get the parts from the javelin guy who does Irrifrance kit as well and is really really helpful, can’t remember name offhand though. 2 major flaws with the RM reel I’ve found are: 1. The pipe on ours is pretty crap, and it has a horrible habit of splitting at the gun end. Ours is a late 90s model, and this pipe was a warranty replacement after the original stretched and burst in the first yr. Ours tends to bend as it lifts the gun. This is because when it pulls in, it lifts the gun by pivoting on the lifting frame, using the pulling motion on the pipe as the means to pivot the frame and lift the gun. Ours would split on average once a season, but sometimes do the whole of one or 2 seasons then split several times the next. Not hard to fix yourself but a massive pain in the arse, fiddly and time consuming. 2. It needs to be lowered onto the ground to rotatate it into work position. It’s a bit of a nuisance, especially if your ends aren’t bowling green level or have been tracked. You’ve to power it round with tractor hydraulics and the motor is pretty weak so in less than perfect conditions you need to put the shoulder into it whilst simultaneously holding the spool handle. On the whole you get what you pay for, it’s not a premium product in my opinion but it works away, the computer control unit is very accurate and reliable and when it’s going in easy conditions, it’s a fine bit of kit, but ours suffers from quality issues. I’m sure in the intervening 20 odd yrs since we purchased ours, the pipe issue would’ve been addressed but I’d be checking it closely on 2nd hand machine for scratches, gouges, damage and flat spots. Also have a wrightrain which is older and totally mechanical, personally I prefer using it as you can set the angle of the reel on the chassis and pull it along the end without the palaver of setting it straight behind the tractor every time to do so. Makes for a much faster move than the RM. [/QUOTE]
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