Krone big M

[Hilly]

I’m just envious of the field sizes. We cut 120 acres in 12 fields...& its in 3 different places. Had a pair of triples turn up late one afternoon. Just effortless watching them knock down the acres

Last mower i owned was a turbo mower , had you ever mowed 150 acre with a turbo mower !! I have and it wasnt effortless it was torcher , i think it scared my for life db996 thats work !

 

[kiwi pom]

My first season with a Big M I cut just under 17,000 acres. Mostly Alfalfa but wheat and oats too. Some pivots and laterals but mostly flood irrigated, ditches, borders or small terrace's which can be like cutting hundreds of 1 hectare paddocks. My season average was (I think) 16 acres an hour over all the cutter bar hours (recorded separately from engine hours)
Everything was grouped with the mergers.
Wish it had all been pivots.

Before anyone says "that's not cutting full width" they were skinny borders. I'd cut down each side with the other two swaths and was clearing up the middle.
Pivots

A bit of an output increase over my old machine.

 

[Ben B]

My first season with a Big M I cut just under 17,000 acres. Mostly Alfalfa but wheat and oats too. Some pivots and laterals but mostly flood irrigated, ditches, borders or small terrace's which can be like cutting hundreds of 1 hectare paddocks. My season average was (I think) 16 acres an hour over all the cutter bar hours (recorded separately from engine hours)
Everything was grouped with the mergers.
Wish it had all been pivots.
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Before anyone says "that's not cutting full width" they were skinny borders. I'd cut down each side with the other two swaths and was clearing up the middle.
Pivots
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A bit of an output increase over my old machine.
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Some crop. Where was that? Not NZ?

 

[Jon Boy]

We have a BigM 420 and some sets of 10m Krone triples , the big M will out perform the tractors most of the time especially in smaller paddocks or very big crops, the tractors are slightly better in the hills but a big M will go far enough enough up a hill for most people if driven right . The bars are heavier built on the Big M the modules are larger with bigger bearings and there are no slip clutches on the wing units just belts . The biggest let down with the Big M is reliability it seems to suffer from constant small things sensors, pipes ,hydraulic fittings and similar . Over all we are happy with the big M its a shame they recalled all the bigger 14m versions not sure why they never put them back into production.

 

[kiwi pom]

Some crop. Where was that? Not NZ?

New Mexico.
It was one of the best crops we cut.
Gave the chopper drivers something to think about

 

[Ben B]

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New Mexico.
It was one of the best crops we cut.
Gave the chopper drivers something to think about
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Would have been some row for them old deere's.

 

[Durt Burd]

I don't think these have anything like the power required to cut a serious British/Irish grass crop. You put triples on a tractor in the UK and 300hp knows about it in heavy crops.

They look nimble and handy for what they are but they don't offer much over a 6m combi unit front and rear, I suppose the cab will be nicer and better vision. In the also ran category [from profi https://www.profi.co.uk/test-centre/mowers-tedders-rakes/vicon-red-bull-self-propelled-mower]. I can't think of ever seeing anyone with a set of Vicon mowers, Kvernland were rare enough. This thing can't have made it far past the prototype stage:



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There was a two page article in the 9/2014 issue explaining why it never reached production - https://www.profi.co.uk/magazine-test-centre/mowers-tedders-rakes/whatever-happened-—-vicon-red-bull

 

[Suckndiesel]

If it makes you feel better, I'm envious of your field sizes, 12 fields wouldn't get to 60 acre here!

Neighbours place I used to rake the silage at, 150 acres in 37 fields. Would make you appreciate the big 10 acre fields!

 

[james ds]

How does it use less diesel than a tractor ?

I was talking to the big m sales man today and he said than when mowing the engine is only running at 1650 revs and that’s where it saves diesel compared to a tractor running at 2100 revs.

 

[Wellytrack]

I was talking to the big m sales man today and he said than when mowing the engine is only running at 1650 revs and that’s where it saves diesel compared to a tractor running at 2100 revs.

Doubt if that’s the reason.

 

[Grass Hopper]

I was talking to the big m sales man today and he said than when mowing the engine is only running at 1650 revs and that’s where it saves diesel compared to a tractor running at 2100 revs.

Only the 450 idles back the older models all run flat out but in fields down our side that have more corners than acres the big m is folded up and gone while the triples are still doing the headlands and there is the fuel saving.

 

[davidroberts30]

Horsepower needs fuel however you look at it

 

[Hilly]

Drew loves his Big m