Kv or mchale mower conditioner

[willy]

Mounted 3m which one would you go for?

 

[Chae1]

Mchale

 

[Chuckie]

Kuhn

 

[Boohoo]

Pottinger, the KV is too weak and the McHale is too heavy.

 

[Martin Holden]

SIP. Now available with steel conditioner tines for those that prefer steel over plastic

3 year unlimited acreage warranty with all new SIP grassland products too!

 

[Matthew Britton]

I have had both in succession. The Kverneland was horrendous, unreliable and made of chocolate. The mchale is the opposite but too heavy. I will swap when I can to either a John Deere ( my original mower) or a Kuhn which is the same.

 

[HarryB97]

Have a two year old mounted 3.2 metre kv mower conditioner. It cuts well and covers the ground well but is poorly built and finished, I’ll be buying a Kuhn next like the rest of my kit.

 

[BIG PACK]

Have you looked at krone ? Very please with mine

 

[Wellytrack]

Why are all these mowers falling apart with use? What is happening to them?

 

[michael N123]

I hated my kvernland was soft and broke all the time

Now run a Fella SM 3060 very well made good bed protection with shear plates on each rotor and a break back system (that ive tested ) the conditioner isn’t one shaft like other mowers so easily repairable if foreign objects go threw it.. and being shaft driven if you feel like mowing at over20 k you can Now sold as Massey Ferguson but be worth a look

Seen a few Mchales with tractor weight blocks codged onto the side of them so they must be heavy

 

[mf7480]

I had a Vicon which is the same as a KV and it was hopeless, the gearboxes and driveline was soft and cost an awful lot to keep running.

 

[Wellytrack]

I hated my kvernland was soft and broke all the time

Now run a Fella SM 3060 very well made good bed protection with shear plates on each rotor and a break back system (that ive tested ) the conditioner isn’t one shaft like other mowers so easily repairable if foreign objects go threw it.. and being shaft driven if you feel like mowing at over20 k you can Now sold as Massey Ferguson but be worth a look

Seen a few Mchales with tractor weight blocks codged onto the side of them so they must be heavy

Nothing in contact with the soil with driven spinning things should be doing over 20k.

 

[michael N123]

Nothing in contact with the soil with driven spinning things should be doing over 20k.

Yes but it can if you want

 

[Fendt516profi]

I hated my kvernland was soft and broke all the time

Now run a Fella SM 3060 very well made good bed protection with shear plates on each rotor and a break back system (that ive tested ) the conditioner isn’t one shaft like other mowers so easily repairable if foreign objects go threw it.. and being shaft driven if you feel like mowing at over20 k you can Now sold as Massey Ferguson but be worth a look

Seen a few Mchales with tractor weight blocks codged onto the side of them so they must be heavy

They're not codged on McHale's come with a frame to put weights on. Yes they're heavy

 

[Macsky]

Krone

 

[Wellytrack]

Yes but it can if you want

Yes you can if you want. It's entirely up to you.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Is there much price difference in say a fella,sip,krone and claas

 

[Wellytrack]

Is there much price difference in say a fella,sip,krone and claas

Like for like I'd bet there would be no more than a grand in it.

 

[daveydiesel1]

Like for like I'd bet there won't be no more than a grand in it.

In that case id go claas

 

[v8willy]

Like for like I'd bet there would be no more than a grand in it.

£1200 extra for a Claas over a pottinger a few years back.