Lely splendimo 320mc

[Robert thompson]

Does anyone find that the swath gates on their mower don’t really work that well? I closed mine in full last night to keep the row as narrow as possible but it keeps allowing grass under it. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Henery]

Does anyone find that the swath gates on their mower don’t really work that well? I closed mine in full last night to keep the row as narrow as possible but it keeps allowing grass under it. Anyone else have this problem?

if that’s the only problem you have with a Splendimo …… rejoice ! ….

 

[bobk]

Does anyone find that the swath gates on their mower don’t really work that well? I closed mine in full last night to keep the row as narrow as possible but it keeps allowing grass under it. Anyone else have this problem?

Good mower , but yes the gates are useless .

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Yup, absolutely crap even with the splitter plates fitted, lucky if you can get it any narrower than the tractor wheels, so when baling you run over the swath edges and pickup misses bits

 

[Galcam]

I had to bale today for a customer who does his own mowing with a Lely Splendimo 302 and despite the fact that he has the gates fully closed the swarth is to wide for the Fusion pickup. Is there a solution to this problem as the mower is useless if that’s the best it can do?

 

[davidroberts30]

Yes rake it

 

[marco]

I had to bale today for a customer who does his own mowing with a Lely Splendimo 302 and despite the fact that he has the gates fully closed the swarth is to wide for the Fusion pickup. Is there a solution to this problem as the mower is useless if that’s the best it can do?

If you clamp down the plate over the conditioner (threaded handle in middle of mower) will it fire the grass back further through the swarth boards?

 

[Galcam]

I believe that he has it fully down and what amazes me is the swarth does not look like it’s been conditioned. Looks flat like it’s been cut with a non conditioner mower. I thought that perhaps he could extend the gates as in make them longer to force the grass into the center?

 

[Farmer 83563]

I believe that he has it fully down and what amazes me is the swarth does not look like it’s been conditioned. Looks flat like it’s been cut with a non conditioner mower. I thought that perhaps he could extend the gates as in make them longer to force the grass into the center?

We cut the slots in the conditioner canopy a couple of inches further in on both sides so the gates could be set narrower ... helped a bit but didnt eliminate the problem esp. in heavier crops

 

[Gerbert]

I believe that he has it fully down and what amazes me is the swarth does not look like it’s been conditioned. Looks flat like it’s been cut with a non conditioner mower. I thought that perhaps he could extend the gates as in make them longer to force the grass into the center?

That is what the work of a lely conditioner looks like and actually is, hardly touched. It might be he has the hood set open, but even with the conditioner set set as tight as possible it doesn't do a great job of conditioning. Lely calls it a crop impeller...
I have the conditioner on the heaviest setting on my lely and the least heavy on my JD mower, the result is pretty compareable.

 

[john432]

I can assure you that cutting side by side with a Lely mower conditioner, and a non conditioner mower, the wilting difference is huge.

 

[Gerbert]

I should have said "in my climate". My problem is generally it dries to hard so I am perfectly happy with it.

 

[Sid]

I can assure you that cutting side by side with a Lely mower conditioner, and a non conditioner mower, the wilting difference is huge.

So is the diesel and power requirements

 

[davidroberts30]

I can assure you that cutting side by side with a Lely mower conditioner, and a non conditioner mower, the wilting difference is huge.

so can i

 

[Galcam]

There is absolutely no comparison to the swarth my KV 3.2 mower conditioner leaves vs the flat dead swarth his mower leaves. I think he will find a victim for it and buy a real mower conditioner.