Lely Tedders

[Boohoo]

What a disappointment. When I first saw the title of this thread I thought it said ''Lady tedders''

And the main problem is that Lely stopped making Rotondes.

I'm glad they've stopped making Rotondes! They were ok in the right hands with someone who knew how to use them but in the wrong hands they could make lumps like nothing else.

 

[Cowabunga]

Like I said I have spoken to a lot of big haylage growers who are being forced to change who are all of the same opinion that nothing teds like a Lely , but I won't argue with anyone over it .
It may not be of much importance but to a hay and haylage grower it is

"Forced to change"? Come off it! "Tragic" it certainly is not.
Nobody is forced to change and if change is chosen then there is an amazing range to choose from. Buy early to order the machine of your dreams in the exact specification that suits. It won't be a Lely, but it might be a Krone, Kuhn, MF, Claas, SIP, KV, Vicon, Kubota, Massey ferguson, Fendt, Pottinger or one of the many Eastern European/Polish etc brands. They've all been in use over the last few weeks, no doubt.

 

[thesilentone]

Making a good job of tedding/spreading is simple, get the right size tedder !!

Not measured by overall width, but row center.

 

[bobk]

Without going into which is the best , it is well recognised among big outfits that Lely does the business, is it not tragic then that they are no longer in production.
Can not farmers put pressure on someone to get them back in production, or are they to be lost forever

Made in Holland , you wanted out .....

 

[marco]

would the lely hook tyne fit other makes?

 

[jackstor]

I was told lely tedders will be coming back onto the market, not sure if in Fendt or MF colours, or both

 

[neilo]

Is the fendt tedder not the same machine with a different label? The forage wagon is but with an upgraded chopper unit.

No. Agco apparently decided, for whatever reason, to produce the Fella tedder in their livery instead.

 

[DeeGee]

Like I said I have spoken to a lot of big haylage growers who are being forced to change who are all of the same opinion that nothing teds like a Lely , but I won't argue with anyone over it .
It may not be of much importance but to a hay and haylage grower it is

Maybe not ‘tragic’ as such, but nevertheless it is extremely disappointing and somewhat annoying that what is probably the best ever tedder for spreading out grass and drying it evenly has been withdrawn from the market.
We can nit pick over the correct wording, but the sentiment is accurate.

 

[Richard98]

We have got a lely mower, rotonde and a welger baler and they’ve all been good machines. The odd one out is the fella Tedder which has been equally good for us although that replaced a haybob so it could hardly be worse! I know the Lely hook tine is meant to be good but is it really that much better than every other Tedder?

 

[David.]

Yes, not least because because they do not pull up stones so badly as scratch tedders.

 

[neilo]

I was told lely tedders will be coming back onto the market, not sure if in Fendt or MF colours, or both

I was discussing this with an (ex) Lely dealer the other day. He also thought that the hook tine idea would be back in those colours before long.

I went looking for a Lely Tedder last summer and opted for a (properly built) Malone from the same place instead. I’ve not been disappointed yet, but plenty of other tedders also ted grass out perfectly well.

 

[David.]

Did you buy a Malone mower Neil?

 

[neilo]

Did you buy a Malone mower Neil?

I did.

 

[hally]

I was told lely tedders will be coming back onto the market, not sure if in Fendt or MF colours, or both

Local agco guy told me the same

 

[thesilentone]

Yes, not least because because they do not pull up stones so badly as scratch tedders.

Tedder tines should NEVER come nearer than 1.5-2.0" from the ground, you should know that !!

What is a 'scratch' tedder ?

 

[kmo]

Scratch tedder,tines more vertical
Sweep tedder, tines more horizontal.
When I bought my Lely tedder, i wanted to know how much replacement tines were. Was a major running cost with a hay bob. Dealer (prob same one as @neilo) said "Don't know , I've never sold one"
Kinda sealed the deal

 

[thesilentone]

Scratch tedder,tines more vertical
Sweep tedder, tines more horizontal.
When I bought my Lely tedder, i wanted to know how much replacement tines were. Was a major running cost with a hay bob. Dealer (prob same one as @neilo) said "Don't know , I've never sold one"
Kinda sealed the deal

I think you may maybe confusing centrifugal and fixed tine. A haybob was a universal machine that did a bad job of both rowing and spreading, however a revolution at the time. Lely had a Gemini at the time which was a much superior machine for doing both jobs. However no grass handling machine tine should touch the ground irrespective of what it is.

 

[neilo]

I think you may maybe confusing centrifugal and fixed tine. A haybob was a universal machine that did a bad job of both rowing and spreading, however a revolution at the time. Lely had a Gemini at the time which was a much superior machine for doing both jobs. However no grass handling machine tine should touch the ground irrespective of what it is.

I agree that they shouldn't be scratching the ground in operation, but I would think most fields aren't like billiard tables, so there will inevitably be the odd time when they do make contact.

 

[thesilentone]

In 1976 a combination of long hot weather, bringing stones and the odd horse shoe, fergy spanner, etc to the surface. Huge sales of haybobs across the UK and bad operation (scratching the ground) cost the insurers a fortune as choppers exploded all over the place.

A Klondike for the dealer/repairer's...........

 

[7610 super q]

Everyone's forgetting the most important factor. The weather. Some of the best hay we ever made was with a Haybob. The only advantage of modern tedders is their size. The ability to cover large areas quickly, and cover the ground 2 or 3 times a day is crucial.