davedb
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- Staffordshire
Have you seen the crops of grass they mow in Europe? There's nowhere like the UK and Ireland for growing heavy crops of grass
monkey metal mowers...
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Have you seen the crops of grass they mow in Europe? There's nowhere like the UK and Ireland for growing heavy crops of grass
smcapstick
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- Kirkby Lonsdale
A doubt thatcutting lots of grass has killed as many mowers as rust, neglect or accident damage. Also, our soil is moist and rolls flat - try THAT near Ankara.
davedb
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- Staffordshire
I've seen plenty of broken off drums from catching rocks sticking out of the ground around hear, either way as you say a new mower has got to be better than a 30 year old one, and we didn't have and trouble getting parts for that Samaz mower we mended last year
- Location
- South Molton
Does anyone remember the old "grasshopper" mowers with 4 discs? Built like a tank....heavy as a tank...and needed two tanks to drive it all day!
smcapstick
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- Kirkby Lonsdale
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- South Molton
Thats the beast....no monkey metal in them!
smcapstick
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- Kirkby Lonsdale
blackbob
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- Aberdeenshire
blackbob
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- Aberdeenshire
Err no.. mid 1980's...
They were heavy and strongly built, aimed at contractors... but you still broke the blades if you hit something, and they were something like £2.50 each
and it still left a poorly-cut strip up the middle if the grass was lying, similar to what a Fahr would, but bigger..
Me I'd rather have a Kuhn FC disc mower.
They were heavy and strongly built, aimed at contractors... but you still broke the blades if you hit something, and they were something like £2.50 each
and it still left a poorly-cut strip up the middle if the grass was lying, similar to what a Fahr would, but bigger..Me I'd rather have a Kuhn FC disc mower.
blackbob
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- Aberdeenshire
£117 for 20 hopefully some discount.. https://www.spaldings.co.uk/replace...ower-parts/grasshopper-mower-blade-(new-type)
Although I remember them being tapered - when I was young
hopefully some discount.. https://www.spaldings.co.uk/replace...ower-parts/grasshopper-mower-blade-(new-type)Although I remember them being tapered - when I was young
Would that be a 7910 ? @blackbob
They were designed for grass drying plants,i used to use one with a Ford 7600 back in84/85,once you got those drums spinning it didn't take much power at all... In fact Agrimech had a couple of drying plants of their own somewhere up north Lancashire? they made their own mowers cos nothing else would last.Err no.. mid 1980's...
They were heavy and strongly built, aimed at contractors... but you still broke the blades if you hit something, and they were something like £2.50 each
Me I'd rather have a Kuhn FC disc mower.
blackbob
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- Aberdeenshire
Yes, we had 2 of them, and thinking back to what we used them for - mowing, baling, chopping, 10t silage/grain trailers, artic trailer, 3f ploughing (we tried the 4f Kv on, but couldn't find enough stuff to hang on the front to keep the nose down
) - how did we ever manage in those days? Without 4wd, powershift, electronics - 'essentials' nowadays?
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I used to get told a 2wd was only half the tractor of a 4wd so it needed twice the driverYes, we had 2 of them, and thinking back to what we used them for - mowing, baling, chopping, 10t silage/grain trailers, artic trailer, 3f ploughing (we tried the 4f Kv on, but couldn't find enough stuff to hang on the front to keep the nose down
Would be quite a rare beast a 7910 fife tractors had one for sale recently a 4wd looked quite a tidy bus
Mursal
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Agrimech Grasshopper was built by Aylesbury was it not, something in my head says Ktwo took design (premises too?) over, and built a few.
Remember T&H contractors having one behind a 7600 when I was at school, and they were in full thrush.
I know another local contractor had one, a bit later, and an old army lorry wheel rim came out of a back-swath and somewhat spoiled the afternoon as it passed between the drums.
Remember T&H contractors having one behind a 7600 when I was at school, and they were in full thrush.
I know another local contractor had one, a bit later, and an old army lorry wheel rim came out of a back-swath and somewhat spoiled the afternoon as it passed between the drums.
now then...shopping on fleabay...class corto 165n....class wm165....pz170....or new talex,wirex.....sh samaz ,landmec....all about the same money....visually appear similar
late runner a fella km 167
At least Fella spares will be available from your local Agco dealer.
My local agco dealer is now doing Zagroda, or something similar.