mower conditioners pros and cons

[john mc d]

thinking of changing my 8ft kuhn mower conditioner for a9ft or 10ft one. any thoughts on sizes and makes.

 

[HarryB97]

You wont go wrong with another Kuhn mower. I have a 3.2 metre mounted KV which does a great job but the build quality is not quite as good as I had hoped. I will be changing it for a Kuhn when the time comes one day. It’s a big lump but my Valtra N174 handles it fine with no front weight.

 

[Finn farmer]

Kuhn, Pöttinger and Krone are good. Mounted Krones do weigh a lot though. We've had them all as trailed versions and liked them all.

 

[Deere 6430]

Kuhn would be my choice

 

[john mc d]

Kuhn, Pöttinger and Krone are good. Mounted Krones do weigh a lot though. We've had them all as trailed versions and liked them all.

was debating a krone /kuhn 9ft or 10ft but abit worried the weight 10ft hanging out have adeutz k610
( about 125 hp )

 

[Scooby]

Got a 3.5 metre Claas and its a good mower, heavy would be my only complaint

 

[Chae1]

was debating a krone /kuhn 9ft or 10ft but abit worried the weight 10ft hanging out have adeutz k610
( about 125 hp )

Why not a trailed?

 

[john mc d]

Got a 3.5 metre Claas and its a good mower, heavy would be my only complaint

what tractor do you have on it

 

[john mc d]

Why not a trailed?

too expensive !

 

[Chae1]

too expensive !

Are they a lot more than mounted?

We've never had a mounted mower, always ran trailed. Normally buy second hand.

 

[john mc d]

Are they a lot more than mounted?

We've never had a mounted mower, always ran trailed. Normally buy second hand.

about £3000 /4000 approx worry about buying second hand mower . what age do you buy second hand ,
do you buy from dealer / displenising sale ? second hand mowers about 7 years old about £3500 /4000
less than new price then factor in tax saving allowance can come below £3000

 

[Rust]

was debating a krone /kuhn 9ft or 10ft but abit worried the weight 10ft hanging out have adeutz k610
( about 125 hp )

I've the vicon version of the kv above and that's been on 100hp massey 5445 no trouble.

 

[michael N123]

Went from a KV to a Fella(Now massey) hated the KV Always had problems the shaft driven fella is built A lot! stronger

 

[Chae1]

about £3000 /4000 approx worry about buying second hand mower . what age do you buy second hand ,
do you buy from dealer / displenising sale ? second hand mowers about 7 years old about £3500 /4000
less than new price then factor in tax saving allowance can come below £3000

Last one we bought at local auction mart. We knew history of them. They had been traded in at local krone dealer. They've been a good purchase. Claas front and back.

Will try and buy triples next time. Plenty big dairy farms seem to like to run there own kit doing many light cuts. Be better than buying from a contractor who's cut thousands of acres.

 

[john mc d]

I've the vicon version of the kv above and that's been on 100hp massey 5445 no trouble.

is that the 9ft or 10ft model ?

 

[john mc d]

Went from a KV to a Fella(Now massey) hated the KV Always had problems the shaft driven fella is built A lot! stronger

getting aprice for ajd 328 and the equvilant kv both from the same dealer the jd will be more expensive.
what is the better mowerbetween jd and krone both mounted ?

 

[john mc d]

Why not a trailed?

had achance of a 10ft kuhn 2015 model but shyed away from it as thought it would be too heavy
hanging out in the cutting position

 

[Scooby]

what tractor do you have on it

NH T6080

 

[john mc d]

NH T6080

is that about 150 h p ?

 

[daveydiesel1]

My choice would be claas first and pottinger second. Quite like the pottinger with the auger as itl leave the grass well fluffed up without damaging it the way a conditioner does and can also do double rows when combined with a front mower if cutting in dodgy weather or cutting wholecrop