Mowers

[Cmoran]

Running 3 malone mowers here and very happy with them we use a 8ft disc mower for topping and cutting rough ground and have two trailed conditioner mowers currently waiting on a 10ft mounted conditioner mower from them aswell. Find back up great and part very reasonable

 

[James]

Got a kv 4332 mower here that is putting oil out the breather on the main gearbox. Any ideas why? Nothing seems to be running tight

 

[livestock 1]

Got a kv 4332 mower here that is putting oil out the breather on the main gearbox. Any ideas why? Nothing seems to be running tight

Is the breather blocked? Sound stupid but if it’s blocked it will pressurise and blow oil out

 

[Courier]

Pick the stones before the grass grows

Or at least give it a SLOW concrete filled roll….

 

[michael N123]

Or at least give it a SLOW concrete filled roll….

Likely easier just to buy a new mower

 

[James]

Is the breather blocked? Sound stupid but if it’s blocked it will pressurise and blow oil out

I'll have to check never even thought of that

 

[steveR]

Happy enough with my 9’ Malone. It’s a Comer bed, as used by a lot of other brands, on a (typically Malone) strong frame.

As for the topping skids, they bolt on under the bed and just raise the cutting height by about 2”. Fine on a flat field, but if you have many humps & bumps, you have a 9’ long flat bed supported at each end, flexing over those undulations. I really can’t see how that’s going to do much for the life of the machine.

Malone engineer told me that it’s better run at around 600rpm than 540, which is obviously going to better for cutting cleanly, as long as the machine can handle it of course.

Which is my machine has multiple skids.... Malone guy essentially said the same as you.

 

[dairydurham]

Got a kv 4332 mower here that is putting oil out the breather on the main gearbox. Any ideas why? Nothing seems to be running tight

How do you find it cuts ? .We had a 4032 for 17 yrs& did a brilliant job but its replacement the 4332 we cannot seem to get a tidy stubble .The raggiest stubbles are the short term leys which I would have thought been the easiest to cut.

 

[James]

How do you find it cuts ? .We had a 4032 for 17 yrs& did a brilliant job but its replacement the 4332 we cannot seem to get a tidy stubble .The raggiest stubbles are the short term leys which I would have thought been the easiest to cut.

For the most part I would say it's pretty good. Cut heavy crops yesterday that started to lie over so I'll see tomorrow what they're like after I bale them up. The worst I've found is sometimes in light 3rd cuts it can leave small narrow rows of uncut grass. I've been told my issues are due to the round discs but who knows

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

Oh well, after all the advice and help I've gone retro

 

[steveR]

Oh well, after all the advice and help I've gone retro

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That pic took an age to d/l for some reason... so retro, it was coming via dial-up, not broadband.

I was expecting a fingerbar mower to arrive...

 

[Cowabunga]

They have hardly changed in at least forty years. Which is a ‘good thing’ because they always worked well.

 

[livestock 1]

I’ve had three claas drum mowers and a few PZ /Vicons and either are decent mowers
Class built a bit stronger but doesn’t ride rough ground as well not as much bevel on the bottom saucers
That looks like the pz

 

[Aspiring Peasants]

I’ve had three claas drum mowers and a few PZ /Vicons and either are decent mowers
Class built a bit stronger but doesn’t ride rough ground as well not as much bevel on the bottom saucers
That looks like the pz

Yes it's a PZ190

 

[devonbeef]

how do people rate the fahr km22 drum mowers, was going to look at one as a backup mower

 

[Dave W]

how do people rate the fahr km22 drum mowers, was going to look at one as a backup mower

Make sure it'll fit your tractor.

 

[devonbeef]

Make sure it'll fit your tractor.

Were they made with a smaller headstock than pz

 

[Dave W]

Were they made with a smaller headstock than pz

No idea. But both the pz and fahr were designed to fit on mf135 and Ford 4000. They don't fit much over about 75hp

 

[devonbeef]

No idea. But both the pz and fahr were designed to fit on mf135 and Ford 4000. They don't fit much over about 75hp

cheers i,ll check that