Mowing technique

[FarmerFrank88]

This year we will be running a front and back mower for the first time and are wondering which is the best way to mow a field. Is it to mow out and back along the straightest hedge as you would when raking or to split the field in half and then work on each half like you would with a single back mower.
Thanks
Frank

 

[Agriimark]

This year we will be running a front and back mower for the first time and are wondering which is the best way to mow a field. Is it to mow out and back along the straightest hedge as you would when raking or to split the field in half and then work on each half like you would with a single back mower.
Thanks
Frank

Last time i used front and back i went so the hedge/fence was to the left of the tractor. 4 times round then up and down. Im sure i will be told i have done it wrong though [emoji849]

 

[Andrew]

Once round the whole outside with the rear mower closest to the hedge.
Then turn around and do another 3 circuits with front mower closest to the outside.
Then mow all off one side, normally along longest side - doesn't have to be straight.

 

[michael N123]

If there’s a good side to start on start on that
If the fields round I just go straight threw the middle tho

 

[FarmerFrank88]

If there’s a good side to start on start on that
If the fields round I just go straight threw the middle tho

That's the problem. If only the people who put in the hedges had gps

 

[Boohoo]

It all depends on the field.

 

[bobk]

All fields are different , experience will define the best route .
But my philosophy is to have the minimum amount of rows .

 

[michael N123]

It all depends on the field.

and the way it’s been plowed/worked you could now it one way an it be rough as feck

 

[Andrew]

That's the problem. If only the people who put in the hedges had gps

If you've got a front mower why does it matter if it's straight?
How would you spray / spread / harrow / roll the field?

 

[Shep]

So that you don't end up with all the short work on a steep, awkward, wet, dangerous place. Or making your headland turns down a wet side or bottom.
If baling or lifting out of the swath then you need to think of the machinery following you so that it won't take twice as long or the field gets cut up or worse impossible to work after rain or in the dark.
If tedding and raking, then it's the rake's worry.

 

[michael N123]

By the time you’ve done the headlands you should of worked out where to point the tractor anyway

 

[FarmerFrank88]

If you've got a front mower why does it matter if it's straight?
How would you spray / spread / harrow / roll the field?

Would make the job easier and faster

 

[rusty]

Three laps round while setting straight A B line on gps on straightest side. Then work in lands using auto steer.

 

[bobk]

Three laps round while setting straight A B line on gps on straightest side. Then work in lands using auto steer.

kin ell .

 

[rusty]

kin ell .

3.2m on front and back!

 

[Andrew]

Would make the job easier and faster

Not necessarily. If your field is a banana shape then quickest and fastest way is follow the curve.

 

[shumungus]

Once round the whole outside with the rear mower closest to the hedge.
Then turn around and do another 3 circuits with front mower closest to the outside.
Then mow all off one side, normally along longest side - doesn't have to be straight.

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[bobk]

Once round the whole outside with the rear mower closest to the hedge.
Then turn around and do another 3 circuits with front mower closest to the outside.
Then mow all off one side, normally along longest side - doesn't have to be straight.

Presumably you mean 2m from the centre of the hedge .

 

[Lofty1984]

Not necessarily. If your field is a banana shape then quickest and fastest way is follow the curve.

Unless it’s too sharp and you will start skipping between the front and back mower

 

[FarmerFrank88]

Not necessarily. If your field is a banana shape then quickest and fastest way is follow the curve.

I mean if the hedges were straight in the first place. You have to treat certain fields differently and do different things for each one if it's steep, curved or got poles and trees.