New holland 339 double chop

daveydiesel1

Member
Livestock Farmer
Location
Co antrim
Why not cut it and bale it. The way fert prices are goin itl be worth a few pound more than it costs to bale next winter plus ul have a nice clean surface to plough instead of blowin it out the spout and tryin to bury it which will only be a hash
 
Why not use a rotavator at a depth of 25mm using a three blade rotor configuration and standard “L” shaped blades.
That way you will part the roots from the leaf at the growing point - almost as good as using glyphosate 😉
 

Boohoo

Member
Location
Newtownabbey
If you can get 3 years worth of grass through a double chop you'll be left with a badly cut, uneven stubble covered in lumps of badly chopped grass. I'd rather try ploughing it down without cutting it
 

mtx.jag

Member
Location
pembs
My regenerative grassland has three yrs growth on it, i need to chop that ready for ploughing.
Topper is no use
Find a contractor with a decent flail /mulcher topper,a double chop will not cut it any better and in reality if it’s that thick/dence then your not going to get it up the shoot unless you go painfully slow 👍
 

Lakes Nash

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
South lakes
Find a contractor with a decent flail /mulcher topper,a double chop will not cut it any better and in reality if it’s that thick/dence then your not going to get it up the shoot unless you go painfully slow 👍
Our flail topper has got full hammer flails, it will knock it right down but it leaves a dense carpet of matter, I would say it would plough in then, the sooner you do it, then it is breaking down
 

db9go

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Buckinghamshire
If any one has one or no of one for sale please let me know
I have been looking on line for months for several machines but there do not seem to any adverts about its gone very quite
 

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