new mower with no conditioner

[agri knives]

I see a good few new 3m mounted mowers being sold with no conditioners , I have started to spread and rake the grass , so do I need a conditioner any more , will a 3m mower with no conditioner be lighter and easier to run , if it leaves the grass almost full width to wilt and then I rake it will it be as good as doing it with the conditioner.

 

[Blue.]

I've always run a straight mower then tedded,mowers with conditioners around here seem to go round the field like snails.

(Hello james )

 

[mushnt grummmble]

conditioner every time
why feck about running a tedder through when you can do it with a mowco

 

[Recoil]

You'll be glad to have a conditioner if the weather is a bit tricky and you don't have long to get it all done.

 

[rjjeng]

my thoughts if the ground is slightly wet having the crop cut in a row gives the ground a chance to dry and spreading the following day means you are putting the grass onto dryer ground?

 

[DFC]

Would never of got through last year without a conditioner, had the vanes set fully open to lay the cut grass at full width.

 

[oakleaf]

My answer is to condition if its silage but if hay or haylage just mow and get straight in with the tedder.

 

[Thick Farmer]

My answer is to condition if its silage but if hay or haylage just mow and get straight in with the tedder.

Why? I thought it would dry quicker if it was conditioned.

 

[Penmoel]

A conditioner will nearly always save you a day when making hay

 

[agri knives]

A conditioner will nearly always save you a day when making hay

What I found last summer was that grass mowed with no conditioner and left full width dried quicker than grass mowed with a conditioner and left in a narrow sward , grass left full width also let the rain through and dried quicker than if it was left in narrow conditioned swards, I also thought that grass raked from full width swards raked better than from narrow swards.

 

[Penmoel]

What I found last summer was that grass mowed with no conditioner and left full width dried quicker than grass mowed with a conditioner and left in a narrow sward , grass left full width also let the rain through and dried quicker than if it was left in narrow conditioned swards, I also thought that grass raked from full width swards raked better than from narrow swards.

so why not use your conditioner full on with full width spread?

 

[DHI77]

Does anyone use spreading vanes after the conditioner, they seem to do a good job

 

[Andyrob]

Tbh if we have another catchy season can you afford a ru across the field and tramp it up with muck?

With the vicon the vanes can be flicked out and out of work position as well as give you a full width conditioner.

 

[watfordfrosty]

find in a heavy crop the conditioner helps clear the blades by pulling the crop back