Pottinger Mowers

[surprisefarmer]

What are peoples opinion/experiences with Pottinger grass kit. I am thinking about buying a Novacat mower and a 6 rotor tedder, a bit out of touch with this type of plant, the last mower we had was a 10ft trailed.

I am confident we will get a good service from the dealer. The mower would just be for my own work, roughly 400-500 acres/year.

Cheers

 

[Dave W]

Good but heavy

 

[ploughman1963]

We run a trailed mower conditioner (9 years old?), 8 rotor tedder (6 years old) and twin rotor rake (12 years old?) from Pottinger - very good kit.

 

[surprisefarmer]

Heavy would translate into longevity?

wemused to have a Mex6 harvester and it was a good machine

 

[Dave W]

Heavy would translate into longevity?

wemused to have a Mex6 harvester and it was a good machine

IMO a mowers longevity is down to operator sympathy and regular servicing.
The cheapest lightest mower can have a long service life of treated well.
And equally the wrong operator can wreck a bombproof mower in a season

 

[Gav]

Novacat 302 3m with conditioner would be around 1300kg, straight mower around 1000kg. Not the heaviest on the market by a long shot but well built. I was working for a Pottinger dealer up until the start of the year and never heard of any issues with the mowers, they also sold Mchale mowers which are a heavier machine and again didn’t really give any bother.

 

[Alfred the average]

Very happy here with Pottinger kit .
on my 3rd set of Butterfly mowers ( We change every 5) Got a 2 and 4 rotor rake , the four must be 15 years old and gives no trouble and also got a 16m Tedder which has been reliable and provides a very even spread . So yes good kit but not exactly cheap .

 

[Bigsingle]

I was going to buy a mower but said it weighed a ton&a half so went for something abit lighter.

 

[james ds]

I have pottinger , Jd and class mowers , the lighest bed is the pottinger , class and Jd have a far stronger bed and I’ve repaired all three . I won’t buy another pottinger mower. Parts are too expensive for them too.

 

[Sharpy]

I have pottinger , Jd and class mowers , the lighest bed is the pottinger , class and Jd have a far stronger bed and I’ve repaired all three . I won’t buy another pottinger mower. Parts are too expensive for them too.

I think the pottinger bed is lighter due to its modular design, not as a weak point. And I'm a John deere fan.

 

[surprisefarmer]

Novacat 302 3m with conditioner would be around 1300kg, straight mower around 1000kg. Not the heaviest on the market by a long shot but well built. I was working for a Pottinger dealer up until the start of the year and never heard of any issues with the mowers, they also sold Mchale mowers which are a heavier machine and again didn’t really give any bother.

It would be the 4.3m cut with no conditioner I would be going for.

I have pottinger , Jd and class mowers , the lighest bed is the pottinger , class and Jd have a far stronger bed and I’ve repaired all three . I won’t buy another pottinger mower. Parts are too expensive for them too.

Am i correct in saying JD mowers and Kuhn mowers are the same machine?

 

[jondear]

It would be the 4.3m cut with no conditioner I would be going for.

Am i correct in saying JD mowers and Kuhn mowers are the same machine?

I'm thinking 4m straight cut to speed things up a bit ! Thoughts anyone

 

[Gerbert]

I suppose you don't have a front pto, otherwise nope nope nope. A front back combination is so much nicer then a heavy lump on the side.

 

[surprisefarmer]

I have the front arms but no PTO. The plan was to get the rear mower this year, and within the next 2 years get the front PTO and front mower also. I would think my tractor would be plenty big for the heavy mower at the back, MF 7718?

 

[james ds]

I think the pottinger bed is lighter due to its modular design, not as a weak point. And I'm a John deere fan.

I split a bed and when you see the amount of steel in it , you would wonder how it lasted at all.

 

[ploughman1963]

As a racing car shows - its not how much weight of metal you use, its about designing something so there is strength where needed.

 

[james ds]

As a racing car shows - its not how much weight of metal you use, its about designing something so there is strength where needed.

Well pottinger don’t have the strength in the right place so, the beds don’t last as long as other brands .

 

[Mouser]

Good strong bed in the JD isn't much use when the conditioner drive gearbox is lying in bits in the field though.

 

[Gerbert]

I have the front arms but no PTO. The plane was to get the rear mower this year, and within the next 2 years get the front PTO and front mower also. I would think my tractor would be plenty big for the heavy mower at the back, MF 7718?

Plenty. I would think a plain triple would be great for your horsepower.

 

[ploughman1963]

Well pottinger don’t have the strength in the right place so, the beds don’t last as long as other brands .