Removing conditioner.

[Coldbrook]

I'm doing a bit of zero grazing with a mower and wagon. Is it possible to remove the conditioner on the mower? if so, would the wagon still be able to pick the grass up?

 

[Horn&corn]

You can on many mowers. Few bolts and should come away.
more difficult to pick up but not impossible. If it’s a wide mower it can be a challenge to get swath narrow enough to run between tractor wheels

 

[flywheel]

Your swath will be laid flat & wagon might struggle to pick the grass up

 

[zero]

As above, conditioners leave grass in a few different directions in the swath so a pickup reel can grip a few bits which pull a few more bits.
Drum mowers leave the grass in a swath almost collectable straight away but disk mowers leave grass in one direction which is difficult for a pickup reel to collect. Especially the outer bits that get paddled by the tractor wheels .

 

[Durt Burd]

On Pottinger Alpha Motion the conditioner is designed so it can be removed on a trolley when not needed.

Currently have a simple plain Samasz mower on test for profi. It has lifter plates on top of the discs which help tumble the grass a bit. Not tried it in long grass yet.