Single chop FH 's

[Bury the Trash]

I have no experience with them at all but an interest in their simplicity and relatively low power requirement .

Anyway, If they used to pick up a swath as compared to direct cutting grass will they cut it much less or maybe not at all or just throw it up the spout just a bit bruised

 

[ridger]

I have no experience with them at all but an interest in their simplicity and relatively low power requirement .

Anyway, If they used to pick up a swath ( as compared to direct cut will they cut it much less or maybe not at all or just throw it up the spout just a bit bruised

Is that what we call a side mount?

 

[Bury the Trash]

Is that what we call a side mount?

Yes side mounted
and this would be for silage making not zero grazing .

 

[Wellytrack]

They will lift and cut, the NC type were probably the highest output.

 

[ridger]

Yes side mounted
and this would be for silage making not zero grazing .

I know of only 2 being used and it takes the buckrake man all his time breaking up the 10×6 trailer load

 

[Wellytrack]

Skip to about 2 mins in.

 

[ridger]

Skip to about 2 mins in.

That one is running well

 

[wdah/him]

I like the simplicity of the system, chop length would no doubt leave a cow something to cud on.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Skip to about 2 mins in.

can also can have lighter trailers with holes in their sides like wagons i guess.

just noted the swath roller

 

[Wellytrack]

can also can have lighter trailers with holes in their sides like wagons i guess.

just noted the swath roller

Yea, that’s a very typical Irish silage video. Slatted side trailer, on twin wheels and being chased by a transit van.

 

[Bury the Trash]

I like the simplicity of the system, chop length would no doubt leave a cow something to cud on.

yes but say for sheep feeding a decent cut or 2 would be sort of what i would be after.

 

[Sharpy]

Skip to about 2 mins in.

That is a very decent workrate!

 

[Boo-Boo]

Used to have a setup like this years ago without the mowed grass . 10 to 12 acres a day but he looks like he’d easily do 20+ a day . Very simple , reliable machine. No need for metal detector as everything went up the shoot. Dad used to draw in the loads and sometimes I’d have the next load nearly filled and he’d still be trying to hitch on his trailer at the bottom of the field, happy days

 

[2wheels]

when we first stated silage we did much the same. a kidd double chop which was used to mow it with the auger cover open and leaving a 4inch stubble. it was left to wilt for 24--36hrs then under cut and lifted with the same machine leaving a 1--2 inch stubble. made good silage. unfortuneately a flail broke off twice in the time we had it and went through the flywheel. managed to true it up the first time but needed a new flywheel the second time.

 

[Wellytrack]

Mowing in front of the double chop with a two drum was usually the first step away from direct cut. Once people seen how rivers of effluent was but a mere trickle it made them think again.

 

[Boo-Boo]

Also Had the Kidd double chop before that and a breaking flail was a disaster as it would stop the fly wheel suddenly and warp every thing

 

[Boo-Boo]

Mowing in front of the double chop with a two drum was usually the first step away from direct cut. Once people seen how rivers of effluent was but a mere trickle it made them think again.

Grass also came back a lot faster with the mower .

 

[Bury the Trash]

when we first stated silage we did much the same. a kidd double chop which was used to mow it with the auger cover open and leaving a 4inch stubble. it was left to wilt for 24--36hrs then under cut and lifted with the same machine leaving a 1--2 inch stubble. made good silage. unfortuneately a flail broke off twice in the time we had it and went through the flywheel. managed to true it up the first time but needed a new flywheel the second time.

What was the reason(s) for mowing with the forager?

 

[Bury the Trash]

Mowing in front of the double chop with a two drum was usually the first step away from direct cut. Once people seen how rivers of effluent was but a mere trickle it made them think again.

Yes dry it out a bit first, flail mowing would do that better as well i supposeeven better than a mowcon would.
sheep prefer it a bit drier as well.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Also Had the Kidd double chop before that and a breaking flail was a disaster as it would stop the fly wheel suddenly and warp every thing

that is the trouble, the more sophisticated a machine gets the more 'damaged' it can become