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<blockquote data-quote="steveR" data-source="post: 7643772" data-attributes="member: 66976"><p>You beat me to it Neil....</p><p></p><p>I have bought a new Malone specifically for mowing herbal leys with a 5-6" long stubble and it came with 3 topping skids for this. I reckon they are OK on billiard table surfaces, but I was advised by the malone rep, that for rougher land, I should fit a full set, "as the Irish lads do" to preserve the mower bed when topping. I also run a long top link.</p><p></p><p>First cut was all trad leys so on the floor with the bed. Then the herbal ley ...</p><p></p><p>After 30minutes on the ley, I was on the phone chasing down another 4 skids, which I found at Border Plant near Sandbach (thanks Steve!!) They transformed the ride on the bed... no more rattling and shaking!</p><p></p><p>I have subsequently used the Malone for topping, and the flail and the rotary moweres can stop in the shed now... Flail will be used on heavily BL infested areas still, but it is slow and power hungry, the Malone tootles around at 1300RPM on a whiff of fuel and leaves a grand job amd the stock tidy up nicely.</p><p></p><p>PS: Malone will also make even higher skids if required... I asked, but am delighted with the job it is doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="steveR, post: 7643772, member: 66976"] You beat me to it Neil.... I have bought a new Malone specifically for mowing herbal leys with a 5-6" long stubble and it came with 3 topping skids for this. I reckon they are OK on billiard table surfaces, but I was advised by the malone rep, that for rougher land, I should fit a full set, "as the Irish lads do" to preserve the mower bed when topping. I also run a long top link. First cut was all trad leys so on the floor with the bed. Then the herbal ley ... After 30minutes on the ley, I was on the phone chasing down another 4 skids, which I found at Border Plant near Sandbach (thanks Steve!!) They transformed the ride on the bed... no more rattling and shaking! I have subsequently used the Malone for topping, and the flail and the rotary moweres can stop in the shed now... Flail will be used on heavily BL infested areas still, but it is slow and power hungry, the Malone tootles around at 1300RPM on a whiff of fuel and leaves a grand job amd the stock tidy up nicely. PS: Malone will also make even higher skids if required... I asked, but am delighted with the job it is doing. [/QUOTE]
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