atkinsonp2
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Hi am looking at changing my drum mower for a disc mower and was thinking of getting topper skids for it to use as a topper.! Anybody else do it like this?
Topping with a disc mower and putting topper skids skids
- Thread starter atkinsonp2
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yes I top with a disc mower - never bin impressed with toppers they're like a blunt instrument. you just got to watch ground ain't too rough and stones etc.
Muddy Boots
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- Location
- S.Devon
Use my taarup for topping but I haven't got topping skids. Just lengthen top link.
Razorready
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Yep we use our disc mower for topping we dont use skids though. But fields are good and level not a fan of toppers at all
We took our old mower ,tipped it over, cut some nice bits of quite thick 150mm flat shaped it to not drag in ground or grass and welded carefully on underside of the disc bed .It protected the bed and raised it to clear stones and keep topping height up.
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Why oh why do you want a disc mower ? Not only is a drum mower perfect for mowing it's also perfect for topping
- Location
- Limavady, Northern Ireland
I sold one in winter for mowing and have supplied 80mm topping skids
Happy hillbily
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- Location
- Uwchaled, North Wales
What is the reason for your topping ? To cut thistles, nettles and rushes to make the field look nice, or to improve the quality of the grass in front of the animals ?
I borrowed a major 8ft topper a few years ago, with the intention of buying one if I was pleased with it. I used to top with a very old Kuhn 5'6" disk mower with the top link wound right out so the mower sat on its arse, so if the mower hit a stone or mound of earth it would ride over it. I did half the field with the topper, and I did the other half with the disk mower, the topper running about 5"-6" high and the disk mower was cutting at 2"-3" high, the difference was amazing ! Within a couple of days the mown grass had sprouted up, with the grass motoring ahead of the topped half of the field, which was looking very miserable. You could still see the difference later on in the season .
I have some wet parts of a few fields covered in rushes, I can only get on to them possibly once every 4-5 years after a very long dry spell, one year they were nearly 5' high and was having to cut in low box, as the mower wouldn't take the volume of the rushes at a higher speed, the mower does a fine job of cutting those as well.
this winter i managed to get myself a jf 8ft mower conditioner for very little money, so hopefully the time taken for topping this year should be much less, just unsure whether to take the conditioner off, or just remove the conditioning doors ?
I personly wouldn't bother to get topping skids for the mower, as you will get better regrowth cutting fairly tight to the ground.
I borrowed a major 8ft topper a few years ago, with the intention of buying one if I was pleased with it. I used to top with a very old Kuhn 5'6" disk mower with the top link wound right out so the mower sat on its arse, so if the mower hit a stone or mound of earth it would ride over it. I did half the field with the topper, and I did the other half with the disk mower, the topper running about 5"-6" high and the disk mower was cutting at 2"-3" high, the difference was amazing ! Within a couple of days the mown grass had sprouted up, with the grass motoring ahead of the topped half of the field, which was looking very miserable. You could still see the difference later on in the season .
I have some wet parts of a few fields covered in rushes, I can only get on to them possibly once every 4-5 years after a very long dry spell, one year they were nearly 5' high and was having to cut in low box, as the mower wouldn't take the volume of the rushes at a higher speed, the mower does a fine job of cutting those as well.
this winter i managed to get myself a jf 8ft mower conditioner for very little money, so hopefully the time taken for topping this year should be much less, just unsure whether to take the conditioner off, or just remove the conditioning doors ?
I personly wouldn't bother to get topping skids for the mower, as you will get better regrowth cutting fairly tight to the ground.
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multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
I have yet to see a topper that cuts clean enoughTop with a topper mow with a mower simples
I have
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
What make?
Also we took the swath board off and he spreads it quite well..3 metres wide and run on eco 540 cheap as chips.
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