Trailed forage harvesters

mtx.jag

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Location
pembs
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There is something massively satisfying about lifting grass with a drag forager 👍
 

dod1e

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Aberdeenshire
Why the need to continually supply harvester with 1000 rpm spline, we all have 1000rpm with a 540 spline, saves the bitter every time of changing
I can think of 3 reasons,

1. some tractors (e.g. 3000/3600 series mf) require a change of shaft to change the speed, so can only provide 1000rpm on a 21 spline shaft
2. 21 spline has higher torque capacity, and this has to be one of the highest torque applications, although not generally high shock loads
3. it indicates the speed the equipment is supposed to run at
 

cia72

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
central Scotland
We still run a mengele sh40 with a jd 6920 up front. The mengele must be 20yrs at least (2nd hand to us ten year ago) and the jd is now knocking on 15. The figures for a replacement tractor bandied about on another thread must be £75k + and a lely storm would have to be 25k at a guess. Add on a fleet to cart and stack the pit including labour and no wonder you don’t see too many about!
 

glasshouse

Member
Location
lothians
That's the secret, don't get greedy, just lift 10s and keep it moving,with an oldish harvester it's the hare and tortoise theory every time
We always lifted single rows going fast
Then one year the brother thought three into one would be better.
Nh 892 wouldnt look at it.
That was the end of me chopping silage
 

Xerion

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Location
Deutschland
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There is something massively satisfying about lifting grass with a drag forager 👍

Love these pictures, reminds me of the good old days :)
As soon as I saw them I got a whiff of Add-F :ROFLMAO: How many times did we try and lift a drum on the chopper to realise somebody had loosened the cap out the result was a shower in add-f and run like feck and jump in the canal :eek: dangerous times but happy days never the less .

Max
 

mtx.jag

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Location
pembs
Love these pictures, reminds me of the good old days :)
As soon as I saw them I got a whiff of Add-F :ROFLMAO: How many times did we try and lift a drum on the chopper to realise somebody had loosened the cap out the result was a shower in add-f and run like feck and jump in the canal :eek: dangerous times but happy days never the less .

Max
I don’t miss Add-F one bit,who ever came up with the idea that bugs did the job and far better/safer needs a medal 😂
 

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Red Tractor drops launch of green farming scheme amid anger from farmers

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As reported in Independent


quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

read the TFF thread here: https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/gfc-was-to-go-ahead-now-not-going-ahead.405234/
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