Trailed forager

[bill dart]

Peoples thoughts on kongskilde 1260 forager looking to purchase one and how many acres per hour in reasonable crop.

 

[mf7480]

In the straight and narrow they go ok, but daily maintenance is a massive job and they’re quite tender. Even the smallest most basic self propelled will make it look silly, Claas 492 830 for example.

 

[james ds]

Peoples thoughts on kongskilde 1260 forager looking to purchase one and how many acres per hour in reasonable crop.

Just buy a big wagon and cut out the labour and expense .

 

[mengeleguru]

If you want something reliable with good out put and strong either a
Mengele 130 P or a Lely Storm P300 which will stand 300 horse power .

You will always have better silage than a wagon.

 

[bill dart]

Just buy a big wagon and cut out the labour and expense .

I would if it would chop it finer

 

[mengeleguru]

I would if it would chop it finer

And consistent length is a problem

 

[davidroberts30]

If you want something reliable with good out put and strong either a
Mengele 130 P or a Lely Storm P300 which will stand 300 horse power .

You will always have better silage than a wagon.

Silage quality is down to the grass,nothing to do with the method ensileing it

 

[mtx.jag]

Peoples thoughts on kongskilde 1260 forager looking to purchase one and how many acres per hour in reasonable crop.

As long as you have no stones and plenty of power up its backside then similar to a small self propelled
We do 6ac/hour with a mex6 and 200hp picking up 20/25ft swath depending on crop

 

[puppet]

We used wagons for 5 years at 60 acres a day and we did the buckraking ourselves. Silage was still good (for sucklers) and a good saving on a spfh team. Got harder to find wagon contractors so back to spfh

 

[ford 7810]

We used wagons for 5 years at 60 acres a day and we did the buckraking ourselves. Silage was still good (for sucklers) and a good saving on a spfh team. Got harder to find wagon contractors so back to spfh

What happened with the original wagon contractor

 

[puppet]

They couldn't get enough work. 2 different ones sold their wagon . For smaller farms (we are taking 2 cuts of 110 acre) it was a good system. 8-10cm chop harder to buck rake so had another tractor rolling. Only 1 phone call needed rather than finding 4 people to haul with trailers which cost over £1000.

 

[ford 7810]

They couldn't get enough work. 2 different ones sold their wagon . For smaller farms (we are taking 2 cuts of 110 acre) it was a good system. 8-10cm chop harder to buck rake so had another tractor rolling. Only 1 phone call needed rather than finding 4 people to haul with trailers which cost over £1000.

Can you give us a proper price difference between the two of exactly the same job,chopped and lead basically .mowing rowing up and buckrakeing should be the same .we’ve had all kinds of answers on here, but for different farms and situations

 

[dod1e]

Do wagons chop any better than a round baler with chopper unit, or just the same?

Wondering if they maybe have closer spaced knives?

We find raking the grass before the baler, whether spread first or not, means it is chopped better than just baling the mower bouts, thinking more of the stems end up lying side on to the knives rather than lying in line with the crop flow through the knives in the mower rows.

 

[davidroberts30]

Do wagons chop any better than a round baler with chopper unit, or just the same?

Wondering if they maybe have closer spaced knives?

We find raking the grass before the baler, whether spread first or not, means it is chopped better than just baling the mower bouts, thinking more of the stems end up lying side on to the knives rather than lying in line with the crop flow through the knives in the mower rows.

wagons chop perfect if its picking lighter crops with no stem
they chop ok on 6-8 week crops
if you do rhinograss cuts they will chop it okish

 

[mtx.jag]

To get the best chop out of a wagon you need to make sure all the swaths are moved with the rake and not just pile the two outer ones on top of the middle swath which will just go straight through the blades if that makes sence.

 

[Blue.]

Do wagons chop any better than a round baler with chopper unit, or just the same?

Wondering if they maybe have closer spaced knives?

We find raking the grass before the baler, whether spread first or not, means it is chopped better than just baling the mower bouts, thinking more of the stems end up lying side on to the knives rather than lying in line with the crop flow through the knives in the mower rows.

A fushion 4 has 25 knives and a Pottinger torro 39 knives,similar width of pick up but wagons have far more knives.

 

[little blue]

In the straight and narrow they go ok, but daily maintenance is a massive job and they’re quite tender. Even the smallest most basic self propelled will make it look silly, Claas 492 830 for example.

There's a nice 830 in Riverlea Crymych yard for sale

 

[Boohoo]

A fushion 4 has 25 knives and a Pottinger torro 39 knives,similar width of pick up but wagons have far more knives.

Most don't run a full set of knives on the fusion either, 12 or 13 is more common.

 

[ford 7810]

There's a nice 830 in Riverlea Crymych yard for sale

They,ll be one of the very last 492 850s for sale here ,l have man interested in the chopper and the round but it depends how interested he is

 

[dave6470]

I have four large dairy herds around me there alll using wagons as the find the cows milk better and have less twisted gut problems with longer choped grass