Watveare

[Wood field]

Any of you folk remember watveare ? Particularly the km22 mower .i dragged ours out to mow a few steep meadows and banks as our jd towed mower is a real pain on them.
Would a watveare be a re badged fahr ? Or is it another copy

 

[Rooney]

they certainly sold DF equipment

 

[David1968]

Were Watveare not the importer, back in the day?

 

[Still Farming]

Deutz dealers too think

 

[Boohoo]

A picture of the whole mower would give a better chance of guessing if it's a genuine Deutz-Fahr or a copy that Watveare rebadged, possibly after they stopped being the Deutz-Fahr importer.
Our KM22 was an orange Deutz-Fahr, don't know when they changed to green or when they rebadged them as the KM2.17

 

[Wood field]

A picture of the whole mower would give a better chance of guessing if it's a genuine Deutz-Fahr or a copy that Watveare rebadged, possibly after they stopped being the Deutz-Fahr importer.
Our KM22 was an orange Deutz-Fahr, don't know when they changed to green or when they rebadged them as the KM2.17

 

[Lazy Eric]

Watveare we’re the importers and and backup for Deutz Fahr in the uk. If I remember rightly they also had other brands like Elho grass equipment. The Deutz Fahr business changed quite a lot in the mid 90s . The Deutz element (engines) pulled out of tractors and machinery, I think Same bought the ag side but kept the name dispersing of the grass machinery side also .
Think Watvere carried on badging other spurious brands in their own name. Your mower being one. Might be out of the same factory as Fahr but there was a lot of eastern block shite came into the rebadged market at the same time.
Having had a better look at your photos I would probably say that was actually one of the last Fahrs .

 

[Wood field]

Watveare we’re the importers and and backup for Deutz Fahr in the uk. If I remember rightly they also had other brands like Elho grass equipment. The Deutz Fahr business changed quite a lot in the mid 90s . The Deutz element (engines) pulled out of tractors and machinery, I think Same bought the ag side but kept the name dispersing of the grass machinery side also .
Think Watvere carried on badging other spurious brands in their own name. Your mower being one. Might be out of the same factory as Fahr but there was a lot of eastern block shite came into the rebadged market at the same time.
Having had a better look at your photos I would probably say that was actually one of the last Fahrs .

Thanks for that , whatever it is it’s still doing a decent enough job

 

[steveR]

Thanks for that , whatever it is it’s still doing a decent enough job

Does that mean you are mowing grass for fodder?

Here's hoping for some decent weather for you...

 

[Wood field]

Does that mean you are mowing grass for fodder?

Here's hoping for some decent weather for you...

On last field … held up by the family of ducks that usually reside by the pond Weathers catchy but it’s not looking much better than the next few days , so here’s hoping

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

not really relevant but bought this just over a week ago for topping/ felling thistles. Fahr km22 turbomower
Still has the watveare Ivybridge sticker.

 

[Bury the Trash]

there were green deutz fahrh km 22 's after the orange fahr ones. as there's one here. or parts of it.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Watveare we’re the importers and and backup for Deutz Fahr in the uk. If I remember rightly they also had other brands like Elho grass equipment. The Deutz Fahr business changed quite a lot in the mid 90s . The Deutz element (engines) pulled out of tractors and machinery, I think Same bought the ag side but kept the name dispersing of the grass machinery side also .
Think Watvere carried on badging other spurious brands in their own name. Your mower being one. Might be out of the same factory as Fahr but there was a lot of eastern block shite came into the rebadged market at the same time.
Having had a better look at your photos I would probably say that was actually one of the last Fahrs .

they sold ripvator implements as well, with their name on ,there was a cultivator and a 3pl forklift at l;east from what oi remmber , good simple strong construction tools.

 

[Wood field]

Well it’s been put away for another year, the sticker says’watveare km22 turbo mower’
Whatever it is , it did a job and will be kept as back up.
Got to offload the jf cf trailed mower , they may be good on flat ground but it’s no use here with dips and bumps

 

[Bald n Grumpy]

they sold ripvator implements as well, with their name on ,there was a cultivator and a 3pl forklift at l;east from what oi remmber , good simple strong construction tools.

Wasn't there a turner a bit like a haybob?

 

[Martin Holden]

Were Watveare not the importer, back in the day?

They were Deutz Fahr importers but when Fahr ceased haytool production Watveare may have sourced a copy design from eleswhere otherwise why brand it Watveare? Incidentally the name Watveare came from the original founders of Westerm Machinery (latterly WestMac) a Mr Watkins and a Mr Roseveare! Watveare was established when competing imported products couldn’t be handled by one importer, so Watveare at Westbury Wilts was founded having started in Ivybtidge alongside WestMac!

 

[Martin Holden]

Well it’s been put away for another year, the sticker says’watveare km22 turbo mower’
Whatever it is , it did a job and will be kept as back up.
Got to offload the jf cf trailed mower , they may be good on flat ground but it’s no use here with dips and bumps

I bet your CMT 245 has a bent drum shaft hence the poor level cutting over rig and furrow land.

 

[Wood field]

I bet your CMT 245 has a bent drum shaft hence the poor level cutting over rig and furrow land.

They seem to run true in the shed but I’ve been told it’s possible to turn the shaft 180deg .
To be honest it’s a big clumsy machine , not suited to our narrow lanes and steep ground

 

[Martin Holden]

They seem to run true in the shed but I’ve been told it’s possible to turn the shaft 180deg .
To be honest it’s a big clumsy machine , not suited to our narrow lanes and steep ground

Ok. Not the best for nadgery fields. When I worked with JF in the 80’s/90’s before the model was dropped we sold hundreds of drum shafts each year. If it’s bent it’s bent. Turning through 90 or 180’won’t help.

 

[Wood field]

Ok. Not the best for nadgery fields. When I worked with JF in the 80’s/90’s before the model was dropped we sold hundreds of drum shafts each year. If it’s bent it’s bent. Turning through 90 or 180’won’t help.

It’s ok on our bigger meadow although due to its size it can “ bridge” some dips rather than mow them
Out other mowing fields are steep with banks and 1/4 mile across a moor track.
The cmt mower is physically to big , I should have got another mounted mower really.