dairydurham
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Looking at changing our two trailed mowers for front and rear combo. JD, Pottinger in the mix Kuhn ruled themselves out as ignored us at RFS show.What do you think ?
Which mowers ?
- Thread starter dairydurham
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- Location
- Netherlands
If i had to choose now i would look into SIP, look good and dealer is keen to make some sales, at least that's the case here.
dinderleat
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- Location
- Wells
We went to claas from jd trailed seems ok, front we bought s/h back we bought new when I sold the trailed privately.
ollie989898
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Pottinger- Sid has them.
Horn&corn
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Kuhn rear used to hang out the back for transport making it very difficult with one on the front. This ruled it out for us. Went Kv but not the strongest frame
early riser
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- Location
- Up North
Spending money with people is hard work nowadays, no matter who you are dealing with
Grassman247
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I’d go for krone myself, had one that lasted 15 years and never gave any bother apart from blades. A brick broke a cog in the bed which wasn’t its fault.
Will Blackburn
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- Location
- Cheshire
Going on other threads, you'll need a triple to keep up with 2 trailed output.
We run krone mowers. Top kit.
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Some are, I don't think they all are. Not sure tho, they wouldn't used to be. But no, to answer the question id go Kuhn, stuff is bombproof generally.
frederick
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- Location
- south west
Nope you will just need nearly the same total horsepower.
You can't expect a 180 horsepower tractor on two mowers to be faster than two 140hp tractors on trailed mowers.
Boohoo
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- Location
- Newtownabbey
If it was my money I'd buy Pottinger before JD/Kuhn.
- Location
- Northumberland
I would add Claas and Krone into your selection, in fact I would put them above your current selection.
- Location
- Huntingdon, UK
Pottinger every time.
Excellent mowers with very good backup.
Excellent mowers with very good backup.
- Location
- South Molton
Check out part prices as well.
Price up blades, top hat,skids, maybe a gearbox
Can be a huge variation in running costs.
Price up blades, top hat,skids, maybe a gearbox
Can be a huge variation in running costs.
- Location
- Pembrokeshire
Be the same as they’ll probaly be travelling the same speed
ollie989898
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Work considering how much the machines weigh and how they fold up for transport.
If you're feeling particularly flush then a pottinger tedder wouldn't be a bad shout either. Every dairy farmer should have one (a tedder).
If you're feeling particularly flush then a pottinger tedder wouldn't be a bad shout either. Every dairy farmer should have one (a tedder).
frederick
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- Location
- south west
We can run a 3m trailed nearly 50% faster on 140hp through a thick first cut than front and rear on 210hp. The single mower also turns quicker but has to do twice as many so probably spends 50% more time turning.
Conditioners will be partly to blame.
3m trailed about 6.5 acres an hour. Front and rear around 10
ollie989898
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To be honest, driving slower whilst mowing is no bad thing as the whole outfit gets less grief from a lower forward speed.