Which tedder?

[Barleycorn]

Currently thinking about buying an 8 rotor tedder. Pottinger and Lely (Kubota now) roughly the same price, Claas a bit more. Was wondering what peoples experiences were and reliability / running costs? Is the Pottinger a bit flimsy compared to others?
Cheers.

 

[james ds]

I've a 6 rotor here and it does a great job and gives no trouble , are you sure the kubota is a lely , I'd also buy a Malone if I was buying now.

 

[Goweresque]

I've looked at the Kubota brochure and it looks nothing like a Lely. Haven't AGCO stopped making Lely tedders entirely now?

 

[Barleycorn]

Don't know, I thought the dealer said it was the same as a Lely, Kubota bought Kvernland, which tedder did they have?

 

[Pistonbroke]

Kubota is a Vicon/ Kverneland ,Lely are back in production as Massey Ferguson/ Fendt

 

[seedman stains]

Take your pick reliability is as much to do with the user,and a bit of luck as always.They are all built to a cost so if you are careful with gear generally any make will do

 

[deleted user 837354]

Pottinger 8 rotor looks a good piece of kit from what I have seen of it. Not used a tedder in years mind.

 

[neilo]

Fendt are to start selling (what was) the Lely 770, and bigger models, according to the FG (or it’s machinery supplement).

Very pleased with my Malone, but they don’t make bigger than a 6 rotor.

 

[james ds]

Kubota is a Vicon/ Kverneland ,Lely are back in production as Massey Ferguson/ Fendt

The current Massey/ fendt are 100% Fella. And are a bit light for my liking , I seen a twin rotor kubota rake recently with only two wheels under each rotor , it looked as if half of it was missing .

 

[Barleycorn]

Just had a quote for a Krone, a little bit more than the Pottinger, but looks strongly made.

 

[Andrew]

Kubota is not Lely. You can’t buy Lely at the moment but will be able to buy it in MF or Fendt colours from next year.

We have ran most of the makes over the years including Lely, Pottinger, Krone, Fell and have killed nearly all of them in 3-4 years. Noticeably the Lely is still going strong in it’s 7th season. If you can wait till next year that’s what I’d go for, built like a brick outhouse (if Agco don’t mess with it).

Current second favourite is Pottinger.

 

[ED.D]

Had a Pottinger 8 rotor mounted and never had a problem, swapped it for a 10 rotor trailed this time and been equally impressed.

 

[james ds]

Just had a quote for a Krone, a little bit more than the Pottinger, but looks strongly made.

Krone use softer metal than pottinger across the board. I've seen a few krone machines fall apart or give gearbox trouble and in my opinion the quality long term is not there.

 

[Andrew]

Krone use softer metal than pottinger across the board. I've seen a few krone machines fall apart or give gearbox trouble and in my opinion the quality long term is not there.

Been round the Krone and the Pottinger factory. Krone didn’t mention where they got the steel from but Pottinger buy all their steel from an Austrian foundry down the road. IIRC They looked at cheaper Chinesium steel but quality was very poor. Cheap steel sheet does delaminate sometimes.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Been round the Krone and the Pottinger factory. Krone didn’t mention where they got the steel from but Pottinger buy all their steel from an Austrian foundry down the road. IIRC They looked at cheaper Chinesium steel but quality was very poor. Cheap steel sheet does delaminate sometimes.

Where do they get the gearboxes and drive line parts? These are surely just as critical?

 

[jonny]

Finally been confirmed

 

[Lazy Eric]

Krone very well built

 

[Andrew]

Where do they get the gearboxes and drive line parts? These are surely just as critical?

Gearboxes I can’t remember off the top of my head.

Drivelines etc are Walterscheid, Bondioli and Pavesi etc etc same as everyone else.

In all the machines we’ve run never really had any problem with the driveline apart from a few UJs. 99% of all failures are structural caused by fatigue.

 

[james ds]

Where do they get the gearboxes and drive line parts? These are surely just as critical?

I seen a new krone front mower with the gearbox gone and the gears looked very small and delicate.

 

[Clever Dic]

Genuinely used most makes over a big acreage of heavy crops.
10m- 15m machines..Pottinger fair job but when you went wider than 10m build not up to it. Lely built like tanks the 15m is awesome but does not deliver the very best spread. Just finished trying a 15m SIP and excellent spread pattern and I like small rotors.
Most likely my next purchase.