rrlund - about drum mower -

RayP(MI)

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The drum mower is like a disk mower in that it uses rotating knives - but on 3 foot diameter disks. They counter rotate so that the hay is almost windrowed (could probably bale it as mowed) - I can straddle it on next pass, so wheels don't crush it down like a sickle. This I see as an advantage. Hay itself isn't beat up much, or crushed like a conditioner, or a flail mower. Unnerving is that the hay is thrown out base (stem) first. So the mowing itself doesn't probably speed up the drying. Heavy hay gets laid out pretty much linear, lighter hay comes out more randomly like your lawn mower. I have been raking it when about half dry to fluff up to speed drying. Last field, I combined two passes into one windrow. Fluffed up nicely = dried very fast, cut one evening, baled next evening, Can't beat that. Kuhn sells a tedder for the back of their disk mowers. Don't think I'll bite for one. I'll say this, it can cut faster than I want to ride. Doesn't clog. Goes right through mole hills, but may throw small stones. I'm gonna put a plexiglass shield on the tractor fender as soon as I get a chance to find that piece of strapiron I misplaced. Blades are similar to disk mower, on pivot so flip back on contact with solid objects. If I wasn't running into stones and dirt so much, they'd probably last quite a while. A set of blades cost $10 at TSC, takes about 15 minutes to change. Double sided, can be swapped left to right, for more life.
Learning curve still pretty steep, but very impressed so far. Good match for my wife's MF180.

I have the MINOSagra 190 which is the same unit as the CCM 190 that has been posted on here. Google "drum mower" and it will come right up. Red with yellow skirt.
 
75 inches, by my math. X2 on the positive review of Drum mowers. I have a 66 inch model CCM. One thing, they are a lot heavier than they look, specially in transport position.
 
Here"s a site that explains them. Mine has a yellow skirt, rather than clear. Think this is one of the smaller models. I have the 190 - largest available. Cut a field this afternoon in literally half the time it would have taken me with a 7 foot sickle bar mower.
HayMaxx
 
(quoted from post at 17:18:54 07/15/13) ive never heard of drum mowers in tx. just disc mowers and swathers... can you post a pic?
Hey 47framallM look up Small Farm innovations (SFI) they are in Cadweld TX. I bought a DM165 drum mower from them to replace my JD 39N sickle bar.
Wow what a difference..... I cut coastal and bahila grass, the drum mower will mow as fast as you can drive the tractor and then some. It never plugged up or clogged up on me. I can now get through cutting the entire field without getting off the tractor.

Also what the other guys are saying about the weight is also true. In transport mode( mower facing backwards) it likes to bounce the front wheels off the ground on my IH 444 tractor. I will need to load the front tires before I cut again in a few weeks.
Andrew
 
I've decided to replace my old ni290 haybine with a drum mower.I'm between a ccm 190 & a zetor 185.Both mowers look similar(I haven't seen ether mower in person)The zetor is a few hundred more. has anyone compared the two?
 
(quoted from post at 17:29:32 07/15/13) Here"s a site that explains them. Mine has a yellow skirt, rather than clear. Think this is one of the smaller models. I have the 190 - largest available. Cut a field this afternoon in literally half the time it would have taken me with a 7 foot sickle bar mower.
HayMaxx
had one of these early drum mowers back in Holland in the early seventies.
They cut very well but were a PITA to hitch to the 3 point and impossible to lift them level off the ground when in mowing position, was always flipping sod and dirt up on the end of the second drum while raising it.
The long hex drivebelt wasn't cheap either :shock:
They are OK for small acreages. I would not want to cut a quarter section with it.
 

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