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ollie farmer

11-09-2006 20:01:18

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What are the advantages of a MoCo? I cut about 40 acres of fescue/clover mix and have planted 10 acres of alfalfa this year. I've been paying a neighbor to mow with a disc mower, but have been wanting to get my own mower. I have been seeing some reasonably priced MoCos around and know nothing about them. Also, can they be used as just mowers, or do you have to run everything through the rollers?

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ktheo1

11-10-2006 03:20:09

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Re: mower conditioner advantages? in reply to ollie farmer, 11-09-2006 20:01:18

Let me add my 2cents worth.I had used a moco for yearsJD1219 at last.Have a disc mower and a tedder now as the disc moco's are too pricey. Get along just as well if not better as I did with the 1219.

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Carp

11-10-2006 09:08:51

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Re: mower conditioner advantages? in reply to ktheo1, 11-10-2006 03:20:09

I almost agree. One of the big bennefits of the moco is that not only does if crush or bruise the stem of clover and alphalfa to help dry, it also fluffs the hay up off the ground helping it dry by letting air pass through the hay and keeping the hay up off of the damp ground.

A disc mower lays the hay very flat and tight against the ground. If you ted the hay shortly after or early the next day after mowing, it will dry nearly as quick as the moco, but now you have to travel over the ground 1 more time to ted it.

I have gotten similar result with a moco and not tedding as a disc mower and tedding. Personally I hate tedding hay (boring as all get out) so I use the moco. This year I bought a used 411 NH discbine which is the best of both worlds.

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Gerald J.

11-09-2006 21:03:09

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Re: mower conditioner advantages? in reply to ollie farmer, 11-09-2006 20:01:18

Crimping the stems of alfalfa (just bruising, not crushing) makes the stems dry nearly as fast as the leaves, so when you rake and bale more of the leaves stay on the stem and get to the bale. Leaves are where the food value is, straw has little food value. And in Central Iowa a mower conditioner laying out as wide a windrow as possible dries a day sooner than a narrower windrow which dries at least a day sooner than unconditioned hay. And those two days often make the difference between making hay and not making hay since its hard to get even three dry days in a row in early June.

You can generally open up the rolls, or take the pressure off so you don't crimp the hay if you want. I tried that once for oats, and it kind of worked with an oat pickup on the combine days later after the weeds had dried.

Gerald J.

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old

11-09-2006 20:58:37

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Re: mower conditioner advantages? in reply to ollie farmer, 11-09-2006 20:01:18

A MOCO sppeds dring time by about one half. The rollers works like a wringer washer and sqeezes the water out of the stems. I usto use a sickle more when I mowed hay but since I got my NH460 MOCO baleing take a lot less time. Alos I don't see any way to use one with out useing the rollers

Hobby farm

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