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rob

07-09-2003 13:04:38




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Can anyone give me any info on this mower? There is one in the local paper, I have been looking for a disc mower, is this the same. Can't call until after 9 pm just wondering if this is what I am looking for or is it something totally different. I don't have a clue any help? Thanks




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Tim(nj)

07-10-2003 08:54:48




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 Re: MC rotary scythe in reply to rob, 07-09-2003 13:04:38  
I find this type of machine useful for shredding and windrowing cornstalks to bale for bedding, and cutting annual rye for bedding. They also work good in old 1st cutting orchardgrass, because they soften it up as they cut it, making it more palatable. However, running good timothy hay through it sometimes raises objections from buyers because it "disfigures" the timothy heads that they like to see. Not good for anything you want to keep leaves on like alfalfa. They do like to toss stones, wouldn't recommend running one without some kind of barrier between you and the machine (i.e.-cab tractor or pieces of plexiglass mounted on the right fender and behind the seat.) They also work good for shredding berry canes (local raspberry grower uses an old 7' rotary scythe for that.)

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Roy B

07-10-2003 04:01:22




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 Re: MC rotary scythe in reply to rob, 07-09-2003 13:04:38  
Rob,
They will cut pretty much anything, no matter how downed or tangled. They use up a lot of HP. They work best in smooth, flat fields. They will pick up a rock out of your field and land it 20 feet ahead of your tractor. Mow with a hard hat. Roy



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Roy in UK

07-10-2003 05:53:23




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 Re: Re: MC rotary scythe in reply to Roy B, 07-10-2003 04:01:22  
This Roy suggests that if you are thinking of a hay mower, stick with your first thoughts and buy a disc. Our brief encounter with a flail mower as a haymaking machine was a disaster. We bought a machine called a 'Howard Haytimer' ( from the same company that makes the rotary cultivators ) As my namesake says, a slight mound in the field and the thing turned into a Howard rotovator, often breaking off flails in the proccess. Not only that, if it rained soon afterwards, the hay was completely buggered. Suffice to say we soon got rid and bought one of the first drum mowers ever made. I doubt if any of my co-patriots in UK have ever seen a Haytimer, as soon after that they went out of production.

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John51

07-09-2003 15:11:11




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 Re: MC rotary scythe in reply to rob, 07-09-2003 13:04:38  
It's a flail with wide blades. Very similiar to a New Idea Cutditioner in the way it works.



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John51

07-09-2003 15:10:29




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 Re: MC rotary scythe in reply to rob, 07-09-2003 13:04:38  
It's a flail with wide blades. Very similiar to a New Idew Cutditioner in the way it works.



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Roy in UK

07-09-2003 13:24:46




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 Re: MC rotary scythe in reply to rob, 07-09-2003 13:04:38  
Curiosity killed the cat so what is it going to do to me? I searched 'Google' and:-

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It is a flail mower.



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