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legn4

01-02-2005 08:29:08




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In my travels to buy a disc mower. I found a guy that had removed the covers & all the frame work + the trail board. Said that they pulled (easlier) like the size bigger.And laid the hay down like a sickle mower. He had done this on a 7'Kuhns & 9' Krone. Is he right? Crazy? Has any one else done this? Thanks Eddie




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Hay Dr

01-02-2005 14:27:54




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 Re: Disc mower question in reply to legn4, 01-02-2005 08:29:08  
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If you you want a premium mower that pulls with 20 % less power than a Kuhn or Krone look at a Lely/Vermeer or AGCO/New Idea disc mower. The shaft drive mowers have no oil bath and less moving parts.



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wolfmantractor

01-02-2005 13:19:41




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 Re: Disc mower question in reply to legn4, 01-02-2005 08:29:08  
Disc mowers lay it quite flat even with skirts on. Insignificant difference in power needed. I was mowing one day, a golf ball smacked into the skirt and still came out of there with enough force to travel 80 yards. Had it hit my head, I wouldn't be here to tell yall about it. I know I shouldn't be mowing so many acres without a cab tractor. I won't use it on any field that I haven't plowed (and picked the stones off). Tractor is quite high. Also one day, one of the hats split without warning and about a third of it with one knife flew out of there ripping skirt & metal frame of skirt. Found the projectile up in the neighbors field. Since then I don't like to mow if people are near.

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thurlow

01-02-2005 11:28:18




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 Re: Disc mower question in reply to legn4, 01-02-2005 08:29:08  
My Dad did this on a Tarrup mower back in the '70s-'80s so he could mow under trees..... .we had a commercial peach orchard. He never put the "stuff" back on and it worked fine..... actually, he eventually wore out 2 of these mowers. We didn't have to deal with rocks as the hayman suggested, but we did have other things to worry about in pastures, which we cut for hay at times. (It's gonna throw whatever's out there on you. He built a frame with plexiglass on the tractor's right fender, so he could see, but could keep the **** off of him. I've owned Bush-Hog and Deere myself; never had a reason to take the canvas off; always used a tractor with enough HP that it didn't matter..... .

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Roy in UK

01-02-2005 11:26:39




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 Re: Disc mower question in reply to legn4, 01-02-2005 08:29:08  
I cannot for the life of me think why oh why anyone would want to remove the covers off a disc mower. Apart from the safety aspect ( as mentioned below ) but the change in power requirement would be insignificant. A disc mower does tend to lay it flat, a drum mower does not.



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kyhayman

01-02-2005 09:58:56




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 Re: Disc mower question in reply to legn4, 01-02-2005 08:29:08  
yes, the will pull easier, and lat the hay flatter. First rock you hit right you die too. Not a good trade off.



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