Posted by Bruce from Can. on May 28, 2019 at 06:57:55 from (74.12.73.21):
I know many are moving to disc cutting machines to cut their hay crops and away from sickle bar cutting heads, on mowers and mower/conditioners. My question is do any of you cut hay with a disc mower, not a discmower/conditioner, just a theee point hitch disc mower. The kind like you might see the township workers trimming the side of the road with. I make very little dry hay, near all our hay is either been put through the forage harvester, or made into silage bales. So I am not as concerned about conditioning the hay to speed drying time. Disc mowers leave the hay in a wide swath, not in a tight windrow, so it may dry down almost as fast as conditioning anyway. A new discmower conditioner with a 10 foot cut, will cost me about $35,000.00 Canadian dollars. While I can buy a disc mower for $15,000.00 . Both units are brand new, and can get a grand off for cash purchase. With most years taking 3 cuts off of 100 acres, and another 100 or so getting one cutting, it is becoming a challenge to keep my 30 year old cutting equipment working, and speed is starting to become a bigger issue as well. Probably cut at a much faster ground speed with a disc cutter. Just don�t know if it is really worth the extra 20 grand for conditioning rolls, and slightly less for fail , if conditioning isn�t really needed. Anyone got one? Thoughts?
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