BobTreeFarmer
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I bought mine from Tractor Tools Direct (tractortoolsdirect.com) in Indiana and had to have it shipped here and I assembled it myself. It's a heavy machine and well made. Yes I am still positive about the Galfre 190 performance and this year was my third season with it.
I'm about three and a half hours from you so if you want to see the 190 up close let me know. Contact Tractor Tools Direct and see what they have available. I think they have other brands available and they are the parts source for Galfre.
I致e harvested my grass hay in the past with a very old slow JD 7 ft mower/conditioner that is now at the end of life. I like the speed and low maintenance of rotary cutting rather than a sickle bar. I would like to harvest my timothy earlier in June rather than July when it is over mature and the seed heads have gone. Therefore I need fast drying to take advantage of the shorter intervals of dry weather between thunderstorms in June. Even with only a 7 ft mower my wind rows needed to be turned for rapid full drying; that痴 why I think the 澱lack hole feature would be helpful. Spread it out for rapid dry and then rake for baling. Haymaking for me is more of a favor to provide good quality grass hay for my horses and for those of a few friends. Everyone around here seems to like multiple crops of irrigated alfalfa, which is too hot for horses that lead a life of leisure.
Thanks for the offer of letting me see the Galfre, but the Italian factory rep sent me both the owner痴 and assembly manuals for the 190 so I think I have a good appreciation of how it is designed. Your feedback on the mower performance was helpful. Does the 澱lack hole feature spread the hay out evenly to your satisfaction?
Also I was thinking the offset 3 pt mount of the mower would be beneficial to trim light brush and grass from the shoulders of my logging haul roads as well as those areas of canary grass that I do not harvest for hay.
I looked on the tractortools direct webpage and they only list Ibex and Terra brands of drum mowers, but I'll give them an email.