Jerry/MT
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- Feb 2, 2008
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- North Idaho-The Palouse
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- New Holland TD95D, Ford 4610 & Kubota M4500
I recently purchased a Galfre drum mower (Model FR/G 190) and just completed haying. This is a first for me, never having done my own haying before. But that's another story.
There have been many comments about the requirement for a tedder to spread the cut grass out after mowing it with a drum mower. The implication was that if you buy a drum mower you need to also have a tedder to ted the cut grass. The Galfre has what they call their "Black Hole" conditioning system. It consists of some steel plates above the drum blade carrier that spin with the drum. It spreads the cut forage out behind the mower. Here's a picture below. All I needed to do was to rake this up and bale it, which I did. Some of the bales are in the background. I have to say that we are in the midst of a drought and my problem was the hay dried "too quickly". I had to bale in the early part of the day to have some moisture in the bale. So it's not a good test of whether the conditioning system speeds drying.
My conclusion is that the Galfre 190 with the "Black Hole" conditioning system does not require a tedder. (I have no personal connection to Galfre or Galfre dealers.)
There have been many comments about the requirement for a tedder to spread the cut grass out after mowing it with a drum mower. The implication was that if you buy a drum mower you need to also have a tedder to ted the cut grass. The Galfre has what they call their "Black Hole" conditioning system. It consists of some steel plates above the drum blade carrier that spin with the drum. It spreads the cut forage out behind the mower. Here's a picture below. All I needed to do was to rake this up and bale it, which I did. Some of the bales are in the background. I have to say that we are in the midst of a drought and my problem was the hay dried "too quickly". I had to bale in the early part of the day to have some moisture in the bale. So it's not a good test of whether the conditioning system speeds drying.
My conclusion is that the Galfre 190 with the "Black Hole" conditioning system does not require a tedder. (I have no personal connection to Galfre or Galfre dealers.)