New Tedder on the Market?

[tessiers]

Anyone seen the Baltimatic tedder in the agri supply catalog? Belt driven, 9' width, reasonable money. Looks good for a small scale operation. Wonder what it looks like in person.

 

[RichZ]

Do you have a link for it? Sounds interesting. Thanks.

 

[KFhunter]

I can see a lot of belt slippage in heavy hay, probably work on well manicured grass hay field.

 

[tessiers]

Hay Tedder-3-Point | Agri Supply #81256

Don't know why it caught my eye, my tedder is the best piece of equipment I have.

 

[RichZ]

Thanks!! Boy, that's the least expensive tedder I've seen in many years. Don't know how well it works, but the price sure is nice.

 

[Amelia Farms]

I bought one last year. I think it was the first one the AgriSupply had sold at its Garner location and they really did not know much about it. This is the first and only tedder I have used, so I don't have a lot to compare it to.

It certainly is no top of the line piece of equipment, but it gets the job done. The only trouble I have had so far is on one particularly rough field, the tires popped off of the hub twice. They look to be basicly wheelbarrow tires/hubs. I may put a tube in them this year.

Would I buy another one? Probably not. I would most likely bite the bullet and find a higher quality used machine.

 

[TractorToolsDirect]

There is a reason that every other two basket tedder on the market that is made by a reputable manufacturer costs at least $2000. Galfre, Sitrex, Tonutti (probably the 3 most popular brands in the US) have all done everything they can to make their tedders as affordable as possible. There is nothing more they can do short of greatly reducing quality. Stick with something made in Italy by a company that's been around awhile and you won't regret it.

 

[Grateful11]

I'd look for a used tedder before I'd buy that. We sold a 3pt. 2 basket Galfre on CL for $650 a few years ago that was far away much heavier built than that. The belt drive wouldn't bother me as bad as the rest of construction after looking at the manual.