Which Tedder

[aczlan]

Well a 3pt has the advantage of picking it up when going from field to field which nice if you have a lot ditches or low spots to cross. The biggest disadvantage IMO is the process of hooking up to the 3pt like anything else 3pt. Also if you use your top link for other stuff it would need to be adjusted each time you use it. Most people run the leading edge of the tines about 3/4-7/8" above the ground.

On a trailed tedder if it doesn't have hydraulic tilt you will have to manually tilt it back when going from field to field. They're very easy to hook up. You do have watch your 3pt lift arms with a trailed one so not to hit the PTO in turns. Here they just remove the extendable links on the lift arms to be on the safe side with the Tedder and the DiscBine. Some people remove the lift arms altogether but that's a pain.

We have a 18' 4 basket Enrossi tedder, it is towed and it trails the tractor well. I lift the 3 point arms up all the way and it clears everything.

Aaron Z

 

[Grateful11]

Well it takes less than 5 minutes to remove the extendable arms on the JD 5065M that way when a certain operator forgets to pick the arms all the way up or bumps the level down a bit then there's no way for them to hit a $500 PTO shaft on the Tedder. The only time the 3pt is used on the Deere is with a 110gallon 3pt sprayer and that's only a few times a year. Everything here is pull type except the sprayer and a 12ft. Field Cultivator with drag bar and crumbler basket and the Deere can't handle it anyway.

 

[aczlan]

Well it takes less than 5 minutes to remove the extendable arms on the JD 5065M that way when a certain operator forgets to pick the arms all the way up or bumps the level down a bit then there's no way for them to hit a $500 PTO shaft on the Tedder. The only time the 3pt is used on the Deere is with a 110gallon 3pt sprayer and that's only a few times a year. Everything here is pull type except the sprayer and a 12ft. Field Cultivator with drag bar and crumbler basket and the Deere can't handle it anyway.

Ah, we go straight from the tedder to a 3 point trailer mover that we use to tow the rollbar rake to make windrows so we use the 3 point a lot more often.

Aaron Z

 

[PROFarms]

ok so in relation to the actual operation of the tedders then there shouldn't be any difference with one doing a better job than the other?

 

[aczlan]

ok so in relation to the actual operation of the tedders then there shouldn't be any difference with one doing a better job than the other?

A 3 point one will have a tendency to swing wide in turns and might miss tedding the hay on the inside while a towed one will track the tractor on turns.
On the other hand, you can lift up a 3 point one to go over something you dont want to tedd which you cannot do with a towed one.

Aaron Z

 

[PROFarms]

ok, is it likely that the 3pt one might not ted all of the grass as it passes over it, think i may have read that on a forum somewhere?

 

[aczlan]

ok, is it likely that the 3pt one might not ted all of the grass as it passes over it, think i may have read that on a forum somewhere?

A 3 point one might be more sensitive to bumps, but if either one passes over the grass, it should tedd it.

Aaron Z

 

[PROFarms]

ok thanks, think i might go for the 3pt one as its in really good order and is for sale at 150 from a farm down the road so i know its had an easy, short life. will post pics when i pick it up