Cliff_Johns
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Welcome to TBN and thanks for the terrific set of photographs and the explanations. Very interesting.
Cliff
Cliff
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Hi rockyridgefarm,
in Germany we have front mowers since many years driven from the front pto; they are regular mower decks but with a frame over it so that you're able to hang up them in the frame. The only problem is that for collecting the grass from the side of the mower to the collecting system on the rear 3 point, theres a long way for the grass through a 4 meter hose with 20 cm diameter and therefore when the grass is wet it stucks in the hose. That's the reason why we rather like the MMM than a front mower deck.
The frame on the mower deck is fixed to the front hitch over a triangle. Perhaps I'am able to scan a picture from the frame and the triabgle for better understanding what i tried to explain.
in Germany we have front mowers since many years driven from the front pto; they are regular mower decks but with a frame over it so that you're able to hang up them in the frame. The only problem is that for collecting the grass from the side of the mower to the collecting system on the rear 3 point, theres a long way for the grass through a 4 meter hose with 20 cm diameter and therefore when the grass is wet it stucks in the hose. That's the reason why we rather like the MMM than a front mower deck.
The frame on the mower deck is fixed to the front hitch over a triangle. Perhaps I'am able to scan a picture from the frame and the triabgle for better understanding what i tried to explain.
kennyd
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Wow, excellent pictures!
Please tell more about the PTP driven grass collection system.
Please tell more about the PTP driven grass collection system.
rockyridgefarm
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<font color="green"> theres a long way for the grass through a 4 meter hose with 20 cm diameter </font>
Yeah, that front mower to rear grass collection would never work here, we would have to import metric grass....
4 meters!!! Yikes! That would be a mess!
Yeah, that front mower to rear grass collection would never work here, we would have to import metric grass....
4 meters!!! Yikes! That would be a mess!
Hi kennyd,
i don't know the inch, i'm a metric guy.
The rear pto goes into a gear box where are several drive belts and one of them goes to a turbine with 8 shovels packed in an iron canal who goes in a fiberglass box with perforated lattice where the air, produced from the turbine, can go out from the fiberglass box because the turbine produces a lot of air !!! The grass is moved because of the negative pressure produced from the turbine from the MMM's right side through the hose into the turbine canal and then into the fiberglass box. If you put the hose away from the turbine and bring your hand near the turbine it will cut all your fingers and you wouldn't realize this. It's like a knife, a green knife !!! an an expensive knife. You can get several collection boxes with various cubic; i have an 550 liter box, the next one is a 750 liter, then 1200 liter and the highest has 2000 liters!! If this box is full you even get problems with an 3720; last week I drove a 3720 with emty 2000 liter box, 300 CX loader and 72" MMM and it really bogged down when i suddenly went to max speed; after a while the rpm's raised up to 2700 per minute and I was able to drive about 33 km/h.
Attached is a picture with a grass collecting system built in Germany; the tractor is only a 455 and not a 4300 but they are also availible.
i don't know the inch, i'm a metric guy.
The rear pto goes into a gear box where are several drive belts and one of them goes to a turbine with 8 shovels packed in an iron canal who goes in a fiberglass box with perforated lattice where the air, produced from the turbine, can go out from the fiberglass box because the turbine produces a lot of air !!! The grass is moved because of the negative pressure produced from the turbine from the MMM's right side through the hose into the turbine canal and then into the fiberglass box. If you put the hose away from the turbine and bring your hand near the turbine it will cut all your fingers and you wouldn't realize this. It's like a knife, a green knife !!! an an expensive knife. You can get several collection boxes with various cubic; i have an 550 liter box, the next one is a 750 liter, then 1200 liter and the highest has 2000 liters!! If this box is full you even get problems with an 3720; last week I drove a 3720 with emty 2000 liter box, 300 CX loader and 72" MMM and it really bogged down when i suddenly went to max speed; after a while the rpm's raised up to 2700 per minute and I was able to drive about 33 km/h.
Attached is a picture with a grass collecting system built in Germany; the tractor is only a 455 and not a 4300 but they are also availible.
