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jf 245 mower

  • 25-01-2011 11:41pm
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    looking at a jf mower without a conditioner. going cheap but in good order. are they complete buckets and could you pick up with a wagon straight without tedding and rowing in


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  • #2
    roosterman71
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    We've one with a conditioner. Pretty good mower. 8ft cut and leaves a nice swarth. It doesn't like heavy meadows though. Can get it hard to get the grass out through it


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    thanks, saw yours a bit ago. are they hard to drive.any trouble with that big belt


  • #4
    roosterman71
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    I'm driving it with a JD6400. Usually on the 1000 pto setting (cos I can't get it back into the 540!!) and bout 1600 revs. Drives it the finest.

    The big belt gave no trouble so far. Only thing is the spring to tighten the conditioner belt is a weak design and will break easy enough. So I've done a DIY job on it and thats helped.

    Also, the bar supporting the pto shaft back along broke on me too. Not a big deal to fix up.


  • #5
    st1979
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    We had 1 for about 20 years sold it for parts about 5 years ago. Dad bought it new and we hated it. But it lasted better than any mower of its vintage.
    No.1: They first sold them saying you needed 75hp. really you need 90+ and in the wrong meadow a 150hp
    No.2: Some hay meadows virtually can't be cut as the spinner between the outer drum would catch the grass before its cut. so you can take off the spinner but then it can pull along the grass in to lumps.
    In the right nice type of grass it can give no trouble. But we all get times when the weather is so bad the grass shoots out and gets flattened and thats when they are a nightmare.
    Good points are they are tough leaves a clean cut. If you hit something nasty the worst is you will bend the front drums centre shaft and the blades will touch. If this happens turn the shaft 180 degrees and it will probably straighten up itself.

    We bought ours for an old type wagon and the reason was it had a conditioner so the wagon would have a better chance of cutting the grass as its all messed up not laying in a line where it can slip between knives with out being cut. So i wouldn't reccomend a non conditioner mower for a wagon unless you were going to be tedding or raking the grass first.

    Personally i would buy an older trailed disc mower conditioner (which i did) and if the bed goes wrong they can be repaired normally by changing all bearings and an odd cog or two if your unlucky. Just get a common make so you can get s/h cogs. And mowing will be a pleasure and they are a lot easier driven in all crops. I even do all my topping with mine


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