tractors

grassman90

I have a NH TS 90 tractor rated approx 80 HP PTO ,Considering buying a conditioner mower a dealer is recommending a 9 ft kuhn 283 TG trailed i feel a mounted 9 ft would be heavy, any one have any experience of this machine thanks

ci985

Think you might be a bit underpowered for a 9 foot
mower with conditioner 100hp would be needed me thinks:)

JohnBoy

there's a guy on the farming and forestry forum stannflt, does a share of his own silage and has one I think, take a looksee over there in the pictures thread

John J. Lyons

grassman90 wrote: »

I have a NH TS 90 tractor rated approx 80 HP PTO ,Considering buying a conditioner mower a dealer is recommending a 9 ft kuhn 283 TG trailed i feel a mounted 9 ft would be heavy, any one have any experience of this machine thanks

You should be ok once you have flat enough ground

GERMAN ROCKS

you will be fine out. sure all you have to do is keep going down the gears. you will be able to go as fast as the rest on flat and down hill but might might be down a good bit coming up a hill.

hughjohn

A 80 hp tractor with a 9 foot moco mounted on the linkage would be madness.
OK in the field maybe but a different story on the roads. it will be all over the place unless you're going to crawl along!

grassman90

thanks hughjohn,thats my thinking as well the trailed kuhn 9 ft its a 283 tg is the machine i am interested in getting owners opinions on

hughjohn

Sorrry , cant help you on the Kuhn mower, run a claas at the mo myself.

grassman90

John J. Lyons wrote: »

You should be ok once you have flat enough ground

thanks john,its flat enough i was talking to a man who has pulled it with a 90 hp landini.

grassman90

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

you will be fine out. sure all you have to do is keep going down the gears. you will be able to go as fast as the rest on flat and down hill but might might be down a good bit coming up a hill.

thanks, thats the message im getting .

grassman90

JohnBoy wrote: »

there's a guy on the farming and forestry forum stannflt, does a share of his own silage and has one I think, take a looksee over there in the pictures thread

thanks johnboy i wil have a look.

grassman90

ci985 wrote: »

Think you might be a bit underpowered for a 9 foot
mower with conditioner 100hp would be needed me thinks:)

thanks ,the kuhn fc 283 tg is aimed at the farmer there a light weight machine not heavy contract work.

grassman90

ci985 wrote: »

Think you might be a bit underpowered for a 9 foot
mower with conditioner 100hp would be needed me thinks:)

thanks for youre reply,of course the dealer tells me that i will have no problem just take it slow, at the moment i mow with a kv 8 ft disc 4 ac per hr easy , with the conditioner i would be quite happy with 2 ac per hr, do you know about malone 960c what are they like ?

td5man

grassman90 wrote: »

ci985 wrote: »

Think you might be a bit underpowered for a 9 foot
mower with conditioner 100hp would be needed me thinks:)

thanks for youre reply,of course the dealer tells me that i will have no problem just take it slow, at the moment i mow with a kv 8 ft disc 4 ac per hr easy , with the conditioner i would be quite happy with 2 ac per hr, do you know about malone 960c what are they like ?

I changed from a 9 foot taarup to a 10 foot kuhn and find the kuhn far harder to drive have 125 hp in front of it.

grassman90

td5man wrote: »

I changed from a 9 foot taarup to a 10 foot kuhn and find the kuhn far harder to drive have 125 hp in front of it.

the 10 ft is the fc 302 model, there is a kuhn 283 tg is 9 ft they claim its easier to pull,why the change to kuhn ?

farmertipp

grassman90 wrote: »

I have a NH TS 90 tractor rated approx 80 HP PTO ,Considering buying a conditioner mower a dealer is recommending a 9 ft kuhn 283 TG trailed i feel a mounted 9 ft would be heavy, any one have any experience of this machine thanks

I have mowed silage with 10ft jd 1365 on back of ts90 but it has a turbo in it..would work away on a fair crop

hould on hey

I have worked a lely 320mc on a same leapord 85 on The country every Summer this year I Will use a 100hp tractor only because I sold The 85. Mower is The easiest worked impliment apart from wrapper you don't need big hp or big deeres To drive one

iverjohnston

have a JD1365 and used it on both a Fiat 90-90 and a JD 3140. You wont break any speed records with either, but you will easily manage 4 acres/hour on hilly ground.
Look on the bright side, your mower will last a lot longer than if you were pouring 150 HP down the shaft!

grassman90

thanks iverjohnston, im looking at the malone 960c 9ft 2300 kg and the keverneland 4328 9ft 1520 kg,looks to me it would easier to pull the kv with my 90 hp none turbo nh.you say 4 ac/hr i would be very happy with 3 ac/hr

iverjohnston

grassman90 wrote: »

thanks iverjohnston, im looking at the malone 960c 9ft 2300 kg and the keverneland 4328 9ft 1520 kg,looks to me it would easier to pull the kv with my 90 hp none turbo nh.you say 4 ac/hr i would be very happy with 3 ac/hr

I have cut 3 acres an hour with a pz165 and a nuffield 10-60, if you cannot better that with a moco and a tractor 40 years younger, i Will be disappointed!

Barney05

I would reccomned to check some used mowers.
For me John Deere works better then kuhn, i have 1365 myself.

grassman90

thanks to all for youre comments and advice ,i bought a malone 960c no problem pulling it im doing 4 acres per hour 7mph 9 ft 6 cutting width its the heaviest mower for its size at 2300kg, very happy with it