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Mounted Vs Trailed Chain Harrows

  • 15-04-2013 1:57pm
    #1
    FarmerBrowne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Was wondering from people who have experience with working with both mounted and trailer chain harrows which type is better? Obviously the mounted one is handier for moving about from field to field but does it offer any other advantages? Does moss and dead grass not clog up the rods on the trailed one?

    Thanks


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  • #2
    ootbitb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭ootbitb


    Only know the price difference with a Hacketts agent is e415 for an 8ft.


  • #3
    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    FarmerBrowne wrote: »
    Hi,

    Was wondering from people who have experience with working with both mounted and trailer chain harrows which type is better? Obviously the mounted one is handier for moving about from field to field but does it offer any other advantages? Does moss and dead grass not clog up the rods on the trailed one?

    Thanks

    I only have experience of a trailed one.

    But I always have the bale spikes in the back of the tractor for moving.
    Drop off the harrow, roll it up and lift it with the spikes.

    Arrive in new field, drop it, unroll and hook to hitch. Not too much bother.


  • #4
    djmc
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    Are they a good job for badly poached ground i have only ever used a roller
    and how would they work in rushy fields


  • #5
    NewBeefFarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 544 ✭✭✭NewBeefFarmer


    the one thing that id miss (suppose i was topping) do i ever need to lift/reverse and cut forward, yes, corners, or places that need a good tearing. . .

    otherwise ud be going around and around no?

    but ya, price diff. . .

    im still shocked at the price. .. for what they are. . . matt or mounted


  • #6
    NewBeefFarmer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 544 ✭✭✭NewBeefFarmer


    meant to add, that ill have one on the land this time next year. .. ive learnt here that rolling is only for silage ground, . .

    and i need something for the paddocks, old grass/moss/pouching . . . so ill be in the same situation probably next back end.. .


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  • #7
    FarmerBrowne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭FarmerBrowne


    Regarding the Hackett one did any of ye use the seed shaker that can be attached to the mounted ones? If so what are your opinions of it?


  • #8
    larthehar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 607 ✭✭✭larthehar


    Personally I would be a trailed man, that said I have never used a mounted on but I still I reckon the trailed one offers far more flexibility in use. It can be dragged behind anything to reduce number of passes you do on an area.. we have an old one and it can be split and/or turned upside down pending the application... moving between areas is slightly annoying but I have a loader so not the end of the world..


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