10ft lely trailed moco.

newhouse

hi guys, am looking to buy a trailed 10ft mower, i have a 8ft lely splendimo on the lift for the last 7yrs and was delighted with it, she needs replacing now and i am looking to go biger. I had the new lely 10ft moco on the lift out on trial there last summer and i taught it builied the tractor a bit(MF3085) carrying it between swarts,a bit too heavy, i have been dealing with the local machinery garage for years and they sell lely,

Just wondering do any of ye own/driven a 10ft lely trailed mower, would love to hear yer views on it, I cut aprox 150ac of silage/year for myself and probaly the same amount of topping aswell

f140

are you going doing topping and mowing with the same mower? don't know anything about lelys as I have only experience with Kuhn. had you weights on the 3085. would have thought she should have been well able for it?

newhouse

she was fine while in the swart but lifting her between the blows you had to slow down and take time, which was a bit balls,she would throw you around weights would certainly have helped. and yes i hope to use her for topping too,

f140

newhouse wrote: »

she was fine while in the swart but lifting her between the blows you had to slow down and take time, which was a bit balls,she would throw you around weights would certainly have helped. and yes i hope to use her for topping too,

is it the way you don't have any weights? is it the way the front would be half rising up when turning?


I don't think its good for mowers with conditioners to be topping. there would be nothing going through the conditioner. in fact I know no one that tops with a mo-co. has your 8ft a conditioner?

newhouse

Dont have weights, but she was fine turning and all that, when you lift her after coming out of the swart there was a fierce drag to oneside, it was ok in a level field but if the ground got rough at all it would throw the tractor around, nothing wrong with the mower/ my tractor just wasent big enough, i'ed say 130hp up would have no problem, i am a little conserned about the topping bit(stones mainly) have heard that before abt nothing going through conditioner but i wonder is doing harm afterall. once she wouldent be missing tips i reckon she should be fine,

Do you top with your mower?

f140

no I have a separate one for both. have a 10ft Kuhn trailed mower for the silage and just an ordinary 9ft Kuhn for topping (no conditioner). The 10ft is only 5 years old so I am still minding it like new. the minute that's finished the mowing its steam washed and oiled and put back into the shed. god id say that 3085 could be bigger than a lot of these modern 130hp tractors. was looking last year at the new masseys and some of the 120hp had no weight to them at all although I think a lot were 4cylinders at the time

newhouse

3085 is a great tractor and has a cofortable office but at the end of the day she wouldent be much with 100hp but yes i agree with you there, the tractor have changed alot, one time a 130hp tractor would have been huge brute, today with fuel saving and emitions, they are completly diferent, i have a landini gibili 100 aswell, fierce reliable and is brilant on wet ground but rough to drive, you'ed be recked after a day on her, what tractors do you have

f140

fiat f140 1996
fiat 110*90 1992
ford 5000 1975
terex 860 2005

newhouse

did you buy them new

f140

newhouse wrote: »

did you buy them new

not the 5000. only got that a few years ago. the rest were bought new.

rs8

from reading your posts your not happy with the hydraulics on your tractor? could you get them reconditioned or upgrade the flow? otherwise front weights and get the pump turned up a bit or is it elec on these?

newhouse

rs8 wrote: »

from reading your posts your not happy with the hydraulics on your tractor? could you get them reconditioned or upgrade the flow? otherwise front weights and get the pump turned up a bit or is it elec on these?

not at all, hydraulics are fine, front weights would make a difference alright, might be worth having another go at her because she was costing around 14k inc vat, where as a trailed mower i suspect would be 10k more, havent done any priceing yet, machinery show is on in milstreet in week or two, i'il give a run there