silage wilter

mayooo

Hi all
thinking of buying a silage wilter,conditioner any advice

Muckit

Don't. Cut in good weather with a conditioner mower and the swarth gates opened to the last and there's no need. You'll be a long time paying back the price of them with the few bales you'd have less per year.

Greengrass1

Muckit wrote: »

Don't. Cut in good weather with a conditioner mower and the swarth gates opened to the last and there's no need. You'll be a long time paying back the price of them with the few bales you'd have less per year.

Was looking on DD last night. Ye can pick up S/H ones for around 2 k

Zr105

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Was looking on DD last night. Ye can pick up S/H ones for around 2 k

Put more to it and buy a Tedder!

Greengrass1

Zr105 wrote: »

Put more to it and buy a Tedder!

Trying to convince father at the min that we could pick up 20fts but he needs to go slower

war2k10

I'd recommend getting one, i use one and its just handy to dry out the silage faster also it adds to getting a good well packed bale. i know you have to also take into account how much you will use it and do you have the time to be doing extra work

severeoversteer

i bought a conditioner there recently,
great yoke
and saves you buying a tedder and a rake

haybobs aren't worth the metal their made of

wuffler will easily take 20 or thirty foot rows
you just match your speed accordingly

Zr105

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Trying to convince father at the min that we could pick up 20fts but he needs to go slower

I wouldn't say he's tearing up and down the field to hard if he's managing to get 800kgs wilted grass to a bale in fairness either tho!

131spanner

We bale for lads who use one. It leaves a nice, full "fluffy" raheen after it, if you catch my drift. If you want a better wilt without cutting it spread flat and paying the price of a rake, I'd say they're your best bet.

Deepsouthwest

mayooo wrote: »

Hi all
thinking of buying a silage wilter,conditioner any advice

Used one here today for the first time and was v impressed. Obviously not as good as a tedder and rake, but still an awful lot better than letting the grass in a double swarth until the harvester/baler picks it up 24/36 hrs later, which is what happens to a lot of grass around here

mayooo

severeoversteer wrote: »

i bought a conditioner there recently,
great yoke
and saves you buying a tedder and a rake

haybobs aren't worth the metal their made of

wuffler will easily take 20 or thirty foot rows
you just match your speed accordingly

what one did you buy

mayooo

Zr105 wrote: »

Put more to it and buy a Tedder!

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Trying to convince father at the min that we could pick up 20fts but he needs to go slower

what make have you in mind

Zr105

mayooo wrote: »

what make have you in mind

Id say lely anyways, they seem to do the best job of it, has been covered a good few times on here and various other forums and pretty much every time the lely comes out on top.

Now dont get me wrong there's nothing wrong with any of them, just it seems the lely gets the vote!

severeoversteer

mayooo wrote: »

what one did you buy

a PJ Coen engineering conditioner

its built like a tank you could nearly call it a rotavator,

have a 180 hp tractor in front of it, will ate a 30 foot row no bother, the swath is over 2 to 3 foot tall after it , you can see how it would aid drying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKetHmwfhAI

jimmy G M

severeoversteer wrote: »

a PJ Coen engineering conditioner

have a 180 hp tractor in front of it,



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKetHmwfhAI

Jez, that a lot of HP for a swarth conditioner. Would something 60 to 80 hp not do the job more economically?

agriman27

Would those conditioners really condition grass that's cut with an ordinary mower with no conditioner, wonder would it be fit to batter the crop much or would it just turn it

Muckit

severeoversteer wrote: »

a PJ Coen engineering conditioner

its built like a tank you could nearly call it a rotavator

I pass his place in coose on the way down to inlaws in limerick.

I think he invented a welly stand and had it entered in tullamore show one year

severeoversteer

jimmy G M wrote: »

Jez, that a lot of HP for a swarth conditioner. Would something 60 to 80 hp not do the job more economically?

well I wouldn't go out and buy a smaller tractor specially for the conditioner now !:eek:

sure the tractor burns nothing anyway because its barely ticking over with it

severeoversteer

Muckit wrote: »

I pass his place in coose on the way down to inlaws in limerick.

I think he invented a welly stand and had it entered in tullamore show one year

this pj coen is in kilmaine in mayo

http://pjcoeneng.webs.com/products.htm

Muckit

Oh mixing him up so. Kilmaine that's up where mchales are.

What's the idea of the 180hp tractor if that's not too personal a question, do you do a bit of hire?

Is it a fiat by any chance?

severeoversteer

Muckit wrote: »

Oh mixing him up so. Kilmaine that's up where mchales are.

What's the idea of the 180hp tractor if that's not too personal a question, do you do a bit of hire?

Is it a fiat by any chance?

its used for hauling low loaders and diggers and dumptrailers and building site work but does all the farm work aswell

its a new holland

agriman27

agriman27 wrote: »

Would those conditioners really condition grass that's cut with an ordinary mower with no conditioner, wonder would it be fit to batter the crop much or would it just turn it

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