Fella rakes

Reggie.

Looking at a 2nd hand 14ft fella rake. Anyone any experience with the rakes or that brand. It came in from holland so I think it should be well minded

Muckit

Don't like fellas personally. Perfer 'woman.'

frazzledhome

Muckit wrote: »

Don't like fellas personally. Perfer 'woman.'

Well I'm try-sexual

moy83

frazzledhome wrote: »

Well I'm try-sexual

Try anything with a heartbeat ?

Reggie.

This has gone down hill rapid

Reggie.

Reggie.

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Reggie.

Well its 14ft anyways

Reggie.

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moy83

Looks a nice piece of kit Reggie . Hope she rows plenty for you .

kingstown

Looks in good nick. Don't know much about their rakes but I have a Fella mower and its well fit for purpose. Its perfect for my job.

If it has been minded and stored indoors (which it looks like it has) and the price / deal suits you - rock on..!
Anyway this is the week to have have it - best of luck with her.

Reggie.

moy83 wrote: »

Looks a nice piece of kit Reggie . Hope she rows plenty for you .

Yeah around 100 acres to do next week.

Reggie.

kingstown wrote: »

Looks in good nick. Don't know much about their rakes but I have a Fella mower and its well fit for purpose. Its perfect for my job.

If it has been minded and stored indoors (which it looks like it has) and the price / deal suits you - rock on..!
Anyway this is the week to have have it - best of luck with her.

What sold me on it is that fella specialise in mowers and rakes/tedders where other companies just build them for their line up

kingstown

Fella is also part of the AGCO group, therefore part of MF Fendt etc and in fairness they make good stuff..

Reggie.

kingstown wrote: »

Fella is also part of the AGCO group, therefore part of MF Fendt etc and in fairness they make good stuff..

Just gonna want time they put the Massey signage on the rakes and ill dress her up then

moy83

Reggie. wrote: »

Yeah around 100 acres to do next week.

You will get the hang of it by the time you have that much done !

Reggie.

moy83 wrote: »

You will get the hang of it by the time you have that much done !

If I don't break it first

moy83

Reggie. wrote: »

If I don't break it first

Ah it looks in good condition , you should be sound .

keep going

Have a fella rake and mower , mower second hand last year and very happy with it nice and strong.rake I have used for 10 acres but happy enough, its agey but I liked that it wasopen cam so im hopingno surprises

Reggie.

keep going wrote: »

Have a fella rake and mower , mower second hand last year and very happy with it nice and strong.rake I have used for 10 acres but happy enough, its agey but I liked that it wasopen cam so im hopingno surprises

Open cam?

keep going

Reggie. wrote: »

Open cam?

Yeah you can look under the cover and see the cam track and the nylon bushings rather than closed box where you cant see a problem, as I said she's an old girl but worked fine so far

Reggie.

keep going wrote: »

Yeah you can look under the cover and see the cam track and the nylon bushings rather than closed box where you cant see a problem, as I said she's an old girl but worked fine so far

Ah I understand ya now

Milton09

Reggie. wrote: »

Well its 14ft anyways

Looks in very good condition, good luck with it. Would be interested to see a few pics of it in action, will you be rowing from one side or doubling up from 2 sides ?

Reggie.

Milton09 wrote: »

Looks in very good condition, good luck with it. Would be interested to see a few pics of it in action, will you be rowing from one side or doubling up from 2 sides ?

Depends on the crop and if the FIL doubles up on the swarths with the mower. The grass is well heavy now tho

Reggie.

Alright troops. Neighbour here that does a good bit of baling has approached me about doing some raking for him when I can.

How is raking usually charged? Is it acre or hour or how would ye as farmers prefer it to be done?

Anyone know price raking is? I think a fella near me does it for 25 euro an hour. Does that sound about right?

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

Alright troops. Neighbour here that does a good bit of baling has approached me about doing some raking for him when I can.

How is raking usually charged? Is it acre or hour or how would ye as farmers prefer it to be done?

Anyone know price raking is? I think a fella near me does it for 25 euro an hour. Does that sound about right?

€10/acre some are down at 7 but they'd need to be covering big ground to make anything at that... If you get the trimble farm scout app on the phone you can measure acerage accurately! (The lad your bailing for may thank you for knowing acerage properly if he's mowing to )

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

€10/acre some are down at 7 but they'd need to be covering big ground to make anything at that... If you get the trimble farm scout app on the phone you can measure acerage accurately! (The lad your bailing for may thank you for knowing acerage properly if he's mowing to )

Can you get that for android

Deepsouthwest

Reggie. wrote: »

Alright troops. Neighbour here that does a good bit of baling has approached me about doing some raking for him when I can.

How is raking usually charged? Is it acre or hour or how would ye as farmers prefer it to be done?

Anyone know price raking is? I think a fella near me does it for 25 euro an hour. Does that sound about right?

I was quoted €10 an acre last wk for 60 acres, he'd have to travel over 20 miles to get to me

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

Can you get that for android

That I'm not sure to be honest, there are a good few apps around that measure pretty accurately, just the farm scout looks handy as you switch it on when driving around the feild first time and it works it out. I have it but haven't used it yet to be honest!

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

That I'm not sure to be honest, there are a good few apps around that measure pretty accurately, just the farm scout looks handy as you switch it on when driving around the feild first time and it works it out. I have it but haven't used it yet to be honest!

Cheers I found it and trying to figure out how to work it now

Greengrass1

Reggie. wrote: »

Cheers I found it and trying to figure out how to work it now

Which one did you get? I can't find the one Zr is on about in the play store

Reggie.

Greengrass1 wrote: »

Which one did you get? I can't find the one Zr is on about in the play store

Its called connected farm scout

Oldtree

Connected Farm Scout here;
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trimble.agmantra

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

That I'm not sure to be honest, there are a good few apps around that measure pretty accurately, just the farm scout looks handy as you switch it on when driving around the feild first time and it works it out. I have it but haven't used it yet to be honest!

Anyone know of any apps out there for measuring the acreage of land off maps for androids phones

Limofarmer

Reggie. wrote: »

Anyone know of any apps out there for measuring the acreage of land off maps for androids phones

Try ."fields area measure." On play store.

td5man

would an hourly rate be easier?
€30-35/hr?

Reggie.

td5man wrote: »

would an hourly rate be easier?
€30-35/hr?

Was thinking that as each field and raking job would be different

Pacoa

Yee'll be sorry i posted this but anyways..

http://www.freemaptools.com/area-calculator.htm

Now don't stay up all night measuring the neighbours fields, there's work to be done tomorrow

Reggie.

Pacoa wrote: »

Yee'll be sorry i posted this but anyways..

http://www.freemaptools.com/area-calculator.htm

Now don't stay up all night measuring the neighbours fields, there's work to be done tomorrow

I was at it all evening :rolleyes:

Reggie.

Phone has started to ring already...

Oldtree

Here's a good that I found easy to use

http://www.acme.com/planimeter/

moy83

Reggie. wrote: »

Phone has started to ring already...

First day using the wagon today and got a small pit to do aswell .

td5man

moy83 wrote: »

First day using the wagon today and got a small pit to do aswell .

how did you get on?

Reggie.

So does 10 euro an acre sound reasonable to people?

moy83

td5man wrote: »

how did you get on?

Good, I'm happy out with it . The brother was driving cos he is used to baling and he picked up 8/10 acres handy enough . Its nicer stuff to buckrake than the single chop

agriman27

moy83 wrote: »

First day using the wagon today and got a small pit to do aswell .

What kinda wagon did ya get

Muckit

Loved the way you could rake the sides of a single or double chop pit to leave a nice finish. Precision chop you'd just make a hole!!

moy83

agriman27 wrote: »

What kinda wagon did ya get

Krone 2900 turbo

moy83

Muckit wrote: »

Loved the way you could rake the sides of a single or double chop pit to leave a nice finish. Precision chop you'd just make a hole!!

Oh will you stop , raking and forking ! You loved it my eye
We put up 9' walls a good few years ago thank god

jimmy G M

td5man wrote: »

would an hourly rate be easier?
€30-35/hr?

You'd need 8-10 per hour for fuel, say €10 to cover for repairs, w & t, and €15 hr for yourself/ wages, so yeah €30-35 per hour at least.

Looking at it the otherway how many acres would you rake per hour? Surely 4
or 5? Charge at €8 per acre = €32 to €40

On balance I'd say charger per acre, sounds cheaper and saves arguments over how long you were workin etc , min 8 per hour and €10 if you could get it.

Not too bad for a €2k investment.

Reggie.

jimmy G M wrote: »

You'd need 8-10 per hour for fuel, say €10 to cover for repairs, w & t, and €15 hr for yourself/ wages, so yeah €30-35 per hour at least.

Looking at it the otherway how many acres would you rake per hour? Surely 4
or 5? Charge at €8 per acre = €32 to €40

On balance I'd say charger per acre, sounds cheaper and saves arguments over how long you were workin etc , min 8 per hour and €10 if you could get it.

Not too bad for a €2k investment.

That's just what I needed cheers jimmy. Just don't want to get caught on the hop that's all.