Lely splendimo

Grueller

I am in the market for an 8' mounted disc mower. The best value seems to be the lely splendimo based on the couple of calls to local dealers so far. I know very little about these but the sales rep tells me each disc is packed with grease and is a sealed for life job. This scares me. I reckon no moving part should be sealed for life or have I picked him up wrong?

I had it kind of narrowed down to the mainstream brands like lely, kuhn and claas. They have local backup and marangon don't, while malone are very new and I would rather not spend that much on a new to market product over an established brand.

blue5000

Is it just for your own use or will there be contracting involved? I looked into it last yr but held off, lely are supposed to be very easy drive, but that little shaft in the bed is designed to break to avoid damage. Are you going new or second hand? If you do a search on bff there's a fair bit of info there.

kay 9

Go kuhn and don't look back

Grueller

kay 9 wrote: »

Go kuhn and don't look back

About €1800 dearer though

Grueller

blue5000 wrote: »

Is it just for your own use or will there be contracting involved? I looked into it last yr but held off, lely are supposed to be very easy drive, but that little shaft in the bed is designed to break to avoid damage. Are you going new or second hand? If you do a search on bff there's a fair bit of info there.

Brand new. For my own use only. Mainly topping but would knock maybe 15 acres strong paddocks for bales throughout the year and mow maybe 8-10 acres for hay if it suited most years. Going brand new as a 10 year old mower is only maybe €3k less than a new lely and I would get a lifetime from a new one. Sick of buying other men scrap at this stage tbh.

visatorro

fairly sure dawg was given out about lely machines. soft sh#te or something along those lines is what he said.
malone looks a fair mower imo

White Clover

Know 2 lads with malone mowers. Neither happy with em. Have a vicon cm2400 myself. Very happy with it. Not the strongest built mower but excellent to cut. Won't take abuse. Lads on here have great praise for krone. Know of good few with kuhn too, great strong mower but not the best to cut they say

visatorro

White Clover wrote:

Know 2 lads with malone mowers. Neither happy with em. Have a vicon cm2400 myself. Very happy with it. Not the strongest built mower but excellent to cut. Won't take abuse. Lads on here have great praise for krone. Know of good few with kuhn too, great strong mower but not the best to cut they say

whats the complaint with the malone,?

raypallas

White Clover wrote:

Know 2 lads with malone mowers. Neither happy with em. Have a vicon cm2400 myself. Very happy with it. Not the strongest built mower but excellent to cut. Won't take abuse. Lads on here have great praise for krone. Know of good few with kuhn too, great strong mower but not the best to cut they say

We have a krone 9 foot conditioner mower, very happy with it. It's 2001 and have it four years now, clean and tidy. Keep the oils changed every year and keep sharp blades and it cuts very cleanly. Cutting about 45 or 60 acres a year.

Hill Bill

Bought a new lely 7foot a couple of years ago. Drive it with a 65 hp tractor no bother, handy for knocking small bits of meadow and topping. No complaints so far but I wouldn't be doing big acreage.

johndeere3350

Claas would be the best out of that bunch tell me have you stoney ground

Pacoa

Have a khun myself and wish i had a lely or other make. They're not ideal for topping imo cause the fold up hood gets covered in ****e and is a pain to fold over then. Had a tarrup before that and it didn't need to be folded before lifting to transport position. Are tarrups/kevernalands available near you?

dar31

Planning on buying a krone 280 EC in the next few days, dealer v keen to sell, looked at kevernaland, Kuhn, lely, krone iAd best priced but not a massive difference between them, liked the shaft drive onbthe krone.
Lely would have been next choice, bit dearer, and dealer a bit away
Went for mid mounted EC over the side mount AM model

Robson99

visatorro wrote: »

whats the complaint with the malone,?

Have a Malone here and no problem with it. In fact prob the best value there is out there

the_blue_oval

Is it just Lely that has the quick blade change? Don't remember coming across them on anything else..

stanflt

Lely is Irish for s****
Have mine about 6 years and only does 3-400 acres of pre mowing/ topping per annum

Cracks every where- bowls fall off- and I had to weld a bit of section bar from the hood to the base to stop mower damaging the gearbox as cover is mounted to gearbox- a real balls of a job

Grueller

johndeere3350 wrote: »

Claas would be the best out of that bunch tell me have you stoney ground

Ground not stoney at all.

Grueller

Pacoa wrote: »

Have a khun myself and wish i had a lely or other make. They're not ideal for topping imo cause the fold up hood gets covered in ****e and is a pain to fold over then. Had a tarrup before that and it didn't need to be folded before lifting to transport position. Are tarrups/kevernalands available near you?

Waiting on a kverneland dealer to come back to me.

tomwaterford

the_blue_oval wrote: »

Is it just Lely that has the quick blade change? Don't remember coming across them on anything else..

I think pottinger do something similar

C0N0R

tomwaterford wrote: »

I think pottinger do something similar

Any claas I've worked with had them to, great job.

Count Mondego

Can you use any af these in fields with the odd stone? Hate the topper and it leaves lines of the cut grass on one side. Can they survive the odd belt?

White Clover

visatorro wrote: »

whats the complaint with the malone,?

Not good in heavy crops. I havent used one myself. I told them they shouldn't be cutting heavy crops anyway when paying by the bale ! 2 x 5 bales per acre cuts as opposed to 1 x 10 bale per acre cut is my motto

edit to say Robson above has one and happy with it so it may be operator error !

White Clover

Count Mondego wrote: »

Can you use any af these in fields with the odd stone? Hate the topper and it leaves lines of the cut grass on one side. Can they survive the odd belt?

Definitely not CM. They don't like stones at all !

davidk1394

We have a krone AM model on a handy sized tractor. Easy to drive, belts dont slip as you have a direct drive shaft, its way quieter than a kuhn which we had and the biggest saver i think is you don't have to fold back the cover every Time you want to go into another paddock. It gives a nice clean cut and good for topping as well

johndeere3350

Count Mondego wrote: »

Can you use any af these in fields with the odd stone? Hate the topper and it leaves lines of the cut grass on one side. Can they survive the odd belt?

The keverland has a round disk so there's no narrow point for it to get jammed that being said you wouldn't mow with big stones around

simx

Have a lely splendimo 240 conditioner mower and couldn't fault it, very good mower and very easy drive, had a 75hp tractor driving it once when I was badly stuck, going handy alright but did the job, usually drove with 90hp tractor no prob

The Cuban

Have a splendimo mower, its easy to drive, cost less than Malone or kunn, it can be repaired easily as the bed is modular not that I've had to make any.
Also came with topping skids which great for keeping paddocks clean.
Biggest issue I have with the mower is its designed for the continent as in driving on the right hand side of the road. When carrying the mower along the road here the mower hangs out in the middle of the road and is dangerous. So for that reason, if you intend to be out on the road with the mower then look elsewhere.

Figerty

I have a Lely Splendimo. 5'6. It's a bit short but it's fine foe me. Easy drive and easy change the blades.
I have it 5 year without bother, I drive easy so it's ok.

blue5000

stanflt wrote: »

Lely is Irish for s****
Have mine about 6 years and only does 3-400 acres of pre mowing/ topping per annum

Cracks every where- bowls fall off- and I had to weld a bit of section bar from the hood to the base to stop mower damaging the gearbox as cover is mounted to gearbox- a real balls of a job

Stan AFAIK the newer ones are better made, I think your's has the square drive shaft in the bed? The newer ones have a hexagon shaped shaft. What width is yours?

atlantic mist

we hav been looking at they lely and kuhn, we are going with the kuhn again, we felt it was a stronger machine, lely was cheaper, the bed on the kuhn is gresed for life too

vinne

what kind are the major disc mower , they look stronge

keep going

vinne wrote: »

what kind are the major disc mower , they look stronge

Bil bought one and I was looking at it today and ithought it was a pig to handle

keep going

vinne wrote: »

what kind are the major disc mower , they look stronge

Bil bought one and I was looking at it today and ithought it was a pig to handle

davidk1394

vinne wrote: »

what kind are the major disc mower , they look stronge

We bought s major mower in 2013. Taught we were being nice buying irish. It lasted 3 weeks and fell appart. Skids came loose, swarthing discs came off. It was loud and awkward to handle poorly painted and just ignorant in general. if i was you id stay away from them imo. All they are is a marrigon mower painted green