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Strange Mower question.

  • 29-01-2017 3:51am
    #1
    Smalltom
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    I know it's the wrong time of year but just thinking about things mower related. Have a JD 10ft conditioner mower and a lely 10ft mounted mower as a topper. Both are used to low the silage. Thinking of getting a 2nd non conditioned mower to use as a topper on another farm. Basically I'm wondering is there any advantage/disadvantage to conditioned v non conditioned mowing of silage. We rake the silage prior to picking it btw.


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  • #2
    9935452
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    A conditioner mower requires more power to run .
    They say that a conditioner mower is like having an extra day of drying over a non conditioner mower.
    Grass off a conditioner mower is in a swart that is ready to pick with a baler/ harvester / wagon.
    A conditioner mower generally wont leave lumps in a swart like a haybob/rake would that could block a harvester or wagon.

    Generally rakes struggle to rake the grass off a nonconditioner mower unless it has been tedded . they cant lift the grass out of the ground


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