What should I buy, a new 8 ft disk mower or chance a second hand

older by the day · 2019-03-29 16:53:11

I found a seven foot drum 700 euro, or should I buy a 8ft disk €6500. It's fierce money for maybe 20 acres a year. I let the contractor cut the main silage. What have you done ?

29-03-2019 05:53PM

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I found a seven foot drum 700 euro, or should I buy a 8ft disk €6500. It's fierce money for maybe 20 acres a year. I let the contractor cut the main silage. What have you done ?

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#2 29-03-2019 05:55PM

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For the sake of 20 acres I'd get the 7ft drum mower, maybe spend 12000 on it to give a refurb of the main trouble points to give some sort of assurance of reliability. Would be a much better buy. You'll never see the 8k back on the new mower.

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#3 29-03-2019 10:25PM

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The disc can be used for topping too, unless you have a good topper already?
If the drum mower looks to be in reasonable condition, €700 isn't a massive outlay. Surely worth a risk...

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