Cheers emaherx is it only mx that do the hydraulic SL?
Id definitely recommend a self leveling.
Most are mechanical, just a bit of extra linkage from headstock down to where the loader jib pivots.
Some may be hydraulic with an extra set of what look like lift cylinders, but are actually plumbed to the headstock cylinders so when you raise lower jib they push extra oil into one end or other of headstock cylinders causing the headstock to level.
Hydraulic is a little neater looking and in my case makes operating to loader under low roofed sheds a little easier.
Looking to upgrade the loader tractor here and I’m just enquiring how a self levelling loader works and would it be deemed a necessary when upgrading?
my current front loader is just a normal non levelling loader so I’m not used to one having never used a self levelling one before.
Krone are the business. Have front and rear ones here. Never any bother and very well built.
Funny current mower is a vicon also. And i like it.
It has a bearing gone and I dropped off at local mechanic. Burned his ear. He was down on Kuhn. Hard work on them etc. open the bed to do anything.
He couldn’t comment on Krone…….never had to fix one…….
Leaning towards Krone. 10.5 ish for 8 foot. 4K grant towards it. And depreciating the 10.5k makes it “cheap” almost.
He ran a great business and was a gent to deal with. Have plenty of good stories from dealing with him.
This is great value. About €10350 https://www.donedeal.ie/mowers-for-sale/new-vicon-mower-228-extra/34311545
I bought a new krone 240 last year and am happy out so far. Had a Vicon before that and it was a great mower too. I'd have bought another in a heartbeat only that the dealer is 50 miles away while the Krone dealer is less than 10 miles. A Vicon 224 would be worth pricing. The Kverneland and Kubota mowers are actually Vicon mowers except that the Kv has round disc's.
Based on the posts last week I am a little put off Malone 8 foot (8800) Enough bad complaints for there to be a design flaw.
8foot KV (2624m I think is the number) coming in at 10k.
8foot krone (240) coming in at 10750 (might get him down 250-500).
Is the krone worth the extra? Hard to find a bad report.
Very sad to see that business close, Vincent was a lovely guy to deal with.
Could be of interest to a few people here. Local machinery dealership is closing after the owner became ill.
8ft Malone here 8 yrs. No better or worse than previous kuhn .. Heavy lodged crops can be difficult but had same issues with kuhn before. No issues.
Malone here about 7 years, never had a bit of bother with it
Have a malone 840 here for a few years and find it better than my father's kuhn. Never choked - no problems, good price/value.
Yep. Have it about 5 years and happy with it. Never choked it yet and had some seriously heavy stuff go through it.
The trailed ones are built like a tank. Very heavy panels on them us they are double skinned aswell.
Only ever had to put blades into mine.
Hitched to my mates malone to finish a meadow one evening after his tractor was giving trouble and thought it was the worst mower I ever used,..thought at the time it was the fact I had not something not set up correctly on it but by the comments about it sounds like they are poor in general,had a 7ft krone at the time myself and couldn't rate it highly enough.Have a 10ft kuhn at the minute and find it good also
@Reggie. here has a trailed Malone
I have a 700 here and it was possibly the worst buy we've ever had. Blocks when cutting meadow and falls apart when topping. I traded it in against a topper last year and I personally wouldn't buy another Malone again.
Had an early Malone here 5 years or so ago for 1 season. Ok topping but clogged from time to time at the inside hat in heavy grass. PITA. Changed to a Krone AMR 240. Much better. Father did clog that once but was cutting a back blow and had reduced the RPM down in case of hitting a stone. Lesson learned. Disk mowers need to be operated at 540 RPM to ensure grass clears the bed.
A neighbour has the same.
Will choke easily and kill the tractor.
Malone came out and put different deflecter on the back but its still the same.
Very disappointed by it as he believed by buying new he was buying less problems , now he has a mower that struggles to cut grsss.
He is pondering changing to a pottinger as another neighbour has a 10ft and it never chokes
If ya catch it in time, stop, lift the mower and it might fire it out. Then back up and try go again. Worst case of course ya have to stop and get out and pull it off the hat. I've the deflector on that side taken off too and makes no difference to it.
from reading I see that. would you have to get out of tractor to unblock?
Happens my vicon in one field always. Have to stop lift mower and move back a foot and off she goes again.
Have the predecessor which is the 800 I think. If it goes into heavy grass, or even grass lying the wrong way, it will choke itself on the outside hat. That's even running at 600 RPM on the PTO and 130 German horses upfront. It's belt driven so I presume a shaft one might have a better hope.
Might not be much use to ya seeing as your plan is a newer one and the design may have changed.
Was eyeing a 8 foot malone Pro240 today. Heavy looking headstock. Anyone have one with strong opinions?
Drained bottom of filter, no water, no sight of water in the inline filter either, could it be the sensor under the fuel filter thats broke?
Are you buying one of them?
Perkins engine on them are known for overheating issues
Good heavy back end on them MF5400’s. Savage loader tractors.
I can do that in a NH TL90 so a MF 5460 should have no bother unless the backend is really light in them?
Would a 5460 be able to carry bale on front without weight on back?
It’s one clutchless gear in each of the 4 gears you select on that lever.
Usually there’s a light with a hare and a tortoise on the dash. The button nearest the back of the tractor on the gear lever will select the tortoise so this lights up on the dash, the button towards the front selects the hare. Obviously the hare is the higher gear!
Them buttons can be pressed in any gear without clutching to give you a higher or lower speed in that gear, usually called dual power.
