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.
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.
@Reggie. here has a trailed Malone
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
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.
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.
Malone here about 7 years, never had a bit of bother with it
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.
Could be of interest to a few people here. Local machinery dealership is closing after the owner became ill.
Very sad to see that business close, Vincent was a lovely guy to deal with.
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.
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.
This is great value. About €10350 https://www.donedeal.ie/mowers-for-sale/new-vicon-mower-228-extra/34311545
He ran a great business and was a gent to deal with. Have plenty of good stories from dealing with him.
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.
Krone are the business. Have front and rear ones here. Never any bother and very well built.
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.
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.
Cheers emaherx is it only mx that do the hydraulic SL?
I have an mx myself but I seen another brand recently can't remember what it was but I was wondering if it was just a rebrand.
Stoll/case/new holland have an internal linkage inside the cavity of the loader boom and it is neat looking.
Quicker have a "channel iron" effectively that wraps over the top of the loader arm. Also neat enough and causes no obstruction of view.
Self levelling is the way to go if you do a lot of loader work.
The one negative i have seen on a quickie self levelling of a 7740 was when we were drawing bales , it never pulled the bale in to you it carried it very level. On a few occasions , we hit a bump and lose the bale .
Replacement tractor has a rossmore without self levelling. It pulls the bale right in so never lost a bale with it.
You would miss the self levelling stacking bales most, constant repeditive where it takes the few seconds to manually level it. Definately worth it but needs to be kept well greased
That is a disadvantage of the linkages alright. You can't crowd the implement in as much. Never lost a bale but a bucket can only be half filled with sloppy material.
Hauer loaders have the linkage inside boom with the bucket side having the hydraulic cylinders extending to curl bucket up
Part of the problem with losing the bale is when you see it making shapes , your reaction is to step on the brakes, which means you definately lose it
Shame to see it go.he had everything and if he didn't have it he would get it..
Are timed auctions less likely to have lots go for mad money? As in bids come in slower and lads are less likely to lose the run of themselves?
On a seperate note about loaders do any of u find it hard to hook of when it's on a while ....a quicke quick attach drop stands pull out black pin holders and it should pop up ....mines is a right cnut time to pop up
Go one notch higher on the stands and use an implement like a bucket to balance it. Then use the crowd command to prevent it going too far forward.
A massey 4255.
The highlighted pipe in the pictures is not connected to anything at the bottom. Is this correct, just I never noticed it before.
It's the breather pipe. If you had a Ford tractor you would see a blow (steam) from here even though the engine is healthy enough. Most other makes of engine don't blow.
