using a silage conditioner to wuffle hay

[pistol pete]

have just been going through my photos on the phone and forgot to post these of a conditioner or thats what we were told but we used it like the old waffler. our has died and this was the only thing that we could find to lift the hay to let air in. made a great job to and as it was on the three point linkage was better to use than the old waffleras it was on a drawbar.was a great job no pressure cd on and away i went

[pistol pete]

the machine its self

[pistol pete]

a close up

[pistol pete]

not that clear as it was the end rigs but the hay on the left has been done compared to the flat hay infront of the 64

[NewHolland2]

Nice pictures Peter......

[Guest MF 550]

We have a similar machine made by Teagle called the swathwilter

very handy it was during the wet summer for lifting rows rather than gathering mud with the haybob

[Guest MF 550]

We have a similar machine made by Teagle called the swathwilter

very handy it was during the wet summer for lifting rows rather than gathering mud with the haybob

great for straw that has been soaked aswell

http://www.teagle.co.uk/Products/Tedders/ted.asp

[MODELFARMER]

we've one like this new this year

some machine!!!

[pistol pete]

makes a great job we borrowed it from the contractor that cuts our grass. but he doesn't use it much now so think we are buying it of him now. but as you say great for wet seasons

[pistol pete]

that looks nearly the same ricky. what tractor will be powering that the 3050 or the 64

[Deere-est]

great for straw that has been soaked aswell

http://www.teagle.co.uk/Products/Tedders/ted.asp

Exactly what I was using this summer!!

[MODELFARMER]

that looks nearly the same ricky. what tractor will be powering that the 3050 or the 64

3050 tedder

6420s baler

6620 grain trailers

[pistol pete]

think that there was a lot of people using them all over the country. what a simple machine as well.

[pistol pete]

that will be some picture if they are all in tha same field ricky. did you get a front hitch for your tractor in the end

[MODELFARMER]

that will be some picture if they are all in tha same field ricky. did you get a front hitch for your tractor in the end

No

I'm thinking a 68 or 6930 in a couple of years all singing all dancing

[pistol pete]

6830 or 69 are really smart my mate has bought a 75 to pull their planter looks nice. but our 6820 will probarly get replaced by a 6830 although everybody else doesn't really like them. when i go home at christmas hope to get a 69 demo.

[rich.new holland]

we got one but the bearing on the end has gone  good machine ,would have been usefull for use too this year as a couple of fields of ours got soaked  \

[nashmach]

No one near me likes them - evryone now has a proper tedder or a old trusty PZ haybob

[MODELFARMER]

Great for drying straw

tell me this

i done a field of grass

it left the ends of the field lumpy and the rest was perfect why

[pistol pete]

our hay was the same right across was the end riggs thicker stuff.

[NIGEL FORD]

Great for drying straw

tell me this

i done a field of grass

it left the ends of the field lumpy and the rest was perfect why

Were the main rows overlapping the headland rows? This always used to happen on our 10' cut swathes as you pulled out so the straw was still going through the machine and got carried over onto the outside rows and were thus added to every 20' or so. With a wider cut machine it has more distance to cover before meeting the outside swathes.

[NIGEL FORD]

Very similar to a VICON FAN-TED though they were trailed and twice as wide, the flexible-belt-mounted tine groups are a typical characteristic of the early 70's machine. We ran one for about 8 yrs before the PZ Haybob replaced it in '77.

[MODELFARMER]

the rows weren't over lapped

think it might have been when the tractor and mower were turning the tramped parts may have been wetter so the tedder threw them further??

[IH885XLMAN]

they look similar to the old potato toppers of the 70s and 80s

not made by grimmie .....though only by looks though

the toppers where much heavier machines to lift on the

back of a IH 634 than one of these teagle condi/wuffler thingys

did think about converting our old wuffle'r from trailed to 3 point

linkage one time

[james f]

Great for drying straw

tell me this

i done a field of grass

it left the ends of the field lumpy and the rest was perfect why

the rows weren't over lapped

think it might have been when the tractor and mower were turning the tramped parts may have been wetter so the tedder threw them further??

What happens is the machine throws the crop back a certain distance as it goes through the machine. How far it gets thrown depends on the machine but it could be up to six feet with a haybob for example. Then when you set into work at on end of the field the crop gets thrown back onto the headland area, and when you get to the other end and lift out it often leaves a bare patch, or not if you dont lift on the headland. Anyway what happens is the whole swath moves lengthways down the field and bunches up at one end, leaving you with lots of lumps when you come to finish the headland. To avoid this happening you should try to go in opposite directions on successive passes of the field to push the crop back in the other direction, easier said than done though!!