Always remember The Lady is the most important thing in your life except for 1 thing MOWING HAY especially when you get a new toy like the "Tar River 2drum mower" Nothing like the summer breeze and the smell of diesel fumes wafting through the tractor cab hmmmmm lovely video keep them coming
The grass height cut is adjusted by lengthening or shortening the top link .A longer top link lifts the front of the mower and this allows more stubble to be left.Shorter top link will pull the front of the mower towards the ground and will allow the grass to be cut very short.Enjoyed the video and best wishes from the U.K.
I have a drum mower and I love it. I fint that cutting the grass low like that is excellent because it reduces the weeds in the field. The grass can handle such a low cut the weeds cannot. The quality of my hay has improved greatly.
Yes we have never had any issue with grass dying. However there are a lot of foreign obstacles at the commercial property so we do not want them slinging toward the operator. Thank you so much for the insight it is very helpful.
My neighbor bought a Galfre drum mower the low cut did damage to his field. He bought the spacers a few years ago and in two years and some over seeding it recovered. The spacers are a good thing. I have a sickle bar mower and it is OK but I am in the market for a 185 drum mower. Drum mowers work well .
Looks like it scalps the heck out of that grass. Also the tires on my tractor and baler are nearly 8 feet wide, are those windrows far enough apart to bale with a big tractor and a 605f baler
Thanks for ride. No crimping. Of the hay. Does the nutrients stay in the hay stem. Or you want evaporation to get rid of water. Making less turns saves time on cutting fields. Travel from center out. Travel to end to end field runs saves time I have been told. Work your curves out last in the end fence rows. Later.
Is this drum mower still holding up? I'm looking to buy one, I've been looking at a few different makers, but the Tar River one looks appealing. Also, are there shims offered to raise that cut height up to 2-3"?
Yes the shims are supposed to raise the cut height... The Tar River is doing excellent however we have a growly bearing possibly from us washing it too hard... That being said if it blew up tomorrow I would order one immediately with no questions asked...
How close is that cut. Looks like the grass would have a hard time rebounding for second and third cuts. I never mow lower than about 4 or 4 1/2 inches and even then if it's too hot and the rain is sparse my grass is slow to get back to cutting height. I've heard you can get spacers to attach to the bottom of the drums and that only allows the knives to get as close as the spacers regardless of terrain.
I have 165 which is one size smaller. It does cut extremely close to the ground and spacers can be bought or made. That is the big disadvantage of it but it is really good for smaller operations. Can back up with on irregular shaped fields, extremely low maintenance, can go at any speed regardless of hay conditions. You do have to ted it and you will drive over some of your hay to spread it out before raking though.
@@leetime454 I'm wondering how the short cutting has been working for you and WildcatWilly. Where are you located and how well does your field rebound?
How do y’all like the tar river mower I was looking at one and want to see what y’all thought of it I need me a mower that makes life better for moving around I have a cuple farms that a good ways a way
Buy one as soon as possible!!! This is the most bulletproof hey cutting systems I have ever seen. I accidentally ran right beside a concrete slab. Tripped the breakaway system as the mower set there for 30 seconds cutting into the concrete. I then shut everything down raised it up to inspect it believing I had just totaled the entire machine. Come to find out I just severely blunted the blades. Put the machine back down and continued to cut for the rest of the day with the blades dull. Until Charles brought me new blades of which I had installed in 15 minutes. If mine broken half tomorrow I would order a new one immediately.
@@wildcatwilly thanks for your reply willy that's a cool tractor u have there a nice size with its front loader and 4fwd go anywhere and do most any job take care and best of luck mate 😎😎😎😆
It did really well we have a commercial property with concrete everywhere and unfortunately I hit way more than I should it took it like a champ I was extremely impressed
thanks for sharing the video, definitely interested in drum mowers. What size tractor are you using in HP? And are you using wheel weights to keep the load even?
113 hp case 1070 , absolute beast and at 11,000 plus pounds its not lacking in traction even without wheel weights, but I've got full rear row crop weighted rear wheels and I've never spun a tire but it's so powerful that it'll break shit that you'll never feel or hear until it's too late. Like if you cut too close, whatever you've got hooked up on that tractor is either gonna get ripped out of the three point, break in pieces, or tear through whatever you hit and that tractor just keeps right on never looses a step or bogs under load.
Also, when your mowing, your mower bar is riding on top of ground so the tractor is going to ride evenly because neither side is carrying the weight of the mower more than the other side.
