I run a BDR-185 on a New Holland 3930....1900 rpm in average thick hay, in 4th gear, can run in 5th gear, but beats me to death....hay this year is very thick, was down in 3rd gear in one of my fields.....great videos....!
Hey thanks Mike I appreciate it! I've noticed that the hay is super thick this year. Going to be a lot easier for me on the 2nd cut with the little rain we've gotten
We have the same mower as you, we have it behind our David Brown 990, running 540 pto all day long, hay is thick as well, we just make sure the knives are in good shape as well, speed is around 5-7 mph depending on ground conditions, being from England, these types of mowers started to appear in the mid to late 60’s so am very familiar with them, theve not altered one bit to this day whatever make and there’s loads out there. ruclips.net/user/shortsK6WUwMPEpzU?si=iwiJpcH3TV-7v_xW
I bought a new drum mower. Could not wait to get rid of it. Sickle bar mower cuts better and a lot less fuel. Your also losing HP with the hydrostat. Love the tractor
Enjoyed the video CJ, I'm so glad I got a cab and shuttle shift, here in Missouri its getting hotter everyday, hopefully getting my tractor back from dealer tomorrow to finish up food plots, looking forward to your next video, keep cool bud
You gotter done bud, looks good. Hydrostatic is nice but no matter what brand you have it robs power from the pto. And as you said if you need more umph from a hydrostatic you need to step up the HP.
No they aren't. The tractors they send me to make videos with normally don't have the tires filled. But if it was mine I would definitely want filled tires 👍
good honest review cj ty nice job
Thanks Rich! Always try to keep it real and just show what happens. I was pretty impressed with the MT232 though
I run a BDR-185 on a New Holland 3930....1900 rpm in average thick hay, in 4th gear, can run in 5th gear, but beats me to death....hay this year is very thick, was down in 3rd gear in one of my
fields.....great videos....!
Hey thanks Mike I appreciate it! I've noticed that the hay is super thick this year. Going to be a lot easier for me on the 2nd cut with the little rain we've gotten
We have the same mower as you, we have it behind our David Brown 990, running 540 pto all day long, hay is thick as well, we just make sure the knives are in good shape as well, speed is around 5-7 mph depending on ground conditions, being from England, these types of mowers started to appear in the mid to late 60’s so am very familiar with them, theve not altered one bit to this day whatever make and there’s loads out there.
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I agree 100% about keeping the loader on for that specific reason👍
The front endloader has got me out of trouble twice so far just in the past 2 months lol 👍👍
I bought a new drum mower. Could not wait to get rid of it. Sickle bar mower cuts better and a lot less fuel. Your also losing HP with the hydrostat. Love the tractor
Yeah I prefer gear shift myself.
Enjoyed the video CJ, I'm so glad I got a cab and shuttle shift, here in Missouri its getting hotter everyday, hopefully getting my tractor back from dealer tomorrow to finish up food plots, looking forward to your next video, keep cool bud
Yeah I'm over this heat Dave haha. Hope you get your tractor tomorrow buddy 👍
You gotter done bud, looks good. Hydrostatic is nice but no matter what brand you have it robs power from the pto. And as you said if you need more umph from a hydrostatic you need to step up the HP.
Yeah I'm more of a gear shift guy myself, but hopefully this video will give everyone a baseline so that they know better what model they will need 👍
Are you running that mower at 540 rpm? Just doesn’t sound like it’s “wound up” enough. Great video, I really enjoy your channel.
I try to keep it as low as possible because in the manual it says high rpms can damage the mower. I'm glad you enjoy the channel! Means a lot
Do you have filled tires?
No they aren't. The tractors they send me to make videos with normally don't have the tires filled. But if it was mine I would definitely want filled tires 👍
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Enorossi or maschio sickle bar mower is what you need. Drum mowers arent that great.
Sickle bar mowers clog up too easy. We made hay with this drum mower and it was great 👍