Semi-mounting for mowers for
Semi-mounting for mowers for
By Andy Collings
THE trend towards ever larger mowers is not without its problems, says Niemeyer. Mounted mowers with a wide, offset cutter bar can cause uneven weight loadings while trailed machines can be exp-ensive and difficult to manoeuvre.
The solution, maintains the company, is to be found in using a semi-mounted mower design which is employed in the new Semitra mower conditioners.
Trailing parallel linkage arms attach the mowing unit to a chassis, one end of which is carried on the tractors three-point linkage, the other supported on a single wheel. For transport, the mower is moved to an in-line position behind the tractor.
"This design incorporates the compactness and in-work manoeuvrability of a mounted machine, while enabling the mower to perform as a contour following trailed unit," explains Terry Clapham of Niem-eyers UK importer, Vogel & Noot.
The Semitra is available as a drum mower with working widths of 3.05m and 3.65m (10ft/12ft) and as a seven disc model with a cutting width of 3.05m.
All come with Niemeyers full width intensive conditioning system and Quick-Dry vanes, and ny-lon Y-shaped conditioning flails. *
Niemeyer Semitra mower conditioners
Model Width (m) Power (hp) Drum/disc Weight (kg) Price (£)
RO305-HIC 3 100 4 drum 1390 13,500
RO375-HIC 3.65 120 4 drum 1685 14,750
SM310-IC 3.05 75 7 disc 1260 12,750