Mowing for silage with the new Sip mower.Part 1

[@ianbluemink4885]

Damn nice video! It's nice to see how new mowers still use the same technique as 40 years ago! We mow with an old PZ Drummower, and it's almost the same, exept from the rust.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Thanks. We still have an old PZ in the barn, they are very good mowers

[@masseymant7732]

Nice kit for silage, the drum mower makes a nice job, I notice it is really an old style mower as you have to swing it into position, my mower is the same but it is 8 years old!! I didn't think they made mowers like that anymore until I found out my local contractor has one too.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Yes I don't think they sell many like it now. I like it because its a simple tried and tested design

[@melfarrell2308]

Looks great, goes well with your tractor. Best of luck with the new equipment

[@swaggie5803]

Gidda Richard , You`ve got a nice looking farm over there. Nice to see hedges, and trees. A lot of farmers down here in NZ have gone big and ripped out every thing...for large senter pivot irrigation units. cheers Roy.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+Roy Crosswell thats a shame Roy, i love having the trees and hedges on the farm. A lot of trees and hedges in the UK have been taken out in the past although the hedgerows are protected now

[@swaggie5803]

+thefunkyfarmer A friend of mine has kept all his hedges also. The farm looks great lots of wild birds live in them, really nice to see .Good shelter for stock all year round. Cheers. Roy.

[@liamashley6219]

Drum mowers are good at mowing down grass you have chosen a good mower.I wood get one but we have two different ones. Get one for Tom and have two mowers working at the same time.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Yes liam we do have 2 mowers which we use together

[@JamesWalker-fg5yt]

Fair tractor looks good on the mower

[@otcent5152]

about to get a pass port and come work with you guys lol but the farm life is so great

[@JasonWBlades]

Great video. Looks like a very nice mower. Should help speed things up a bit too with the extra width once you get used to it.

[@swaggie5803]

You`ve become very popular down under. A lot of folks are watching you on u tube. Nice work keep it up. cheers Roy.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+Roy Crosswell Really?how do you know?

[@swaggie5803]

+thefunkyfarmer Farmers talk.!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+Roy Crosswell ah i see. Its weird but when i started doing these vids i didn't know if anybody would be interested

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Its a sony camcorder Will, cant remember the model number but its probably obsolete now. Wasn't expensive

[@Masseyman7499]

Great video 10/10 I really enjoyed that very nice mower:)

[@mattrawlinson8631]

thefunkyfarmer have you ever though about getting a go-pro? It would be much easier for filming as you can clip it on to the window of a tractor or the roof. It would save you from holding it and managing to do certain tasks. We've made a few videos on silaging ,attached it to the header or the trailer and filmed from in the cab. It collects great quality videos! But your videos are great!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

thanks Matt I will probably get one at some point. Glad you like my videos.Rich

[@andreagough4963]

😊

[@tobimobiv1]

Hey funkyfarmer great video. I found your channel through an add before a KZbin video and I thought I'd check out your videos. You just got yourself a new sub. ☺

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Thanks, welcome aboard

[@lavodaone]

Slovenian quality for less money and lots of resistance. I have a loading trailer Senator 26/9 and band rakes 274F everything works perfectly. It would be better if u bought DRUMCUT with counditioner for your wet counditions look at that video SIP Drumcut 300 FC I guess, greetings from Slovenia

[@thefunkyfarmer]

A Fahr mower Adam. since i filmed this video last year i have got rid of this mower as it was nothing but trouble

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

thefunkyfarmer drum mowers aren't the best your better off it a disc mower we have a fransguard 5'6" and its a great yoke for cutting the main crop or just topping we have a board on the back to make lines but when doing hay it doesn't really matter about the lines from cutting because your shaking it out anyway and silage we get the local contractor to do that but we plan on getting out own baler and wrapper

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

thefunkyfarmer also that tractor is a tad big for the drum mower

[@thefunkyfarmer]

The Pilot Penguin i don't think the tractor size is a problem

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

thefunkyfarmer it looks a bit odd though :)

[@jeffreyhollink985]

+thefunkyfarmer the tractor is 105 hp itsway to big vor the mower i can tel you

[@niake99]

thanks for the gr8 videos keep it up

[@Dovregubben94]

Did anyone notice the wood or rock that hit the window at 4:45 to 4:50? Thank god it didnt break the window. Ok to the next thing :-) that mowing video was cool, i love videos like this. Im an fan of you :-)

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Thanks

[@mattrawlinson8631]

It was a twig or little bit of wood being hit by the fork up in the air. As we went under the tree the tractors arms hit the branch

[@Dovregubben94]

oh ok, im glad it didnt break the window :)

[@benpercy6120]

Great video :)

[@iopkioyyyfghybyu]

You should get a head cam it would make it easier to do recording.

[@a4gon495]

Nice video ! I got one but lately for some reason its leaving the grass between the drums uncut, any idea what the reason can be ? Sorry to bother with this here.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Be a much smoother ride if loader was tucked in low at front of tractor 🤔

[@adamstockdale6260]

Hi funky farmer. Can I ask what was your old mowing combination? Great video though!

[@mjona1754]

good screening that!

[@A1Agri]

im a new subscriber and i love your videos

[@thefunkyfarmer]

thanks Mike

[@Peacedefender87]

when you come to the field you should lower the three point hitch, pull the string, make a hard left and reverse and you have her in a working position in a second

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Thanks I'll try that next time

[@connordude3800]

I got a Massey for fusion 6480 and and kuhn mower

[@liamhennessy31]

After your experience with the mower do u think there was a problem with the transport hitch from day one? A bit of advice, Kuhn disc mowers are excellent. My uncle has one. He and i find it good and it leaves a nice clean cut.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

I think you are right, the transport hitch just wasn't up to the job.

[@ThePilotPenguin1]

liam hennessy we have a fransguard and it runs like a dream on the 50E (165 or 265 i think)

[@wildcatwilly]

I'm thinking of replacing my swather I use for cutting buckwheat. Will the drum mower be gentle on the stim and not knock off the seed?

[@dand732]

It's bad for a drum mower to be lifted and dropped. We had a pz 165 lasted 40 years never lifted when mowing only when moving into position. A farm down the road use to lift it like you and it split in half between the two drums . Only got a new akpil mower this year as pz finally gave in .

[@evancoleman7227]

Nice tractor

[@plane15]

Lovely job, will you get a cut of hay off this field later on?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

thanks. We will get another cut of round bale silage off of this field at some point

[@plane15]

thefunkyfarmer Have you got your own bale wrapper?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

plane15 no we get a contractor to do that

[@mrhorsepower150]

Nice video,good flat field. You should invest in a gopro for videoing stuff like that

[@thefunkyfarmer]

your right about the Gopro, only thing is i woud lose some accuracy of what i was filming

[@ebbepoulsen3026]

Just subbed. Nice video !

[@thefunkyfarmer]

thanks

[@MultiDony11]

Great video mate, although you should really consider hiring a cameraman, ;) lol.

[@landinimad12345]

Love your vids, Nice mower, Iv a 5 foot 6 verson of it, Wouldent mind if it was a bit bigger thow

[@thefunkyfarmer]

out other mower is the 5foot 6 version. this ones 8. It was much quicker

[@wowfcukthatsbig]

good video thanks how many acres have you got for first cut silage?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

About 60 acres,all in now

[@myrddinlanteans2415]

Completly same machine (mower) as you could buy 30 years ago.

[@slimG2082]

Good looking set up , but the mower looks a bit small how wide is it ?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

It's 8 foot wide and replaces one that is 5 foot 6. Any bigger mower wouldn't be cost effective for us to buy for the size of our farm

[@slimG2082]

Oh of 8ft is not bad we had a 7 ft then we had a 10 but last one we got is a 9 ft New Idea 5209 I mow about 7 mph a bit slower than the old 10 ft where I would mow 10-15 mph

[@jimmypear11]

Great video what size field was that, and how much silage do you do?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

about 7 acres. make about 60 acres of clamp silage

[@jimmypear11]

fair bit then. The weather doesn't look to good for picking it up and clamping it today though.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

its ok james i filmed this on tuesday. silages all in the clamp now. will be uploading the silage making vids soon

[@jimmypear11]

oh right haha. yeah it would be intresting to see a silage video.

[@willfletcher6418]

How fast do you normally mow? We have two Kuhn mowers both 2.8m disc mowers one with conditioner one without. But we only usually do around 6.2 mph.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

About the same Will

[@tyefarmcontracting3168]

What make and type of camera do you use?

[@agrifarmingireland1604]

Why don't u take off the loader when u mow the silage

[@thefunkyfarmer]

just never have

[@machimaish]

can you take the front loader off the tractor by yourself?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

machimaish i'm sure i could but ive never done it

[@charliegardiner505]

we are mowing with a sip

[@thefunkyfarmer]

nice one

[@liamashley6219]

Is outer one a sip or a fhar mower

[@thefunkyfarmer]

The others a fahr. Not as big as the sip though

[@johnpaulmclernon6488]

you need a topcon system 110 to sow fertlizer and mow grass as well

[@BlajDodo]

What tipe of grass is that?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Italian ryegrass

[@BlajDodo]

thank you very much,i was not sure

[@agrifarmingireland1604]

We take our of ever time do u not find it akward and getting In the way

[@thefunkyfarmer]

no its not a problem

[@gearoidmeehan2832]

how many cows do you have on the farm

[@thefunkyfarmer]

140

[@coalfirediesel]

Why in the U.K /Europe do you guys stop and reverse to do a headland while mowing? All that i can see is bringing 4.5 to 7.5 ton of mass to a complete stop, reversing it, stopping it, starting into the cut again from stopped, or straight from reverse, and during that maneuver i see the mower is cutting 'air'. Its tough on clutches & brakes-(yes wet clutches burn out also) consumes more fuel, and is burning time completing that maneuver. And tough on mower universal joints working acute angles lifting the hitch while running. It appears to be a complicated way of executing a headland? What's the reasoning?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+coalfirediesel well maybe its because we have smaller fields and hedgerows to consider

[@stuwilson978]

coalfirediesel what's the alternative? Doing rows up and down? But you would have to do skip rows to avoid doing a 3 point turn?

[@derekelliott2926]

is that not to high of a rave

[@thefunkyfarmer]

no yo need to run this at 540 rpm PTO speed

[@derekelliott2926]

oh right because I have a pz 165 today I just wanted to now

[@garymorris3914]

If your making a video please put the loader down that would be dangerous on my farm

[@jackmcgee4933]

Get a new holland with a krone

[@myrddinlanteans2415]

Very bad quality machine for extreme high price! I will never ever bay anything from SIP

[@thefunkyfarmer]

I agree. Which is why we got rid of it