Putting the Tar River Drum Mower Together

[@MHolt-t6y]

Excellent video and thank you for the education. Nice Forklift.

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks sir

[@Fireman9ify]

Looks like a meskorol drum mower, Polish built. Good enough but less than half the price of a Disc mower here in Ireland. Old skool technology but easy to get parts for and repair.

[@wildcatwilly]

Thank you for watching and commenting.

[@chrisrexroat3240]

Tar River just recently introduced a 6'9" model. BDR-210H Have yet to see any anywhere yet tho.

[@wildcatwilly]

Absolutely love ours if it explodes tomorrow we will buy a new one immediately.

[@Pete856]

Not the biggest drum mower out there, as there are some with 4 drums. I still use an old PZ 210 from the 1970's and it's 210cm (7') wide, it's a 2 drum design with 4 blades per drum and it's built solid. It has a few features these newer mower should have like height adjustment, the skid/saucer is on a shaft that comes up through the center of the vertical drive shaft and bevel gear for the drums and connects to a threaded height adjuster on the top side of the box. The mower can really cover the ground, as fast as you can drive, it will cut.....on smooth ground you can easily do 2 Ha (5 acres) an hour.

[@WilliamsonRidge]

The chain is to take care of the “tweak” look of your 3 pt, you set you 3 pt to a certain height say 19” off the ground the heavy side rests on your chain and keeps it from tweaking to one side that way when you raise and lower the drums with the hydraulics it doesn’t tweak to one side before it hit the ground, hope that made sense. Great video by the way, how is the mower holding up?

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks for watching.

[@lesleysears6874]

You conveniently skipped how to attach the cover plates, which is also not included in the manual. 🙄

[@wildcatwilly]

I didn't realize I skipped that part... It's pretty self-explanatory loosely assemble the two top A style supports then loosely assemble the sheet metal when you get every bolt in then you go back and tighten all of them up it will not work if you tighten them up as you go.

[@DuchesnesCorner]

Zetor tractor makes a 3 drum mower. It's a beast! But any drum mower is fast as hell...

[@tombruce6398]

You Wil not be disapointed

[@wildcatwilly]

Yes they are amazing

[@staceyball1875]

How do you take the drum off where the blades are I bent the bracket where blades goes on

[@wildcatwilly]

From the bottom.

[@oldironacres3264]

Just curious to see how you check the grease/oil in these units? Do they have a fill plug or drain?

[@wildcatwilly]

The top support bar for the drums doubles as an oil reservoir.

[@nikutb6798]

All lawnmowers with drums have an issue of imbalance with the result that they appear damaged. Over time, soil enters the vertical rollers and the cutter begins to break down............

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks for watching.

[@jamesb.armstrong5433]

This video is over a year old as I watch it. How is this mower working out for you by now?

[@wildcatwilly]

I will never use anything else. It is fantastic! If it exploded today I would order a new one immediately.

[@jamesb.armstrong5433]

@@wildcatwilly i bought a Morra drum mower from Agrisupply. It's only 45 inch. I wasn't sure the tractor i want to use it on could handle a bigger mower. Obviously I'm not planning to bale much hay,only 4 to 6 acres at least fo now.

[@wildcatwilly]

Yes I like my setup. I'm certain you will like yours

[@dannunyas5642]

I have enorossi. When I took off the air breather plug and checked the level, it looks like grease instead of oil. Have you checked gear box oil yet? Edit mine has EP 0 grease

[@wildcatwilly]

Yes still doing great

[@dmsentra]

Your travel speed there during testing is way, way slower than you'll want to be mowing at. With a smooth field you can mow about as fast as you can run.

[@wildcatwilly]

Really that's awesome thanks for watching.

[@anaksasadaTV]

Goodjob....

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@anaksasadaTV]

@@wildcatwilly thanks..

[@brianocallaghan7716]

That really is a BS comment about European machines. Some of the best fodder and hay equipment comes from Europe. Really disappointing because I like your channel.

[@wildcatwilly]

Can't remember what I said but the machine has certainly impressed me. I've long since sold the John Deere haybine.

[@autoservicefriends9196]

cut too low