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<blockquote data-quote="Atimm693" data-source="post: 1690540" data-attributes="member: 26138"><p>Got some more time with the New Holland. Went ahead and took down 60 acres of Sudan that wasn't amounting to much because our fertilizer guy screwed up, and I mowed 50 acres of alfalfa yesterday. Moving along pretty good but not super fast, somewhere around 7 acres an hour. </p><p></p><p>The NH knives are not very durable. Just takes one small rock to bend one. Seems like the retention system really holds them tight against the turtle so they don't really swing freely, might get better with some wear. The Vermeer would rarely bend a blade, but if you hit something really hard you'd usually lose the knife entirely.</p><p></p><p>The cutterbar packs with mud something awful and really hurts the cut quality. I haven't really figured this one out, it doesn't scalp or drag, I don't really know where the dirt comes from. </p><p></p><p>I'm wondering if raising the hitch height would help angle the cutterbar more and keep the skids off of the ground, but there isn't a whole lot more to go before the PTO shaft is angled more than the manual says is allowed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Atimm693, post: 1690540, member: 26138"] Got some more time with the New Holland. Went ahead and took down 60 acres of Sudan that wasn't amounting to much because our fertilizer guy screwed up, and I mowed 50 acres of alfalfa yesterday. Moving along pretty good but not super fast, somewhere around 7 acres an hour. The NH knives are not very durable. Just takes one small rock to bend one. Seems like the retention system really holds them tight against the turtle so they don't really swing freely, might get better with some wear. The Vermeer would rarely bend a blade, but if you hit something really hard you'd usually lose the knife entirely. The cutterbar packs with mud something awful and really hurts the cut quality. I haven't really figured this one out, it doesn't scalp or drag, I don't really know where the dirt comes from. I'm wondering if raising the hitch height would help angle the cutterbar more and keep the skids off of the ground, but there isn't a whole lot more to go before the PTO shaft is angled more than the manual says is allowed. [/QUOTE]
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