KMacGinley
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Got a Reese drum mower on the way here from Missouri, Tigerco. hope to have it by next Friday. It is a 3100 model, 10 foot. Supposed to be easy to work on which will be a blessing for me. Will let you know how it does.
3 pointKMacGinley":oipxt3j4 said:Thanks for the heads up on that Dun, Was it a trail model or the 3 point one?
cowsrus":37b5k9wr said:I bought a used Reese 3100 10' mower last year and i really like it. it cuts as fast and close or closer than the disc mowers i have used. I looked at them for years and couldn't believe something so simple really worked. It seemed like every year i was working on the disc mower and whenever i was mowing with it, i was always worrying about the next breakdown. The only things i dont like about the reese are that i have trouble folding it up to go through gates (might be a prob with my tractor hydralics or something else i'm doing wrong) and it has trouble mowing terraces. It scalps unless you travel with the terrace, but thats no big deal. No trouble with belts so far and I don't have any vetch, but i've heard they have trouble mowing it. I use a 4230JD or a 886 IH to pull it.
CCM sells the same as the PZ 165 drum mower and they also have a larger model 190 that mows 6'2".lavacarancher":12arzli9 said:What are you pullin' it with?
I sure liked my old PZ drum mower. Cut the heck out of Bohia. But it was only 5' wide which meant you spent a lot of time in the field and blade changes came pretty quick, too.
Good luck with your mower.
ERNIBIGB":1ahiqwci said:My dad has run one of the smaller Reese mowers (2070?)enough to wear out 2 of the best disc mowers and it is still going strong. Replaced one drive shaft and two sets of belts. He has even used it to clip hundreds of acres of pasture plus the several thousand rolls of hay he has cut with it. We have a newer one on hand "if" this one ever bites the dust.