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NE Iowa | Most tedders are manufactured or at least a majority of the parts are made in Italy. There's probably 3 or 4 major manufacturers but then they get sold under a dozen different brands. I own an M&W PT 407 4 rotor tedder. It was made by Sitrex for M&W and the Sitrex dealer is closer so I usually put Sitrex parts on it. The price was right but it's a lighter duty tedder. Not a huge hay producer so it works for me. The center axles are held on by a roll pin that has a dendency to break. When it breaks the one wheel and rotor falls off and it makes some loaud banging and about 10 tedder tines get broke. They made a change somewhere in production to go to a small roll pin inside the bigger roll pin. I switched to that and it helps. When I first got it the roll pins would break every 30 hours and now the double roll pins last about 3 years. Design could still use some improvements. From what I've seen of other designs I think Krone probably makes the heaviest duty tedder. The Vermeer and Kuhn also look pretty good. The Vermeer has a unique tooth that has some advantages. The Krone, Kuhn, and Vermeer are quite a bit more money then the Sitrex, Tonutti, and other companies that sell their design. Depends on how many acres you want to ted. | |
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Which hay tedder of these would you pick?
