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RayP(MI) 01-18-2013 11:10:27 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Any dealer network, especially in the central Michigan area, or is the only outlet Haytools.com down in Kentucky? [Reply]   [No Email]
HayDr 01-20-2013 22:53:32 76.7.168.29 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to RayP(MI), 01-18-2013 11:10:27   Hodges Farm Machinery in Fenton, MI sells out HayMag drum mowers Hodges Farm Equipment [Reply]  [No Email]
Hogleg 01-20-2013 14:09:23 38.104.162.74 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to RayP(MI), 01-18-2013 11:10:27   I love my CCM-190. I agree with DiyDave on drying, same here. Cut one day, dry next, bale next afternoon in summer. A day or two longer in early spring or late summer. All grass hay. Quality is same as my old haybine, but can cut a field 2.5 times faster even with the narrower cut. As to buying from HayDr, was simple easy and he shipped it by truck from eastern Ky to So Ill for $250. Brought it right to the farm and offloaded it with my loader. He has negotiated rates with trucking firms. It is heavy. I have a 65hp JD2550 ag loader tractor with calcium in the tires. Weights 9000 lbs. When the mower is in transport, it can bounce the front end a bit, even with the loader out front. During cutting operations, pulls nice and quite maneuverable. I would not run this mower on anything less than 5000 lbs. I use the cat 2 pins. John This post was edited by Hogleg at 14:24:47 01/20/13 2 times. [Reply]  [No Email]
Ken Macfarlane 01-20-2013 05:05:25 207.231.231.9 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to RayP(MI), 01-18-2013 11:10:27   Drum mowers are quite popular in europe too in areas of grass hay. I've never seen one newer than about 1975 in our area though. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bret4207 01-19-2013 04:41:03 64.19.90.196 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to RayP(MI), 01-18-2013 11:10:27   Can anyone with real world experience tell me how well these work compared to a haybine? I'm sure they cut, but what about dry down time? Do you still need a conditioner? [Reply]  [No Email]
Diydave 01-20-2013 05:45:21 96.244.164.173 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to Bret4207, 01-19-2013 04:41:03   Bret, I have been running a CCM185 (I think, never was good at remembrin numbers, LOL) for the last 5-6 seasons. I only cut waterways, pasture fields, and hills, that our tenant farmer does not want to do. I also once cut one of his fields, when he had to have emergency surgery, and couldn't cut one of his fields. So I have cut both unfertilized, and fertilized fields. The CCM mower, in Orchardgrass, and timothy, and fescue, can start cutting earlier than a NH haybine, and dries down a little earlier than the haybine. The only crop I have cut with it, that needs conditioning, is Sorghum/sudax hybrid. That stuff takes 5 days to dry down, conditioned, and more than a week un- conditioned! I generally cut one day, leave the crop sit a day, then rake the next day. If it is heavy hay, I ted right after cutting. Sometimes, in heavy hay, you have to wait another day, and roll the windrow over, before baling. The CCM cutter has only 2 cutting heads, which Counter rotate, meaning they throw a mini windrow up as they cut, in the center of the pass. They have 6 reversible cutter knives, a lot like disc mower blades, a complete blade change takes about 15 minutes, Some of the old timers say they cut too short, but you have to keep alert, as these mowers are heavy, they "walk" the toplink adjustment back, extending the link. They don't take much HP to run, but are pretty heavy. I counterweight the opposite wheel, of my ALLIS D-12, and have about 300 lbs weight in the front. Even so, a sack of sugar will lift up the front wheels, if placed on the back of the mower, in transport position! [Reply]  [No Email]
JD Seller 01-19-2013 20:02:19 208.126.196.144 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to Bret4207, 01-19-2013 04:41:03   Bret in grass hay they work fine. If you have alfalfa or clover then they will dry slower. If you do not have much clover or alfalfa then this style and a cheaper tedder is a good combination. [Reply]  [No Email]
RayP(MI) 01-18-2013 18:26:04 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to RayP(MI), 01-18-2013 11:10:27   Correction CCM t-190 [Reply]  [No Email]
Tx Jim 01-18-2013 12:19:10 67.142.163.27 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to RayP(MI), 01-18-2013 11:10:27   RayP(MI) said: (quoted from post at 14:10:27 01/18/13) Any dealer network, especially in the central Michigan area, or is the only outlet Haytools.com down in Kentucky? Give a shout out to the Hay Dr. This post was edited by Tx Jim at 12:19:38 01/18/13. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 01-18-2013 11:18:06 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to RayP(MI), 01-18-2013 11:10:27   I don't know Ray. You might want to go to Robinsons and talk to them about a Kuhn. Everybody and their brother sells them around here. Robinson would be the closest for you. [Reply]  [No Email]
RayP(MI) 01-18-2013 18:29:21 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: Who markets the CCM-109 Drum Mower? in reply to rrlund, 01-18-2013 11:18:06   Thanks, Randy, but I like the looks of the CCM better... Looks like better drive-train. Belt drive will take up a lot of shock, hopefully. And on this place, with all the ground mole hills and rocks cropping up, not to mention woodchuck holes.... [Reply]  [No Email]