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In work, ground pressure is controlled hydraulically and displayed on a headstock mounted indicator gauge.
Irish grassland heavyweight McHale has given visitors to the recent Irish Ploughing Match a preview of new products.
Its Pro-Glide F3100 and R3100, front and rear mounted mower conditioners, in development for four seasons, use a a bought-in cutter-bar assembly but otherwise take their design and manufacturing input from McHale. Both machines cut 3.1m wide and use a full width, gearbox driven conditioner with steel swinging tines.
Out front the F3100 has up to 500mm of 'in-work' movement and a newly designed suspension system using a cam lock to maintain the required ground pressure through the travel range. A double pivot pin at the centre of the machine offers 17 degrees of lateral movement.
In operation the suspension is also configured to adjust the cutter-bar angle as it moves over the ground, by tilting it up as it travels over a bump and down as it moves through a hollow, so maintaining uniform cutting height across the paddock.
At the rear the R3100 rear mo-co has a suspension system positioned above the central pivot point over the cutter-bed. This gives a wide range of movement and uses the Pro-Glide system springs to allow the mower to move back and up in an arc should any obstacles be encountered. This is further supplemented by a separate mechanical break-back unit for larger obstacles it might encounter.
In work, ground pressure is controlled hydraulically and displayed on a headstock mounted indicator gauge. For transport the rear unit folds vertically over centre to around 110 degrees to minimise transport width.
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