posted 10 years ago
I mowed with mine today. Faster than a scythe, though the particular model I have goes at a top speed of 2.2 km/h, which is like a slow walk.
Now I just noticed the original question of the OP.
How much land are you cutting David? What are your storage facilities for hay like?
So far this year we've cut about 0.45 hectares (1.1 acres) of hay, excluding what I cut today, some of it with scythes, some a neighbour did with his tractor and drum mower. All of that we then raked by hand, stacked, and then another neighbor came with a tractor and wagon and we hauled it to the barn. The whole fork-onto-trailer then fork-off-of-trailer-into-barn thing isn't so quick, but it isn't so bad either.