Krone AMR280 – DriftlessinWI

I finally was able to put my new hay equipment to use. In this video I review the German made Krone ActiveMow R280 disc cutter. It was a bit of a splurge when I bought my hay equipment, but man is this thing nice. Super well made, quiet, and very fast/efficient.

I learned a lot this season cutting hay for the first time, with no help, and with no one showing me what to do. I will have a follow-up video shortly of all the lessons learned when I baled hay for the first time. All in all it was a great experience, even though it was intimidating at times.

The disc cutter from Krone performed flawlessly. If you are in the market for a disc cutter, I don’t think you can go wrong with Krone. Enjoy!

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So…I am getting into the hay business! I just bought a load of equipment, sight unseen, from the internet…Will I regret this? I am super excited about the Krone AMR280 disc cutter, it is the only piece of hay equipment I bought that is totally new. I will be using the cutter on the back of my tractor (check out the my video here: 2020 Case FarmAll 75C Review).

The New Holland BR740 round baler is definitely the most intimidating piece of equipment in the bunch. I did manage to get a service manual for it and feel pretty good about how everything works, but man is it massive.

The Tonutti 5 Wheel rake is very straight forward and lightweight, I expect no issues here.

Lastly, the New Holland Super Hayliner 68 is over 60 years old but I was assured that it is in good working condition. I may convert this baler to run off of a 16 horsepower gas motor so I can pull it behind my Honda Pioneer.

I will have my hands full this spring getting everything tuned up and it should make for a very exciting summer, subscribe to follow the action. I am a first time farmer trying to figure things out on my own.