Posted by RodInNS on March 27, 2010 at 14:48:41 from (216.118.158.123):
In Reply to: Tedder selection help posted by Southtowns27 on March 26, 2010 at 09:44:35:
For all you're doing the 254 is a great idea... except that it's a piece of junk. You might get one in great shape and for that amount of work it will never give you trouble. On the other hand... at an auction you're likely to get one that's worn out and destroyed... which is why it's at the auction. They weigh about 800#. Call your local scrap yard and ask what they're paying for unprepared scrap and multiply/divide appropriately.
An older 'Haybob' is probably as good as any tedder/rake for what you're wanting. They can be bought for a few hundred bucks quite often, have few moving parts other than their tines and are fairly cheap to repair/maintain. A 4 basket tedder is nice too but really it's much more than you need. It's one of those things where if the price was right...
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