9LZ-6.0 핑거휠 건초갈퀴 | 12륜 V형 갈퀴 6m
그만큼 9LZ-6.0 finger wheel hay rake is a twelve-disc ground-driven V-rake designed for the hay operation that has outgrown its rotary rake but does not yet need the capital investment and HP requirements of a full-width commercial 9-meter machine. With 720 spring tines across 12 independent floating discs, a 6.0-meter working width, and a ≥25 kW (35 HP) tractor minimum, the 9LZ-6.0 brings the leaf-gentle, windrow-consistent performance of a commercial finger wheel hay rake within reach of farms running compact and utility tractors — the tractor class that powers most of the 50 to 200 hectare hay programs in the U.S.
Why Operations Upgrade from Rotary Rakes to the 9LZ-6.0 Finger Wheel Design
The rotary rake is the most common entry-level hay rake sold in the U.S. compact tractor market, and it works adequately for operations under 50 hectares baling a single crop type at low annual volume. When annual hay acreage grows past 50 to 75 hectares, or when the primary crop shifts to alfalfa where leaf loss rates directly affect bale value, rotary rakes consistently produce two problems that accumulate season by season: poor windrow uniformity and above-acceptable leaf shatter.
The 9LZ-6.0 addresses both problems through the finger wheel disc mechanism, which is mechanically superior to rotary drum designs in three measurable ways:
기술 사양
All values are factory-rated. The 9LZ-6.0 requires only a standard drawbar hitch and one rear SCV hydraulic outlet for lift/lower. No PTO shaft. No electrical harness beyond optional lighting. Any tractor from approximately 35 HP upward with hydraulic remotes can operate this machine.
| 아니요. | 매개변수 | 단위 | 값 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 모델 | / | 9LZ-6.0 |
| 2 | 히치 타입 | / | Drawbar (towed) |
| 3 | Drive Type | / | Ground-driven — no PTO required |
| 4 | 작업 폭 | 미터(피트) | 6.0 (19.7 ft) |
| 5 | Disc (Wheel) Quantity | 개 | 12 |
| 6 | Spring Tines per Disc | 개 | 60 |
| 7 | Total Spring Tines | 개 | 720 |
| 8 | Windrow Width | m (in) | 0.8–1.4 (31.5–55.1 in) |
| 9 | 필요한 트랙터 출력 | kW(HP) | ≥ 25 (≈ 35 HP) |
| 10 | 작업 속도 | 킬로미터/시 (mph) | 7–12 (4.3–7.5 mph) |
| 11 | 생산력 | ha/hr (ac/hr) | 4.2–7.2 (10.4–17.8 ac/hr) |
| 12 | Raking Loss Rate | % | ≤ 2 |
| 13 | 기계 무게 | kg (파운드) | ~800 (1,764 lb) |
35 HP: The Most Accessible Commercial Hay Rake Tractor Requirement Available
Most commercial hay rakes in the 6-meter and larger width class specify tractor power requirements of 55 HP or above. The 9LZ-6.0's 35 HP minimum is possible because the ground-driven disc mechanism draws zero power from the tractor beyond towing — all 720 tines spin from ground contact without any PTO, hydraulic motor, or belt drive extracting engine power. The tractor's engine must provide only the drawbar pull to move approximately 800 kg of machine at 7 to 12 km/h working speed.
This 35 HP floor opens the 9LZ-6.0 to a tractor class that the majority of smaller U.S. farm operations already own. The following models are confirmed compatible:
The single-tractor hay workflow
On a single-tractor operation, the 35 HP floor means the same 40 to 55 HP utility tractor handles every step in the hay program: connect the mower, cut; swap to the rake, windrow; swap to the forage baler, bale. The 9LZ-6.0 adds no tractor upgrade requirement to that workflow. Its ground-driven mechanism also leaves the rear PTO completely free — so if your workflow runs the baler and rake sequentially on the same machine, there is no PTO reconfiguration between implements.
for the whole system
Why 6 Meters Is the Right Width for Most Mid-Size Operations — Not 9
One of the most common purchasing errors in the hay rake market is overspecifying width. The logic runs: "if I'm upgrading anyway, I may as well buy the largest machine so I don't have to upgrade again." That reasoning makes sense for implements that hold value through utilization — tractors, trucks, harvesting equipment. It does not apply to towed field implements that sit idle between cuttings.
The practical problem with overspecifying rake width is that the time saved per pass by a wider machine is only recovered if the annual raking volume is high enough to produce a meaningful number of passes. At 100 hectares per year with three cuttings (300 ha total annual raking area), the difference between a 6-meter rake and a 9-meter rake is approximately 23 raking hours per year — less than three full working days. At the capital cost premium for a 9-meter commercial machine, those 23 hours do not pay back for years.
| Annual Program | 9LZ-6.0 hrs/yr (@ 5.5 ha/hr) |
9LZY-9.0 hrs/yr (@ 7.5 ha/hr) |
Annual Hours Saved | 평결 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 ha, 3 cuts = 150 ha | 27 hrs | 20 hrs | 7 hrs/yr | → 9LZ-6.0 optimal |
| 100 ha, 3 cuts = 300 ha | 55 hrs | 40 hrs | 15 hrs/yr | → 9LZ-6.0 optimal |
| 150 ha, 3 cuts = 450 ha | 82 hrs | 60 hrs | 22 hrs/yr | → Borderline — evaluate weather window risk |
| 250 ha, 3 cuts = 750 ha | 136 hrs | 100 hrs | 36 hrs/yr | → Consider 9LZY-9.0 |
The 9LZ-6.0 in a Typical 100-Acre Small-Farm Hay Program
A 100-acre mixed alfalfa and grass farm in the Midwest running three cuttings per year produces approximately 350 to 450 bales annually. Here is what the 9LZ-6.0 hay rake's role looks like on that operation across a full calendar year:
Compact Field Mobility: Where Smaller Width Becomes an Operational Advantage
On small-to-mid farm operations, field shape matters more than on large commercial farms with long, regular rectangular fields. Irregular field shapes, tree lines, ponds, drainage ditches, and narrow field access lanes all create situations where a compact-width implement completes the task more efficiently than a wide one. The 9LZ-6.0's 6-meter working width and lower total machine mass produce specific field mobility advantages:
🔄 Shorter Headland Turns
A 6-meter V-rake requires approximately 8 to 10 meters of headland turning radius at standard working speed — less than a 9-meter machine's 12 to 14 meter requirement. On fields with 20 to 30 meter headland strips (common on small rectangular fields), the shorter turning radius produces more effective field time per pass and less crop material driven over by the tractor during headland turns.
🚪 Field Gate Clearance
The 9LZ-6.0 folds to a compact transport width well within standard U.S. agricultural implement road limits. For operations with narrow field entry lanes or farm gates, the folded transport profile is easier to maneuver through restricted access points than wider 9-meter machines whose folded dimensions push the boundary of standard implement road limits in some states.
🏚 Implement Shed Storage
At ~800 kg and 6-meter working width, the 9LZ-6.0 stores more conveniently in a standard farm implement shed bay than commercial 9-meter machines. The folded footprint fits a standard single-bay implement shed without requiring a dedicated wide implement building — relevant on operations where covered implement storage space is limited.
🌿 Irregular Field Shapes
Fields with curved borders, diagonal corners, and irregular geometry are better served by a compact-width machine that can make shorter, tighter passes at the field boundary to minimize unraked strips. On a 20-acre irregular field, a 6-meter rake may require 3 to 4 fewer wide headland turns than a 9-meter machine, recovering material that would otherwise remain as headland windrow residue.
How the 9LZ-6.0 Finger Wheel System Works
The 9LZ-6.0 operates on the same ground-driven finger disc principle as the larger models in our hay rake range — understanding it takes two minutes and explains every aspect of the machine's performance and maintenance profile.
Ground contact → disc rotation: Each of the 12 discs is mounted on a free-spinning hub bearing. As the tractor moves forward, the curved spring tines contact the ground surface and cut crop simultaneously. Ground friction causes each disc to rotate — no external drive input required. Disc rotation speed scales directly with tractor ground speed: faster travel produces faster disc rotation and more tine contacts per square meter.
Disc angle → lateral crop flow: Each disc is fixed at an inward-facing angle in the V-configuration. As tines rotate, they lift forage from beneath and impart a lateral velocity component toward the machine center. The two disc banks (left and right) each sweep their half of the 6-meter working width inward toward the centerline, depositing a single centered windrow at the machine's track center.
Spring tine deflection → obstacle tolerance: Every tine is spring-steel — it bends elastically when it contacts a rock, hard soil clump, or stubble base, then returns to its working position. This deflection-recovery cycle produces no damage to the tine or the disc hub bearing. The independent floating suspension on each disc allows each 60-tine disc assembly to follow field contour independently, maintaining tine-to-ground contact pressure across the full 6-meter width even on undulating terrain.
The machine produces a centered 0.8 to 1.4 m windrow matching the pickup header width of the round baler lineup. The compact forage baler models in the 9YG-1.0C and 9YG-1.25 class, which are designed for the same 35 to 65 HP tractor range as the 9LZ-6.0, operate directly on the windrow output of this rake with no additional width adjustment needed. This tractor-rake-baler system at the same HP class is the core of a single-tractor small-farm hay program that the 9LZ-6.0 is specifically sized to support. The round baler in that chain uses a 540 rpm PTO driveline with a transfer 농업용 기어박스 — the one powered component in the otherwise entirely ground-driven and mechanically passive hay-making chain that the 9LZ-6.0 enables.
Six Reasons Small-to-Mid Farm Hay Producers Choose the 9LZ-6.0
The Alfalfa Leaf Retention Advantage
For operations where alfalfa quality grade directly affects sale price, the transition from a rotary rake to the 9LZ-6.0 finger wheel design is often the single highest-ROI equipment upgrade available. Three to five percent less leaf shatter per cutting, multiplied across 150 bales per year at $10 to $15 per bale quality premium, produces a first-season recovery of $450 to $1,125 — real numbers from operations that have made this switch.
12 Bearings — Minimal Annual Upkeep
12 disc hub bearings are the machine's only mechanical wear components beyond spring tines. At typical small-farm annual hours (50 to 60 operating hours per year), bearing replacement intervals run 4 to 7 years — a maintenance profile more similar to a fertilizer spreader than a complex mechanical implement. Total annual service cost on a well-maintained 9LZ-6.0 at this utilization level typically runs under $200 per year.
Consistent Windrow — Better Bales
12 independently floating discs processing a continuous 6-meter mat produce a windrow of consistent density from the first meter to the last. Baler operators consistently report that bales from well-windrowed hay with a finger wheel V-rake are more uniformly round, denser, and easier to wrap consistently than bales produced from rotary-raked windrows where density peaks and troughs are common.
No PTO — Full Versatility
Ground-driven disc rotation means the 9LZ-6.0 can be towed by any tractor with a drawbar and one SCV hydraulic outlet — including tractors whose rear PTO is already occupied with another implement, or older tractors where PTO maintenance is a concern. The machine leaves the rear PTO completely free throughout operation.
Right Capital Cost for the Operation Scale
The 9LZ-6.0 is priced at the level appropriate for operations producing 50 to 200 hectares annually — not at the commercial-fleet price of 9-meter machines that are amortized over 400+ hectares per year. Buying the correctly-sized machine at the correct price point recovers capital faster and leaves budget for other farm investments that produce returns at the same operating scale.
Scalable Upgrade Path
When annual hay acreage grows past 200 to 250 hectares, the 9LZ-6.0 has demonstrated its value and the operation has the cash flow data to justify the step up to a 9-meter model. Starting with the right-sized 6-meter machine builds institutional knowledge of the finger wheel V-rake system — operating procedure, tine management, windrow-width tuning — that transfers directly to the larger machine when the time comes.
Why Small-Farm Hay Producers Choose foragebaler.com
- ✔Complete Hay System from One Supplier. The 9LZ-6.0 hay rake is part of a full four-step forage system available at 포리지발러닷컴 — mowing equipment, tedder, hay rakes, and round balers — all supported from the same California warehouse. One phone call, one parts order, one technical team.
- ✔Tractor Compatibility Verified Before Ordering. Drawbar hitch capacity, SCV hydraulic pressure, and tractor weight-to-load ratio confirmed from your tractor model and year before the 9LZ-6.0 ships. First-time V-rake buyers consistently find the pre-purchase compatibility check valuable — we walk through operating procedure and first-season setup during the same conversation.
- ✔Same-Day Parts Dispatch. 60-piece per disc tine replacement sets, 12-disc full bearing kits, and hydraulic hose assemblies stocked year-round at the California warehouse. Orders placed before 2:00 PM Pacific ship same business day. No waiting weeks for parts from overseas on a mid-season repair.
- ✔Full Hay System Integration. The 9LZ-6.0 windrow output is matched to our full 건초 갈퀴 제품군 and round baler pickup widths, and the machine operates on the same compact tractors that run our mowing equipment and small-class silage balers. You are building a connected system, not just buying an implement.
- ✔공장 직판 가격. No dealer network, no territory premium.
Maintenance: 12 Bearings, 720 Tines, Nothing Else to Service
The 9LZ-6.0 has the simplest maintenance profile of any commercial hay implement. No gearbox, no chains, no drive belts, no hydraulic motor, no PTO shaft. Three service categories cover the entire machine:
🔩 Daily During Cutting Season (every 8 hrs)
🔧 Per Cutting or Every 20–30 Hours
📅 Pre-Season Annual
자주 묻는 질문
What Small Farm Hay Producers Say After Their First Season
★★★★★
Three years on a rotary star-wheel rake before switching to the 9LZ-6.0. The first cutting comparison told the whole story — I walked the field after the first 9LZ-6.0 pass and saw noticeably less leaf material on the ground compared to what the rotary rake left behind. My elevator hay analysis showed a 2.8 percentage point improvement in crude protein on the same alfalfa stand, same cuttings. That improvement pays the machine cost back in quality premiums in under two seasons on 85 acres at Grade 1 pricing. Operating on a 52 HP Massey Ferguson 1754E without any strain.
★★★★★
Single-tractor operation on a 48 HP Kubota MX5400 — the mower, the rake, and the 9YG-1.25 baler all run on the same machine. The 9LZ-6.0 was specifically chosen because it runs on the same tractor without any additional HP requirement. Three cuttings per year, about 100 bales per cutting, and the 9LZ-6.0 clears 40 acres (the field size I have in blocks) in 7 to 8 hours per cutting. Windrow quality is noticeably better than the old rotary rake — the baler fills more consistently and bale shapes are rounder.
★★★★★
Horse hay operation selling to boarding facilities and sport horse owners who pay premiums for high-leaf alfalfa. The 9LZ-6.0 was purchased primarily for the leaf retention advantage on second and third cut alfalfa, which commands the highest premiums. After the first season with the 9LZ-6.0, three of my regular buyers independently commented on the improvement in hay quality without knowing I'd changed equipment. That's the most credible endorsement I can give. Paired with a 40 HP Kubota B3350 — works on flat fields with care on the minor slopes.
★★★★☆
Four stars rather than five simply because of the bearing greasing requirement — daily during cutting season is a discipline I had to build into my routine. Once I got that habit established, the machine has been trouble-free for two seasons. It handles wheat straw at 12 km/h as easily as the grass hay, which I was not expecting. The 6-meter width is right for our field sizes (20 to 35 acre blocks) — I can work all the headlands without the backing/repositioning that a wider machine would require on the odd-shaped fields in Whitman County. Running it behind a 58 HP John Deere 5065E.
★★★★★
Organic certified alfalfa sold directly to organic dairy and horse customers at significant premiums. At our price point, every percentage point of crude protein recovered through leaf retention translates directly to revenue. I was initially skeptical about buying any rake equipment from outside our usual dealer network, but the pre-purchase consultation with the foragebaler.com team was thorough — they confirmed our 42 HP tractor was compatible on our flat Lancaster County fields and walked me through the windrow width adjustment for our 9YG-1.0C baler. First season was seamless. The machine cost paid back in quality premiums before the third cutting.
★★★★★
70 acres of native grass and orchard grass for 45 beef cows, baled for winter feed. Not selling hay commercially — feeding it ourselves. The economics here are different: every bale I produce myself is a bale I don't pay $75 to $100 to buy. The 9LZ-6.0 was the upgrade from a worn-out old rotary rake. The improvement in windrow quality is immediately visible in how much less material we leave on the field after each pass. On our rocky Colorado mountain field edges, the spring tines deflect over rocks without breaking — something the old rigid-tine rotary rake could not do. Second season in with zero mechanical problems.
The Right First Commercial Hay Rake for Your Small-to-Mid Farm Operation
Tractor compatibility (drawbar HP, hydraulic pressure, weight-to-load) verified from your model before shipment. Direct factory pricing, same-day U.S. warehouse parts dispatch, and complete system support for the full forage chain.
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