I'm afraid I can't help with sizing, but I might add a word of caution: Some of those KS series of Deutz hay rakes were the first of the newer-style rotary rakes to come on the scene in North America. I'm a huge fan of rotary rakes; I'd never go back to a rolabar or wheel rake after having used a rotary. But I'd steer clear of those earlier Deutz's myself unless it was in pristine shape for a good price and you have very smooth land to run it on. They were notorious for stripping the teeth off the ring gears. One of the reasons rotary rakes took so long to catch on over here in North America was because those Deutz's left a foul taste in people's mouths. A pile were sold around my area in Canada because some Quebec dealers brought in loads of them. Most of them now seem to be sitting broken in fence rows or advertised as parts machines online, because the cost to fix them was far more than they were worth. It's too bad, because all other Deutz equipment I've been around was very well built.
I'm told the later Deutz rotaries (the 'Swatmaster' series) were much better, but don't have any first-hand experience to confirm. Krone, Kuhn, or Pottinger would be my choice. Even the old Tonutti's were very well built compared to the earlier Deutz's. And the newer Krone's and Samasz's are better yet.
For info on sizing, you might have better luck posting your question on the 'HayTalk' forum. There are a lot of big-time haymakers from overseas who follow that forum and likely know the Deutz-Fahr rakes pretty well. There's really nothing 'Allis' about them except the 'Deutz-Allis' sticker that was slapped on the ones brought over here to try and appeal to the North American market.
Edited by DanielW - 08 Jan 2025 at 6:50am
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