Malone Tedd-Air 840 tedder: Getting hooked

Malone has been making the fourrotor Tedd-Air 570 and six-rotor 840 since 2015. Since then, there have been subtle tweaks to the design to improve performance in a broader range of crops as the Irish machinery maker gains a stronger foothold on the world stage. While there are plans for trailed six- and eight-rotor models in the next 12 months, we contented ourselves with testing the current flagship, the 840.

Plenty of metal

Malone can't be accused of skimping on the metalwork: the featured 8.35m wide, sixrotor Tedd-Air 840 tips the scales at around 1,300kg. That's anywhere between 60 to 160kg heavier than some of its competitors, while the Lely Lotus 675 we