How to lower NH 467 Haybine

Rikryder1

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Okay, let me just get this out there: I'm pretty green to all of this farming stuff. So much so that I have a NH 467 that I'm ready to use but don't know how to (safely) lower the mower. It's hydraulic, two way and I have confirmed movement in both directions. There is a link below the cylinder that I believe is holding it in the up position but I don't know how to relieve the pressure on it. I've taken the cylinder to both ends of the travel. Retracted, there is no pressure on the cylinder. Extended, there is.

Anybody willing to educate me on this? I'd greatly appreciate any advice I can get on this. Thanks!
 
Extend the hydraulic cylinder fully. In the center of the link below the cylinder is a removable block held in place with a spring pin. Remove the block and retract the cylinder. The link will telescope allowing the header to lower to the ground.
 
Just to add a little, Leave the lock pin that way till you get done mowing then raise it fully and put the pin back in the home position for travel so it will hold the head up. Leave it alone so when you unhook the mower it will be in the up position without any pressure on the hydraulic cylinder or the lines. You'll get the hang of it, it ain't rocket science. P.S. we all had to do the learning curve too. Keith
 
(quoted from post at 17:40:49 09/17/18) Extend the hydraulic cylinder fully. In the center of the link below the cylinder is a removable block held in place with a spring pin. Remove the block and retract the cylinder. The link will telescope allowing the header to lower to the ground.

Thanks! I'll give it a go after I leave my day job.
 
I have used 2 different NH haybines. One had the spacer and spring clip as described. Be sure to put it in your tractor toolbox or it will disappear. The second had 3 different sized spacers. Each with a "C" shaped band to hold the 2-piece spacer onto the ram when extended. It worked best for me to leave the narrowest spacer on when mowing. Kept cutter at desired height but could still raise as needed. The hydraulics on my old tractor leaks down so I had to continually lift the cutter bar up on first Haybine.

Ken
 
Thanks again gentlemen. Finally got it out of there. Had to tie the "up" lever up and then persuaded the block out. Then realized after trying to raise it again that I needed to throttle up to generate more pressure. It probably would have lifted right off had I thought of that sooner. But I'm ready to mow (so far) and that's all that matters.
 
I always ran my mower all the way down and let it ride on the skid plates underneath the sickle.

I adjusted the skid plates to the height I wanted to mow. Never used the cylinder to hold the mower up to mow.

Doesn't the mower bounce around a lot when riding on the wheels and not the skid plates.

Gary
 
Skidplates on both machines were missing or adapted,read cobbled together, and not adjustable. Seemed to pack the hay down if always on the ground. Dogs dug a couple holes, else ground is pretty smooth. I think these are IH469 Haybines. Look to be about the same age of those that were used just after I got out of high school 50 years ago.

Ken
 

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