Swather is home!

Dave H (MI) · Jun 3, 2015

Many thanks to those who offered a haul! I had put it out there in a couple places and was actually able to get one of the larger ag companies who haul machinery to do it on a back load so they gave me a good discount and more than covered the cost of heading home empty. Here she is loaded on the trailer. It was loaded when I got there and the suggestion was that I get my first taste of driving it when the time came to unload. Driver thought better of it though and I got to man the winch. So I have a new definition for the term "lucky" cause this thing is a little different to drive. I was driving the chase vehicle so we were all nice and legal.
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J I Case Man · Jun 3, 2015

you have a nice swather.

DENNIS MIN · Jun 3, 2015

Dave H,

You also have a nice chase vehicle.

D.

Adirondack case guy · Jun 3, 2015

Hope the truck and trailer was able to handle all that load, HeHe.
Nice when a plan pans out on the plus side.
Loren

John_PA · Jun 4, 2015

friggin beast... Good machine. Good luck for you!

Take a peak at this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E85aOxAM9XI

See these roads? See this? I have these where I try to farm. I have these everywhere... That is all I have. Cliff diver from one side, cliff climb up the other and 14 feet including the shoulders in the friggin middle. that is all. Car coming at you? hahaha! You loose!

You can't tell grade from the video, but, it goes up and down. staying in a gear means staying in a low gear. You want that if someone comes at you.

You have some nice roads, and you got some nice equipment out your way.

Thanks for the post.

Dave H (MI) · Jun 4, 2015

That's my Chebbie C-20 of 1976 vintage. It was absolutely solid in the body until a couple years ago when the county road commission decided to justify their budget by dumping chloride on the roads 3 times each summer instead of once. Got caught a couple too many times. Mechanically and otherwise it is a great truck. The C-50 Chebbie is the same color. It has been living up at the brake shop. The vacuum assist is out for rebuild and then the shop will reinstall and bleed all the lines. Looking at $600 in "surprise" repairs on a truck that was supposed to have had the brakes fixed before purchase. Actually...I was not surprised at all.

Dave H (MI) · Jun 4, 2015

Good shape from the look of it!

Dave H (MI) · Jun 4, 2015

That was the only swather I could find for sale within ten hours of home that wasn't a JD. Looks pretty nice and it drove real well back to the barn when we got there. You gots some scary roads out your way! I've been in that country and I can tell the grade just fine. Not sure what you do when there is on coming traffic.

Dave H (MI) · Jun 4, 2015

Just got lucky. I put it on the hauling schedule and a company from the Dakotas called me within a couple hours. Said their guy was coming thru there and would be tickled to drag it the 75 miles. Looks a lot better on HIS trailer than it did on MINE!

Dr. Walt · Jun 4, 2015

Dave H (MI):

Nice looking machine!

I'm NOT a farmer, so I know absolutely nothing about a Swather, . . . so I have a question. I notice that on the gathering reel, all of the tines appear to be pointing downward no matter what their position is on the reel. Do the bars (that the tines are mounted to) swing independantly on the reel; or are they individually chain driven?

Thanks,

Doc :>)

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