Double Swath Turner

Double Swath Turner SWATHERS Swathers 29-6-18 What's better than a home-built swath turner? For Bill Bell of Deloraine, Manitoba, the answer is two home-built swath turners hooked in tandem on a hydra swing tongue. "I had seen tandem haybines, so I figured the idea would work just as well to turn swaths," he says. For his first unit, Bell used a Massey Ferguson #9 baler pickup and half the table off an 18-ft. #36 Massey Ferguson self-propelled swather. A hydraulic drill fill motor drives the canvas table, and Bell installed an electric hydraulic switch to reverse it. The second swath turner was built the same way, except Bell used a Massey #124 baler pickup. He extended it 12 in. because more width would be necessary on the outside unit. The dual hookup consists of a 19-ft.-long swing arm made from 4-in. steel. A post hole auger motor drives the sprocket off a 30-ft. Co-op swather with a #80 roller chain to pivot the right hand turner to a single turn or a double swath to two 14-ft. swaths. The whole rig cost Bell less than $1,500 to build. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bill Bell, Box 317, Deloraine, Manitoba, Canada R0M 0M0 (ph 204 747-2605; fax 204 747-2960).

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