Improved Versatile Swathers

Improved Versatile Swathers HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Mowers (38) 18-2-6 After years of being exposed to dirt, bugs and the weather while operating their 400 Versatile swathers, Steven and James Bopp, Cogswell, N. Dak., decided to find a way to equip the machines with cabs. They discovered they could mount cabs from 715 IH combines on the swathers with only minor alterations. Total time to mount took less than 3 hours, since they fit almost perfectly to the operator platform. And that included hooking up lights and fan. They didn't hook up air conditioning but may do it later. Cost of the modification was about $700 plus labor per unit. The Bopps also discovered a simple way to oil the hydro slide rail on their 400 Versatile swathers. They simply cut a hole in the side of the steering shroud beneath the steering wheel for easy access. In operation, the hole is covered by a spring-loaded sheet metal cover that Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Steven & James Bopp, Rt. 1, Box 154, Cogswell, N. Dak. 58017 (ph 701 724-3929).

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