End Riveting With Bolt-On Sections

End Riveting With Bolt-On Sections FARM SHOP Repairs 7-4-14 Now you can save valuable harvest time by bolting sickle sections on combine and hay cutting equipment instead of riveting them on, thanks to "Bolt-A-Section", recently introduced by the Herschel Corp., Indianola, Iowa. "While there have been other bolt-on sickle systems on the market before, we're the first to offer bolts that fit the regular rivet holes," says Gary Ruble, marketing manager. The specially-built Grade 8 bolts fit in the sickle bar and have splined ends so they won't turn as you tighten the locknuts. All you need to replace a sickle section is a 7/16 in. wrench. Ruble explains that the bolts are stronger than rivets and are reuseable. If a section breaks, remove the nuts, replace the section and tighten the nuts. "The nice feature of the Bolt -A-Section system is that you can gradually change over from rivets to bolts as you replace broken sections says Ruble. "And, if you ever run out of bolts, you can always use a rivet." He notes that most sickles will require new arch clips with a higher clearance for the bolts, and that you can't use the Bolt-A-Sections on sickles with the knife bar on top. The company offers Bolt-A-Sections as complete sickles, or as kits to refurbish your present sickle. Kits, with enough nuts, bolts, sections and arch clips for 10 ft. of sickle length, sell for $21.95. The company's Tiger Tooth and Tiger Jaws sickles feature the Bolt-A-Section concept. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Herschel Corp., c/o Gary Ruble, 1301 North 14th Street, Indianola, Iowa 50125 (ph 515 961-7481).

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