Combine Snowplow Doubles
As A Bale Mover

Combine Snowplow Doubles As A Bale MoverWhat do you do with a combine that can't harvest grain anymore? Warren Jensen turned his into a combination snow plow and big bale mover.

"I had seen stories about guys doing things with combines, and I had this snow plow sitting here without a tractor to push it," recalls Jensen, Wakonda, S. Dak., who had an idled Deere 6600 combine. "I figured if I could put a 3-pt hitch on I could use the snowplow on the combine." The hardest part was working out the details in his head.

Combine Snowplow Doubles As A Bale MoverInstead of welding 3-pt. hitch arms directly to the combine, he made a 3-pt. "header frame" that fits existing brackets on the combine. He started with a used corn head with a heavy-duty frame. He stripped everything off except the center frame, which he reinforced to support 3-pt. lift arms. After spending about $500, he had his snow plow ready to go. Light snows this past winter gave him only a limited chance to try out the rig, but he was able to show questioning neighbors that it did work. With the 3-pt hitch in place, it was a snap for Jensen to attach his big bale fork to the combine in order to move bales this past summer.

Combine Snowplow Doubles As A Bale MoverJensen thinks combines are ideally suited to moving snow. "There's traction right up front where you need it, though you have to add a little weight to the back for when you lift the blade," says Jensen. "It has a good heater and good visibility. Our road drifts in pretty good during the winter, but I can push more snow with this than I could with a tractor and loader."

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