2002 - Volume #26, Issue #2, Page #04
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Hydroswing Swather Fitted With 21-Ft. Deere Grain Head
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"My Hesston 1014 hydroswing swather equipped with a 14-ft. hay head was worn out. And the engine was bad in my Deere 800 self-propelled swather equipped with a 21-ft. grain head. I didn't want to spend the money to fix either machine," says Egli.
"I decided to mount the Deere grain head on the Hesston running gear. It works quite well and I saved a lot of money over the cost of a new machine."
The 21-ft. Deere grain head was much taller than the original Hesston hay head so it would've interfered with the hydroswing pole. Egli raised the pole by adding 30 in. to the base of the frame. He also added 5 ft. to the front part of the pole, which puts the grain head out farther to the side. "Because the grain head is 7 ft. wider than the original hay head, I can drive the tractor between the standing crop and the windrow instead of straddling the windrow, which I had to do with the hay head," says Egli.
He removed the pto-driven orbit motor from the Hesston hay head and mounted it on the grain head, replacing the original hydraulic hoses with longer ones. The orbit motor is used to chain-drive the head. The reel is raised and lowered by the original hydraulic pump off the Deere swather. "I only have two remotes on my tractor. I use one for the swing and one for the lift. It's much easier to get around with a hydraswing swather than with a conventional pull-type swather. For example, this machine is 22 ft. wide but with the hydraswing I can fit it through a 16-ft. gate."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Edwin G. Egli, 4825 County Road 139, New Salem, N. Dak. 58563 (ph 701 843-7380; E-mail: egli@westriv.com).
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