Baler Converted Into Low-Cost Windrow "Flipper"
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"I didn't want to spend the money for a new one so I built my own. It fluffs the windrow and turns it over a half turn," says Arllyn Bilodeau, Chetek, Wis., who converted an International Harvester 46 small square baler into a low-cost windrow "flipper".
The baler's pickup gently lifts the windrow and then the auger moves it to the side where it falls out and back onto the ground.
Bilodeau removed the baler's flywheel and cut off the bale chamber. He removed the twine box and made an opening in the back of the baler for the hay to flow through. A steel rod across the opening helps flip the windrow.
"I've used it for about six years with no problems," says Bilodeau. "It works great on hay and also on windrowed grain. The only limitation is that it tends to plug up in real heavy windrows. I use a small Farmall B tractor to pull it. I run the tractor fast enough so that the material is picked up and flows right on through.
"It didn't cost much to build. I already had the baler which I wasn't using any more," he notes.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Arllyn Bilodeau, 2172 10th Ave., Chetek, Wis. 54728 (ph 715 458-2122).
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Baler Converted Into Low-Cost Windrow "Flipper" BALERS Balers 26-2-8 "I didn't want to spend the money for a new one so I built my own. It fluffs the windrow and turns it over a half turn," says Arllyn Bilodeau, Chetek, Wis., who converted an International Harvester 46 small square baler into a low-cost windrow "flipper".
The baler's pickup gently lifts the windrow and then the auger moves it to the side where it falls out and back onto the ground.
Bilodeau removed the baler's flywheel and cut off the bale chamber. He removed the twine box and made an opening in the back of the baler for the hay to flow through. A steel rod across the opening helps flip the windrow.
"I've used it for about six years with no problems," says Bilodeau. "It works great on hay and also on windrowed grain. The only limitation is that it tends to plug up in real heavy windrows. I use a small Farmall B tractor to pull it. I run the tractor fast enough so that the material is picked up and flows right on through.
"It didn't cost much to build. I already had the baler which I wasn't using any more," he notes.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Arllyn Bilodeau, 2172 10th Ave., Chetek, Wis. 54728 (ph 715 458-2122).
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