Paddles Push Big Windrows Through Inverter

Paddles Push Big Windrows Through Inverter MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Miscellaneous Barry Woods doesn’t worry about hay getting hung up in his inverter after he upgraded it with hay pushing paddles The paddles grab the hay coming off the conveyor belt and push it through “Hay inverters are great tools turning the windrow over to dry but they tend to plug up especially with long grassy hay ” says Woods “When I went from a 9-ft haybine to a 10-ft I knew the inverter wouldn’t be able to handle the big windrows ” Woods worked on a solution using 2 snapper heads from a New Holland 770E cornhead “My neighbor Rolly Pegg used his lathe to extend the shaft on one of the snapper heads ” says Woods “He also machined a Lovejoy coupling from an old manure pump to fit the shaft and a hydraulic motor ” Woods welded the second snapper head to the first and mounted them in place on the inverter The paddle reel is mounted over the throat of the inverter at the end of the conveyor A variable speed hydraulic control on the tractor lets him adjust the paddle speed to match the speed of the conveyor belt He had previously added a hydraulic cylinder to raise and lower the inverter pickup bed The extra weight of the paddle reel required that Woods add a pickup wheel to that end of the inverter “I used an old plastic pto cover shield over the back to prevent wrapping ” says Woods “It works fine ” There’s a video of Woods’ inverter upgrade in action at www farmshow com Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Barry Woods 647 Hwy 15 RR#1 Lombardy Ont Canada K0G 1L0 ph 613 283-5678; barry woods3@hotmail com

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