Followup on Vicon inline rake

keh

Well-known Member

I posted earlier about getting a 7 wheel Vicon inline rake. It has had some new teeth and a new wheel installed and I have used it some. Advantages: Like other wheel rakes you can pull it fast. It rakes nice and clean. You can combine windrows or just rake one windrow if the hay is heavy. Large clumps of hay will sometimes not feed through the V rake but I don't think that will be as much of a problem on the inline rake.

Disadvantages: The catch which has to be unlocked to get the baler out of transport position, a big spring loaded pin, is so difficult to move that I have to use a wedge to lock it open until it is in the correct position, then have to go knock the wedge out. Both tires pivot. The trailing tire has to be manually moved over to a new position and so far it has required a long steel rod to lever it over. All of the above costs time. It will not turn short at all and a lot of time is lost swinging wide at the end of windrows.

It is very well made of heavy steel.

KEH
 
Saw a similar rake at a consignment sale this year, looked like a generally good thing. With the wheels it should handle corners better than a 3pt.

The wheel rakes with the hub in front, like my cheap 3pt, don't handle thick hay or straw. If the hub is on the back side, lot more room for hay to flow.

Paul
 

Inline wheel rake.

One other advvantage is that the wheels pick up enough to clear the raked windrows when turning.

KEH
 
5 posts away he is asking about a baler so probably had both on his mind and just typed the wrong word.
 
I have a Vicon V-Wheel 3pt, some days it's great, others I wish i had sent it to china to be made into cheap tools. Light hay it works really good, heavy 1st cutting, forget it, constantly plugs up and makes a mess.
 

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