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1946 Farmall M cuttin hay with 1988'ish Hesston 1120 (pics)

Same as I have on my crimper. I have a second one hanging or laying somewhere. I have several old tractors that I use from time to time without hydraulics.
 
They were a darned good machine,no two ways about it. Mine was 21 years old and still as quiet as it was when I bought it new. All you could hear was the hay rustling through the reels and rolls.
 




One of the photo links lost its path for some reason. That photo showed the tractor has hydraulics. I just tried editing the OP and hopefully it works. The tractor has the tradition belly pump hydraulics and also has M&W live pump added at disributer for the behlen power steering. The belly pump hydraulics work a combo category 1 and 2 three point hitch kit partially made by me with a custom drawbar hanger totally designed, fabricated, and welded up by me.

I used the cylinder from the haybine to make my 3 point kit. That said I sometimes use this mower conditioner on other tractors that do not have the remote hydraulics present. If you look at the right wheel that appears a little damp that is hydraulic fluid from where one of the hydraulic hoses on the power steering let go. Had to finish the last little bit with the ole Farmall h running the cutter.

The manual ratchet actually works okay for me. Lower once when I enter the field and raise it once when I exit the field.
 
As for the nitrogen comment this field has plenty. Has had horses on it for decades so well fertilized with horse pooh. It is always ahead of my bordering field that does get some fertilize to it. That said, this field should have been cut 3 to 4 weeks ago but when it rains twenty some days out of 30 in the month of June...Well it is what it is now.
 
I can only wish my Hesston was as quitet as Randy"s was but it is getting better. I just put all new plastic bushings on the tine bars, straightened the bent up bars, and replaced the bent up rusted out metal batts with wood batts.

If you look close you can see where the main reel pipe had a tree run through it and broke the reel by former ownership. Metal was scabbed in there to reuild it. I redid a lot of those welds this spring to make it look a lot better than it did. This thing was purchased as a parts machine but has cut hay for me for several years now. I fix a little as I go.
 
If it's knocking at all,don't overlook those small bearings in that half swaybar that runs the pitman. I think there are four of them in there. Mine was starting to make some noise,I changed those and it was quiet as new again.
 
No knocking. Everything is tight in the pitman area. Getting that reel in shape made a huge difference on its quietness. This cutting was by far the quietist it had been. The bars were bent up badly and the batts would have made you laugh had you seen em. I had metal on metal where the plastic inserts were supposed to have been.

Next on the list will be those rollers that swing the bars in the track. I got 2 of those that the bearings are real loose on. I may try and retro fit a custom cheapo bearing in there instead of buying the full replacement roller assembly from AGCO.

Hard to fix everything for a smalltime operator like me that makes the hobby pay for itself as I go. In other words zero dollars come out of my household budget to fund replacement parts or equipment upgrades.

In a perfect world I would like to find an Oliver 1600 gasser or a Case 730 CK gear tranny gasser to put in front of the haybine. Not been able to find a project for cheap yet though. Plus both of those choices would burn a whole lot more fuel than my ole m or ole h which are both really decent on fuel (the h is a miser).
 
yes, get a remote lift cylinder on that thing, you'll think you are in heaven. Much easier to get the missed corners and small cut down the middle.
 
I'm still trying to figure out why anybody would blot out the back ground of a farm?

pulled one similar with my H for several years. About all it wanted.
 
(quoted from post at 17:38:41 07/03/15) I'm still trying to figure out why anybody would blot out the back ground of a farm?

pulled one similar with my H for several years. About all it wanted.
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Farm? I sure do wish I had a farm!

These are piddle patch fields that do not belong to me and the blotted out stuff is houses or barns that surround the piddle patch fields and they also do NOT belong to me. It is very poor taste in my opinion to post pictures of other peoples houses, barns, or sheds on the internet that do not belong to the poster unless that poster has expressly asked the rightful owner permission to do so. I did not even seek the permission so I chose to blot the pics. Frankly, I would not want someone else posting pics with my house in their background.
 
(quoted from post at 22:55:23 07/03/15)
Does the header run on shoes or is the ratchet link holding it up?
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I run it ever so slightly with the ratchet link holding it up just above the shoes. Saves wear on the shoes (which are not in the best of shape anyhow and allows the shoes to only come into play for uneven terrain versus riding on them all the time. I clear rocks, sticks etc, too doing it this way plus the 90 degree turns go better if the shoes are up off the ground instead of side torqueing them when they are in contact with the ground.
 
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