Positive: The Hesston 1110 cuts great, crimps the hay great - had a great day out with it today.
Negative: This thing is incredibly noisy! Haven't been able to isolate, but think it's more of all of the above, Half swaybar probably needs new
bearings, probably need a complete new cutter bar / guards, sickle sections, etc., reel bearings probably need replaced, though they turn freely.
Got the rollers timed, set the seckle sections down on the guards. Welded up the skid shoes from miles of wear and set them to max height of
5 inches. Not enough time in the day/week/month! Fundamentally this Hesston design is IMHO a very good.
Like I said, the Hesston 1110 did everything it was supposed to do, NEVER once clogged, JD 5055d tractor pulled it like a dream - but it
sounded like a machine about to fly apart any second! Now that I know it works, next decision is - keep this mower and spend some goodly
$$$'s on it or send it down the road after hay season and continue looking for a 9ft haybine.
Videos uploading to youtube - will post those links tomorrow.
Bill
Negative: This thing is incredibly noisy! Haven't been able to isolate, but think it's more of all of the above, Half swaybar probably needs new
bearings, probably need a complete new cutter bar / guards, sickle sections, etc., reel bearings probably need replaced, though they turn freely.
Got the rollers timed, set the seckle sections down on the guards. Welded up the skid shoes from miles of wear and set them to max height of
5 inches. Not enough time in the day/week/month! Fundamentally this Hesston design is IMHO a very good.
Like I said, the Hesston 1110 did everything it was supposed to do, NEVER once clogged, JD 5055d tractor pulled it like a dream - but it
sounded like a machine about to fly apart any second! Now that I know it works, next decision is - keep this mower and spend some goodly
$$$'s on it or send it down the road after hay season and continue looking for a 9ft haybine.
Videos uploading to youtube - will post those links tomorrow.
Bill
