How to transport a NH 114 Swather

A friend heard that I was looking for a swather and wants to give me his NH 114 swather. It was working last year and just needs some of the teeth replaced on the sickle. He is done making hay and just wants it gone so he can use the storage space.
I can get it to my farm, but what I really need to get it to another location two counties away after I go over servicing and replacing teeth. Going to the other location goes through two larger towns and once we get out of this county going east, we lose many of the gravel roads. How hard is it to take off the boom and put it on a trailer longwise? Then I could jump on the highway and not have to drag it. I've been trying to find weight specs online. Then we would have the challenge of taking it off trailer. We have been paying someone to bale the 60 acres for us, so my idea was to set up a shed and get older usable equipment and leave it there. Any ideas?
Russ, in Kansas...
 
I've never seen a swather made with a quick attach header, although it might be removed the hard way. My brother made a transport for his 14ft. Case swather, similar to the car dolly that you can rent from U-Haul and other establishments. He just drove the swather up the ramp until the wheels dropped down into the wells, then changed the wheels to the transport. He had no trouble towing it on the roads. When he retired, he kept the swather but gave the transport to our nephew as he has 2 Versatile swathers to move on the roads.
 
Flint hills blocks a lot of the gravel or low traveled roads. Jumping onto the highway with it loaded on a trailer is the quickest and shortest way at
35 miles. Mapping out the secondary roads puts me close to 60 miles.
 
Tow it early sunday morning. Leave the 'farm' at daybreak. Most folks are still in bed. Chain everything secure. Pull it down the road like you own it.Use plenty of flagging and lights.Air up the tires to 5 lbs above rated pressure. Take a spare(or two) and drive.
 
I think he is talking about a pull type unit and the boom he is refering to is actually a toung to pull it with ( probably made to cut on either left side or right side) and should be a swinging unit to go from road travel to field use. Not a selfpropelled unit like you are talking about.
 
Yes, a hydro swing. There should be a way to block up the main frame and remove the tongue and disconnect everything. Anyone know the weight of one of these? I might be able to use a JD 326 skid loader or a white 2-155 with a loader to pick it up if it doesn't outweighs the lifting units capabilities. How did the dealers ship them? I don't think they roaded them the distance...
 
I have hauled them by backing the mower side ways on my trailer. Let it down on its skids. Chain it down. Take the pin out of the swing cylinder and rotate the pivot tongue around to 90 degrees to the mower. The NH are easier in that they are hydraulic driven so there is not driveline to worry about when pivoting it. Support the hitch on some tall blacks and chain it in position.

On some models you need to remove the stops on the center pivot to allow it to raise above welded stops. The newer ones do not have the welded stops. There are carts made to back the mower on to and pivot it around to pull it end ways during transport with a tractor.

Here is a JD 945 setting on an end transport cart.
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If I needed to move the 114 haybine I'd just put magnetic warning lights on it,hitch to my pickup and tow it. I suggest taking a spare tire & wheel.

Having towed & hauled many pieces of farm equipment I can guarantee you that sometimes the loading/unloading takes a lot more time than just towing.

I once towed a JD 335 27' ft fold up tandem 225 miles. IIRC it was a little over 14' when in transport position.
 
Neat picture, if I had to do a lot of hauling, I'd like a similar trailer. As it is, I'd just want to get it to the other property and it would probably stay there until it died. Thanks, I figured that there would be some kind of trailer that dealers had to pick up or deliver the swathers.
 

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