1930's grass harvester

WIZZO

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In the mid-1930's Wilder a well known farm machinery manufacturer built these CUT-LIFT grass harvesters.

Sickle bar mower and conveyor to elevate grass up into tipping trailer. They would cut short and tall grass, used for silage, zero grazing and for cutting grass for grass drying. None are known to have survived to-day.
 
The one in the second picture has a seat, so apparently could be horse drawn. Long grass silage is a nightmare to get out of a pit.
 
Hi, do you remember the Massey Harris
green crop loader? It had a crank type
shaft that shuffled the hay or grass up
the metal slope. The tin had bent up spots
that kept the hay from sliding back.
Ed will. +2*c at 5 00am high 6c later
 
Most interesting! WIZZO,I appreciate your posts. There have been so many developments tried over the years, some successful, some not, but many have been lost in the shuffle until someone such as yourself brings them to light.
 
Very interesting. Only had dry hay in this area until Mid to late 1950s. Did you use it for ensilage and how did you get it out of the pile. Or, maybe it was chopped and blown into a silol.
 
Coulters of Evesham closed down in 1994 - sold their sites for re-development . I think the tractor side was sold off to Murleys Ltd before then.

The grass was dumped into ground silo's. Silage fetched out by by cutting with hay knife and a LOT of muscle power on the end of a hand fork!

The companies liked their staff to wear a tie & jacket when being photographed for official photos.
 

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