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neat old haybine rediscovered...

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Eric Allen

07-26-2007 22:31:11




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Anyone ever heard of a self propelled haybine called an Owatowa or something like that? There's a tree growing up in front of the name so I can't read it too well. It's green with orange trim and has a chrystler motor. My dad used it back when I was a kid but had to quit when the main drive belt broke. It was hydrostatic drive with levers like a bulldozer and a swivel wheel in the back. Unfortunately the replacement belt we got was too small and the dealer wouldn't take it back, a couple hundred bucks down the tubes. Amazingly it still sits right where it broke years ago. I just found it again with a tree growing up through between the rollers and the reel, but still in one piece. Wondering if anyone has heard of one like it.

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Eric Allen

07-27-2007 12:15:41




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 Re: neat old haybine rediscovered... in reply to Eric Allen, 07-26-2007 22:31:11  
yeah sorry maybe hydrostatic is the wrong word, it was belt drive like a snomobile I think. I do remember it worked well, it would turn in it's own tracks and go right back down where you just finished cutting. It looks like a little green combine(no cab), just with sickle bar, reel, and rollers. I've never seen another like it, no idea where dad got it. I'm in New York by the way, near Cortland.

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John S-B

07-27-2007 10:26:42




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 Re: neat old haybine rediscovered... in reply to Eric Allen, 07-26-2007 22:31:11  
Eric, I have a Hesston 310 that I currently use to cut with, although it's down temporarily until I finish putting in a new bearing. I have pics in the implement section. It has a Wisconsin VH4D engine. Works really good for something that old, a '68 vintage machine.



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Hayfarmer

07-27-2007 06:59:27




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 Re: neat old haybine rediscovered... in reply to Eric Allen, 07-26-2007 22:31:11  
There were some Owatanas around my area, central Washington. I think a dealer here must have carried them. They were only around a few years and most ended up parked like yours. I don't know if they just broke down a lot or someone else just came out with something a lot better. It was during the era when all of the companies were really improving their slef propelled swathers. I never ran one but worked on a couple. Seems like they were a lot like the early Heston swathers with lots of belts.

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Chad Franke

07-27-2007 06:10:02




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 Re: neat old haybine rediscovered... in reply to Eric Allen, 07-26-2007 22:31:11  
Ran one for years, good simple design. Kind of liked to eat the blocks on the sickle where the wobble bar rode, kind of a bad design there but not bad if you kept it greased. Ours wasn't hydrostatic, but belt drive, similar to a manually controlled snowmobile clutch system. Ours ran a 4 cylinder Ford industrial engine, also seen them with a V4 Wisconsin and a slant 6 Chrysler.



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Loren in Florida

07-27-2007 05:44:24




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 Re: neat old haybine rediscovered... in reply to Eric Allen, 07-26-2007 22:31:11  
Owatanna Manufacturing Company. Owatonna, Minnesota. Began producing agricultural equipment in 1893. Haybine ? The early models were grain swathers. They were yellow and red, similar to Minneapolis Moline colors. Neighbor had a 10 ft. model with a Wisconcin 4 cyl. engine. Lime green and red came later, as did the hay conditioner attachment. Along with this and other ag equipment, they also manufactured skid loaders. That started the switch from agricultural to construction equipment "Mustang". Owatonna Manufacturing Company was the original or parent company of todays Mustang Manufacturing www.mustangmfg.com.

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Don-Wi

07-26-2007 22:55:34




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 Re: neat old haybine rediscovered... in reply to Eric Allen, 07-26-2007 22:31:11  
Oops- missed an N- Owatonna.

Do a search on google for images, I found 1...



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Don-Wi

07-26-2007 22:43:57




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 Re: neat old haybine rediscovered... in reply to Eric Allen, 07-26-2007 22:31:11  
It's an Owatona. they used to be popular around here, and they made some for different companies like Ford. Never seen one cut though, so i don't know if they were good or not.

Donovan from Wisconsin



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