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Charlie

12-27-2000 14:42:13




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Is a swather just another name for a haybine, and mower conditioner, or are they different machines? Thanks!




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John Ne.

01-01-2001 08:19:50




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 Re: What's the Difference? in reply to Charlie, 12-27-2000 14:42:13  
Charlie what we're running into here is the generic names that are used in different parts of the country. Where I live one cuts hay with a self propelled windrower. In Kansas and Colorado the same machine has been referred to as a swather for the past twenty years. Have heard the pull behind windrower called a mower conditioner, so a lot depends on where you call home.



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jp

12-27-2000 20:53:31




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 Re: What's the Difference? in reply to Charlie, 12-27-2000 14:42:13  
Haybine is New Holland's name for the mower-conditioner. They are the only company that can legally call their machine a Haybine, all others must use mo-co.



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Jon Hagen

12-27-2000 20:12:14




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 Re: What's the Difference? in reply to Charlie, 12-27-2000 14:42:13  
A moco or haybine usually has an auger to move material to the discharge and has conditioner rollers to crush the crop.
A swather has draper belts to gently move the crop to the discharge so it shells a minimum of the seeds from the crop. Any seeds that are dislodged from the crop are usually lost.



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pofely

12-27-2000 15:55:01




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 Re: What's the Difference? in reply to Charlie, 12-27-2000 14:42:13  
a swather is a self propelled machine with its own engine. it is normally used for cutting grain,but can work fine for hay. I belive you can install a coditioner or remove it for grain as needed.



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Dave C

12-28-2000 12:32:05




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 Re: Re: What's the Difference? in reply to pofely, 12-27-2000 15:55:01  
A haybine (mower/conditioner) is designed to cut hay and crush the stems so it dries faster in the windrow prior to baling. A swather is a machine used to harvest grain crops (wheat, oats, etc.).
The swather cuts the grain and drops it onto a conveyor that carries it to the side of the machine and drops it into a windrow. A combine with a specialized pickup head is then used to pick up and thresh the grain from the windrows. I understand this method is used in hilly areas where the fields don't ripen evenly. The grain can all be cut and allowed to dry on the ground and then harvested all at once as if it were an evenly ripened flat field.

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paul

12-29-2000 09:08:20




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 Re: Re: Re: What's the Difference? in reply to Dave C, 12-28-2000 12:32:05  
A lot of swathers drop the crop in the middle - a canvas on each side drops to the middle. Most of them have crimper attachments to 'mo/co' alfalfa as well.

Where it is more humid during harvest, we have to swath grain to dry it out. If not, the weeds take over, & the grain falls down before it dries enough.

--->Paul



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