John deere hay conditioner

Anybody out there have a John deere 22 or 32
hay conditioner for parts? I am looking for
a pair of crank handles for the lifting of
the wheels. If I can't find any cranks I
would be interested in pictures of the crank
handles with measurements so I can build my
own. Thank you for responding

Did you ever find what you were looking for? Been 40 years since we had ours and don't remember if it even had cranks on or a cylinder lift. I just remember the the 22 conditioner was worthless on doing anything to hay. We had an earlier model No. 1 I think and it was good, broke beyond repaires and got an AC, worked but not neer as good. Got a chance to buy this 22 and after the dismal job it did we parked it and went back to the AC untill we got a Case mower-conditioner. The 21 conditioner would have been a good one and what I wished ours was.

Thank you for the reply. I have not found anything yet. I am still looking. My conditioner has the hand cranks. Even if I can find somebody that has a crank handle I can borrow to make a copy would work for me as well. I did rig up the conditioner so I can use it yesterday and I condition about 20 acres of Alfalfa. Although it is still to early to tell if it worked or not I can say that it does not seem to be speeding up the drying of the hay. Time will tell

Lok at the stems and see if you can find any place the stem is cracked open, if you can find stems cracked close to full length it is working, if you cannot find the cracks in stem it is not working. Those rolls have the flutes so far apart that if it will crack the stem it is jusy about every 2", The older style broke the stem at every inch. The 22 is called a crimper while the 32 with the other rolls that I have never seen one but is made like our AC was is called a crusher as that should make a crack in side of stem full length, that crimper would if there is enough hay going thry to make it fit tight in the rolls will just have a small kink in the stem where the roll bends it. The rolls do not touch each other with that model so unless you have a thich swath of hay going thru it will not put any pressure on that stem to break it so the moisture can excape. John Deere thought they were going to be smart by changing type of rolls and about lost the conditioner market because of it. Our mower-conditioner had the 2 rubber rolls that actually put pressure on the stem to split it so it could dry. I don't think you will find any more than a now and then bent in stem without it being cracked open. And me after having one I would start looking for a different machine instead of putting any time or money into it. One of their not so good ideas.

I do have a light crop this cutting so the windrows are not very thick. There were spots where the stems were broke in the heavier sections of the field. The light stuff not so much. I can see what you meen where the 32 has the different rolls that would be a better fit for the hay. The rolls on the 22 are good and deep but the gap between the flutes is not very tight. I guess i should look for a 32 now. I did buy this conditioner as a collector item primarily but I do like to have my implements in field ready condition to play around with and have a chance to exercise my tractors. A lot of people like to collect tractors which I do too but there are not too many people that collect the implements. I think the best tractor always shows better with an implement

I may have one. Call me or e-mail me if you still need one. 563-580-5262

A No. 21 Is older but still a lot better unit than either the 22 or 32 machines. It will do what is needed. I think the reason the New Holland haybines with the wide spacing for the crimp on the rolls is that being rubber they run tighter together so they do actually press the stems to let the moisture out, that 22 Deere does not do that unless you have a very heavy crop.