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Massey 36 Swather

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Chad Franke

04-06-2005 08:04:03




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What"s anybody know about a Massey 36? What engine does it run, how good of a reputation do they have? May have a few acres to swath, don"t want to spend a ton of money, prefer to pay myself rather than hire it out, can possibly get a 36 cheap. Any input?




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JMS/MN

04-07-2005 07:43:34




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 Re: Massey 36 Swather in reply to Chad Franke, 04-06-2005 08:04:03  
My cousin had one 30 some years ago- no particular problems with it. He liked the idea of a steering wheel to guide it, but I think it was a planetary drive system like others of the era. Remember to loosen the drapers during the off-season. The lower draper bearings tend to accumulate dirt and chaff and they rust as a result- clean that area well. The slant six engine would be what JD used on their 800 model- good power plant. If it has a conditioner, know that a narrow swather conditioner does not do as good of a job as a moco, so drying takes longer. If you have a pull type conditioner already, use it to redo the windrows for faster drying.

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Chad Franke

04-07-2005 08:15:16




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 Re: Massey 36 Swather in reply to JMS/MN, 04-07-2005 07:43:34  
Good info, thanks for the help. I know the tricks to running a draper, ran an Owatona for quite a few years. The 36 I am looking at has a bad motor, but if it's a Chrystler slant 6, should be pretty easy to find parts for, I have an old Dodge pickup that has a slant six that still ran last I knew, may work for a quick fix...

As far as the crimper I don't know what it has, but never seen the need for one, heard lots of talk on here about it. Here in NE Colorado, for grass hay you swath and rake one day, bale the next day, alfalfa without crimping drys 1-2 days, turn the windrow, bale 2-3 days later and lately we get a total of 12 inches of moisture a year, so rare to get enough rain on a down crop to do much damage...

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JMS/MN

04-07-2005 14:31:32




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 Re: Massey 36 Swather in reply to Chad Franke, 04-07-2005 08:15:16  
Can't imagine making hay in such dry conditions- but heard of much worse along the NE coast. Here we could, with six dry days, cut 40 acres per day, start chopping haylage the third day, and finish 120 acres in six days without rain. Good plan, did not always work. Baling behind a swather was a whole different story. That's why I bought an old conditioner for making the second pass. Later went to a smaller discbine, cutting per day was the same as the 14 foot swather, but chopping went slower, but baling the extra went better.

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CEB

04-06-2005 09:45:30




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 Re: Massey 36 Swather in reply to Chad Franke, 04-06-2005 08:04:03  
Couldn't tell you about their reputation, but I know I removed the engine from neighbor's junked 36 swather and put it in my MF combine. It was a Chrysler industrial slant six-225 CID.



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