Make the New Holland

SVcummins · Jul 21, 2020

56 rake great again.

Finally put a jack on it and got a new star wheel also going to replace all the bearings in the tine bars

grandpa Love · Jul 21, 2020

Man!! I need a jack on mine! I do like my old 56 rake. Planning to paint it this winter.

miangus · Jul 21, 2020

I put a jack like that on my New Idea rake and I made another attaching pipe end which I welded up on the frame. That keeps the jack out of the way. Jacks stored by the hitch on a rake tend to take a beating.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 21, 2020

256 jack/hitch will bolt right on.

MJMJ · Jul 21, 2020

I welded a jack in that location to mine once. Lasted about a half hour before I turned too tight and twisted it up.

Hay maker2 · Jul 21, 2020

I think the jack is going to get tore off...
What about that hitch, looks like a ball bearing a bolt through the draw bar?

Keith Molden · Jul 21, 2020

I had to put new bearings on 1 tine bar this past winter and they are really proud of them $60+ at Messicks for the ones for my 55 rake. I'm looking for the piece that bolts to the frame and holds the center shaft for the reel on one of mine. It's cast and broken and bent to the point It would be better to replace it than weld it.

Tractorcedric · Jul 21, 2020

Jack on my Oliver rake mounts just like that but the jack never goes to the field with me!!

Northvale PA · Jul 21, 2020

I replaced 8 of 10 bar bearings on my 55 rake about 10 years ago. Yes, was expensive at the time. But the nice thing is it hardly ever breaks a tine now. I was probably loosing 5 or more per year, easily. I bet the savings on tines is now close to the bearing cost. I’ve had my rake for 30 years and it was old when I bought it. Made in the mid 60’s I assume? I bought the 256 at auction about 8 years ago. I think all those bearings were good, which is one of the reasons I bid on it. It is nice having 2 rakes going. I can say this: the skill of the person raking will decide how the baling goes.

JDIH · Jul 21, 2020

Well I was going to comment about the jack getting ripped off like mine did when I put it there, but I guess you guys beat me to it

SVcummins · Jul 21, 2020

I’ve got an extra pipe somewhere around here that I am going to weld onto the top of the frame for carrying the jack

SVcummins · Jul 21, 2020

I raked a field that was less than an acre and never had
trouble hitting the jack

SVcummins · Jul 22, 2020

This was the hitch that was on the rake when I got it so I used what I had to make a better one

Traditional Farmer · Jul 22, 2020

You're right about the raking being important,I despise to bale behind someone that has done a sloppy job raking.

showcrop · Jul 22, 2020

You will be able to go to the social scenes 2-3 times a week and find a woman with what you will save in fuel not dragging all that extra weight around.

SVcummins · Jul 22, 2020

Should help alright

SVcummins · Jul 22, 2020

They under 30$ for the 56 through my fiat cnh dealer

SVcummins · Jul 22, 2020

They are a good rake . I’ve been thinking about painting mine

SVcummins · Jul 22, 2020

That is why I will redo the windrows so they are easier to bale if I have to .

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