Swather Talk

[cottonpicken]

Need opinions about underbelly swath rollers,that verns built throat roller that pulls the swath through the throat,and those roto shears.

[gustgd]

make sure your swather has the hydraulic power to run all that extra gear with out overheating.

[SASKFARMER3]

We have two of his under belly swath rollers they work excellent. Have two pull behinds and a floating on that sits on back of swather in bush.

[bgmb]

Both are excellent products have an equalizer on our 30 ft macdon wouldn't be without it in canola makes a world of difference vern is a good guy he will make it right if you have trouble

[Hopperbin]

I have one on each of my Mcdons also and they work great for making a smoother swath. Still need to pull the swath roller behind though.

[redleaf]

I have one with retracting fingers,( not sure who made it), on a 6000 IH. Works very well for canola and for peas. I did have a little trouble with wrapping when I first got it but matching roller speed to ground speed helps. Anyone else ever have any trouble with crop wrapping?

[cottonpicken]

Thanks for the info.
Think i will leave out the shears this year.
Vern does seem like a good guy to deal with.

[cris]

I have a honeybee with the cross auger, in a really heavy crop it helps some times. If your in the process of making a mother of all beaver hut it will wrap and then cut it off. That being said, it has a much larger hole than our MacDon and is a lot less trouble. I think it also has more canvas drive, on our MacDon, the canvas would slow a bit, then stop feeding smoothly leading to all the problems.