swath roller....

[Justin]

anyone use one of these for your hay? back where i grew up there is a nieghbor that uses one and my dad says it works pretty good.

i've never seen one in person, kinda got me interested..........

http://www.machinefinder.com/ww/es-LT/machine/1080308

 

[Faster horses]

OK, I'll bite. What does it do? How does it work?

Did you notice the Galt ranch swathers on Last American
Cowboy? Those have the rotary mowers in the front.
What kind were they?

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Galt ranch had disk mowers on the front. At least the one that they hit the water pipe thing with was a disk mower.

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

I looked at that...and have no idea what it does...or how it would work. IT almost looks like a roller packer....cept it's on wheels and curved.

Please explain what it does..or how it's used.

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Ok...I googled....and found a video on You Tube......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w4yX8iBTFI

looks to me like all it does is mush the windrow down a lil bit after it's cut.

 

[Faster horses]

I had figured out that much, JL. But why? Why mash the windrow down?
To keep the wind from blowing it?

Justin...we're waiting...

 

[Justin]

what i would like to do is pull it behind my H&S V rake. yesterday i was baling some rye and the windrows where almost to the point of hanging up under the tractor. i think one of these swath rollers would have compacted it enough that it wouldn't have been an issue. i don't know what the swath roller was designed for in the beginning, but thats how i would use it.

and i'm sure it would keep it from blowing aswell.

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Ok wheww....had some glitch there for a bit..and it wouldn't pop up the reply box.

Anyway....ok if your windrows are huge and hang up under the tractor....I could see usin somethin like that in front of the tractor as your baling...but not immediatly following cuttin. Cuz then, to me...it would pack it down and it wouldn't dry like it should.

 

[AngusCowBoy]

Theres guys up here that use them to push down there canola swath before they combine it.

 

[Justin]

Ok wheww....had some glitch there for a bit..and it wouldn't pop up the reply box.

Anyway....ok if your windrows are huge and hang up under the tractor....I could see usin somethin like that in front of the tractor as your baling...but not immediatly following cuttin. Cuz then, to me...it would pack it down and it wouldn't dry like it should.

i would use one when it is being raked.

 

[Andy]

You will really like the way your windrow feeds into the baler. It will be nice and even.

 

[per]

We use swath rollers to push down Canola into the tall stubble to keep it from blowing away. If you are not after more drying it would work well as the height should be adjustable. Get the widest one you can. The old one's are too narrow to sell back to a Canola farmer when you decide it doesn't work or haven't used it in 8 years. A neighbor used mine swathing and baling a ripe hailed out crop one year and it worked like a darn. It shouldn't cause any leaf loss as they are slow and gentle.

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

I saw a V rake coming down the hiway the other day pulling one.

I could use one my self. :shock:

 

[Silver]

I don't need a swath roller I need a swath finder. Raking 2 15' swaths together and I can still hardly see them. I've noticed though that the biggest cloud of grasshoppers generally has the swath directly underneath :?