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Self-Propelled Rake
Dick Schirado hated to waste a good swather when the header was shot, so he turned it into a self-propelled rake.
“I had the swather tractor and an old V-Rake, so I mounted the rake arms to the header arms on the swather,” says Schirado. “I mounted a dolly from an old air seeder tank to the rake’s drawbar.”<
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Self-Propelled Rake HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Rakes 44 Dick Schirado hated to waste a good swather when the header was shot so he turned it into a self-propelled rake “I had the swather tractor and an old V-Rake so I mounted the rake arms to the header arms on the swather ” says Schirado “I mounted a dolly from an old air seeder tank to the rake’s drawbar ” Opening and closing the rake arms required more hydraulic pressure than available on the swather Schirado mounted a hydraulic pump on the power shaft that had driven the head “It’s a better rake this way more stable ” says Schirado “It used to tip in ditches; now I can rake any terrain It’s easier on my neck too I don’t have to look behind me I only have to watch the hay coming at me ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Schirado Inventions 6275 31st St Glen Ullin N Dak 58631 ph 701 471-5370; inventions@schiradoinventions com; www schiradoinventions com
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