Found my Gehl chopper pics....

Absent Minded Farmer · Oct 14, 2020

I was looking for these the last time I posted about the Gehl forage harvesters. Don't recall if I posted them before.

Enjoy!!

Mike

Fawteen · Oct 14, 2020

Second picture, that self-propelled had to be a dusty esso bee to drive!

Bruce from Can. · Oct 14, 2020

The harvester in the second picture reminds me of pictures I have seen from Europe, were they build forage harvesters that mount on a tractors front 3pth. It makes prefect sense to me to use the 200hp tractor that a farmer might already have to chop his silage. Rather than get another machine. With a Kemper style head, staying on the rows would be no problem

Centerplate · Oct 14, 2020

I was at a farm in the 70's where they had a 1066 on behind a Gehl,(800)the wheels on the chopper were tied on the front axle of the tractor. The drive line went under the tractor to power the chopper. The spout went over the top of the cab. I have never seen one since.

BarnyardEngineering · Oct 14, 2020

(quoted from post at 05:56:51 10/14/20) I was at a farm in the 70's where they had a 1066 on behind a Gehl,(800)the wheels on the chopper were tied on the front axle of the tractor. The drive line went under the tractor to power the chopper. The spout went over the top of the cab. I have never seen one since.

Probably homemade. I remember seeing something similar in the pages of Farm Show magazine.

bwillett · Oct 14, 2020

I don't think it would be too dusty, but it would be noisy as all get out.

DeltaSteve · Oct 14, 2020

I'll bet that one would be bearcat to steer. And totally worthless in mud.I think I remember reading somewhere that was the first attemt at a selfpropelled chopper.

Absent Minded Farmer · Oct 14, 2020

Stuck in the mud was a big issue with those with that big ol' corn head on it. That's why they changed up to the wheel configuration that mine has, in the middle of the trio. It was the first SP.... far as I recall.

Mike

Absent Minded Farmer · Oct 14, 2020

The first SP chopper came out in
the mid 40s. It was a home made
unit. Gehl worked with the
developer to create the small
one you see in the picture.
There are details out there,
somewhere on the 'net. I'll look
later.

Mike

Absent Minded Farmer · Oct 14, 2020

I have a manual & parts catalog for one somewhere. I'll look this evening & post back. There was also a front mounted hay merger as well.

Mike

Absent Minded Farmer · Oct 14, 2020

Gehl had a unit mounted to the front of a 1086 that sat across from the "new" building for a number of years. It was a production unit. There weren't too many made. Been on the lookout for one of those as well as the front mounted merger. I'll post back this evening with more info.

Mike

Absent Minded Farmer · Oct 14, 2020

A bit dusty, but not too bad if your blower band is set right. Bwillet has it right, they were very noisy.

Mike

paul · Oct 14, 2020

My neighbor was a great tinkerer, he bought an old two row chopper and converted it to 3pt, hung it off the back of the tractor and backed through the field, pulled the wagon on the front of the tractor. He used it to open fields.

Paul

Alvin 41 · Oct 14, 2020

That pull type with a LeRoi engine was our first chopper.We used the Ford Jubilee with the front bumper to pull it chopping hay and a larger tractor for corn silage.

Robert (ID) · Oct 14, 2020

Wow!! those pics bring back memories/nightmares.. the ford pulling the FH.. I remember using an 8N to pull a FH82.. At times the tail wagged the dog..

Thanks for the wonderful pics and a blast from the past..

Found my Gehl chopper pics....

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