I have a John Deere 1219 mowing conditioner. Two of the long metal guards that bolt in front of the pickup teeth on the reel are bet up bad and have started to crack and bend. Would it be okay to take them off and run the mower without them? They were beat up like this when I bought the mower for cheap. I have no rocks in my field so Im not worried about that, just want to make sure it will be fine to run without them. And to be clear again, its the long solid metal guards that bolt onto the reel in front of the pickup tines.
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Tx Jim
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- Coyote Flats, Texas
Welcome to YT
I think 1219 will cut well in most crops with reel baffles removed. What type crop are you attempting to cut?
BarnyardEngineering
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- Rochester, NY
If you take one or two off in a row and leave the rest it will be out of balance.
Easy enough to remove the battens from opposite sides to keep the reel in balance if there is an even number of them.
You can also replace battens with 1" planks of the right width in a pinch.
Easy enough to remove the battens from opposite sides to keep the reel in balance if there is an even number of them.
You can also replace battens with 1" planks of the right width in a pinch.
BarnyardEngineering
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- Rochester, NY
They add a lot of structure to the reel. I would not chance it.
Tx Jim
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- Coyote Flats, Texas
I think reel speed is slow enough rpm's that reel being out of balance with a baffle missing won't be a problem
Well I figured Id just not chance it so I called my local dealer and I
got lucky lol, dealer happened to have 4 in stock so Im gonna run
over and pick them up after work. Kinda odd that they had them in
stock for a 90s model hay conditioner but Im not complaining. I
appreciate yalls input though! Im reading through the forums now
about the 1219s. Seems its common for the frame to crack behind
the wobble box, I will have to keep an eye on mine.
got lucky lol, dealer happened to have 4 in stock so Im gonna run
over and pick them up after work. Kinda odd that they had them in
stock for a 90s model hay conditioner but Im not complaining. I
appreciate yalls input though! Im reading through the forums now
about the 1219s. Seems its common for the frame to crack behind
the wobble box, I will have to keep an eye on mine.
Tx Jim
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- Location
- Coyote Flats, Texas
Price($258 ea) of new bats(baffles) would cause me to want to fire up a welder.
They only want $160 a piece for them. The guy at the counter I
talked to said theyve been sitting on the self for over a year and they
want them gone. Although I did build my own for my 1071 Heston
Using a sheet metal break and bender. But this time Ill just bite the
bullet and pick up the new ones lol. If they were only bent Id be
straightening them.
talked to said theyve been sitting on the self for over a year and they
want them gone. Although I did build my own for my 1071 Heston
Using a sheet metal break and bender. But this time Ill just bite the
bullet and pick up the new ones lol. If they were only bent Id be
straightening them.
Mike(NEOhio)
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- Newbury, Ohio
They don't turn fast enough to worry about balance. I have a 1207 and I'd think you would have clogging without a bat. A piece of 1X4 would fill in nicely.
caterpillar guy
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I would have the welder out and save the cash. They are easy to fix if needed. Ours has 5 bars on the reel so balance would be the problem on it if it would be a problem. They do spin pretty fast on those. I remember the old NI we traded for it. Dad was all unhappy about the cost of the deere mower and all. It has lasted twice as long as that old NI with less maintenance too. The knife runns about 1600 cycles perminute versus the NI at about half that speed sure does cut cleaner.
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