One major preject is knocked off the list

Today I finished working on our gehl 920 wagon- We bought it last fall at my second cousin's estate auction for $400. It had an almost brand new apron chain in it so it was worth it for that little cost.

We used it for maybe 3 loads, when the apron cross bars caught the steel over the apron drive shaft and wrecked a chunk of the chain and the steel was trashed. We replaced the steel over the shaft, lined the floor in poly, and fixed the apron chain.

Then we also replaced the steel in the cross conveyor because that was rotten, and the end plates that hold the bearings and the adjustment for the cross conveyor were shot. We replaced a bearing on the middle beater because a peice of that fell out when we removed the beaters to work on the wagon. We also had to replace the shaft the PTO hooks up to and the bearings on that shaft, and also the sprockets on that shaft. Total investment in parts is around $700.

$438 for the parts from GEHL,
$158 for the poly to line the floor,
$35 for the shaft and 2 sprockets,
$29 for the bearings on the shaft,
$30 for the metal strapping we used to hold the poly down,
I forget the other expenses, but there was random hardware etc...

All I gotta do now is get a new sprocket to drive that middle beater as I had to torch it off. I think I've got close to 40 hours in it, but hopefully it'll work for years to come now without troubles.

Tomorrow I get the 1855 ready for the chopper and pull that out.

I'll try to get pictures of it next time I'm home.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Interesting report. You have a few dollars into it, but Gehl makes an excellent wagon. Good job!

Your farm is probably only about 20-25 miles from us. Someday my brother and I may take a cycle ride and pay you folks a visit!


Glenn F.

Careful- Pick the wrong day and we'll put you to work baling hay. I pulled the old Fox 3000 out tonight and found a hole in the pan under the knives that goes to the blower. I got out some more poly that we had in the shed and made that fit.

Gotta find a new window motor for the spout. The one on it now is about junk. I got it out of a early 90's S10 about 5 years ago- think I'll call a couple junk yards and the autoparts store and see what a new one will cost.

I'll look into sharpening the knives and adjusting the shear bar. I'll look it over a little more and hopefully nothing else pops up. I'm hopeing there's nothing wrong with the haybine, because I'm hoping to cut on Wednesday if the forecast stays clear through the weekend.

You're in Depere right? I live in an apartment on the north side of Kaukauna so I'm probably closer yet.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Don and Glenn,

I drive right past both of you a few times a day. LOL I live in an apartment north of Green Bay and work on the north side of Appleton. One day we should all meet up and and have a hay bale throwing party.

My email is open if you want to meet up.
Brad