Re: Haying Tales

Posted by Janicholson on June 21, 2005 at 08:45:23 from (199.17.6.175):

In Reply to: Re: Haying Tales posted by Jason Simmerman on June 20, 2005 at 22:45:28:

About 1968 My uncle Ed was driving his 400 pulling a New Holland (Wisconsin V4 flat belt drive with a sweep arm and fork chamber stuffing system). The Uncle was always trying to get every last stem of hay (had 18 horses)and ran the pickup too close to the fence row. He picked up an oak stick, that was forearm thick, in the pickup drum and could not shut off anything. He clutched the 400 and (I believe the steering wheel as well). The stick would bale ok, or break the shear pin, one or the other, so he just gritted his teeth and clutched. The sweep arm cought the stick and wedged it between the top of the chamber and the infeed table. This stopped the sweep arm cold, breaking the lever off of the forward pivot on the sweep drive link. The 10" piece of lever, and the near four foot long connecting rod were loose on one end and jointed to the crank pivot on the flywheel on the other. The arm was now a flail, whacking everything in the area of swing. The situation was not getting better. Uncle Edwin dismounted the 400 just as the rod and arm discovered that it could push on the ground with about a 10 inch shove. The bailer was launched into the air about 15 inches. The process randomly repeated its self 5 or 8 times per minute. The flailing rod was immediatly in front of the kill switch on the V4. No hope there for a shut down. The hitch on the bailer was beginning to tear away from the FH drawbar on the front, and had already torn the wagon hitch off of the chute. Ed. ran to the fence row and found another stick. He ran back and bravely timed an attack on the kill switch. After three attempts he hit the little silver pull stud and the Wisconsin shut down. The wagon crew, having jumped off and scattered into the field, were imperssed with our uncle's fortitude, and the mighty strength of the grass hopping bailer.
We chained the bailer onto the back of the 400 and drove to the cousins welding shop where repairs were started. In three hours we were back in the field (with one of us walking the fence row checking for sticks). This was memorable!!!
Jim Nicholson enjoy.

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