I love when u go old school it show the different between then nd now how things have changed over the years me I still love the old school things keep up the good work Big Tractor Power
Some 50 yrs ago I drove a Heston swather cutting hay here in Texas. Cabin with a fan. No AC. It was a little warm inside. What I enjoyed most was the joy stick. No steering wheel. You could turn on a dime and have 9 cents left over. Every now and then,I would catch a skunk. PU!!! Would push machine harder to get the smell out as quick as I could. Also enjoy your videos. Very informative, sir. Thank you from a retired farmer.
I love seeing swathers in action. I've seen one in action where I live. I think it was a Hesston. That must have been 20 years years ago. The pull type are just much more common.
Great way to cut hay when time is a factor. Appears to me that reel is spinning too fast. It's knocking the leaves off the plants. If the reel is belt driven it could be a wrong size pulley. If hydraulic motor he should be able to change the speed of it. Nice video!
Great Video! I enjoy seeing hay equipment, since that's what we mainly do. We run a Hesston 8200 with the 14-ft. header on our farm in Utah. It has the diesel engine, but ours is an IVECO (Fiat) engine. Since IVECO is a subsidiary of CNH, I guess you could say it is a Case engine.
I currently have one... It has 2 headers, 14' hay hdr and a 21' Grain... The grain hdr requires some work and welding and is not operational at the moment... Right hand side knife drive idler belt pulley broke off... Grain hdr has been sitting for few years and now probably requires more work... I swath grain with a 25' CIH 5000... And I also have a Jd 590 21' pull type...
The first swather we had was a Owatonna. 10foot. The last we had was a moco 635 john deere pull type. Pulled with a 6605 John deere. That was a good unit to run
I used to run a IH 201 12ft draper from 1980 to 2015 to cut around 200 acres of high yielding cocksfoot for seed, so it could be slow going sometimes. That was my job on the farm as soon as I was old enough, it was not the most pleasant atmosphere - with no cab the dust in your eyes and you could get sun burnt during the day and then at night if you weren't rugged up you would freeze.
The summer of '89 I worked for a West MT ranch. I drove a swather that looked much like this one but I can't recall now what it was. When driving too fast in wet alfalfa the auger would occasionally clog up. One time I forgot to turn off the pto while clearing a clog. I was shoulder deep into the thing, pulled out the stuck material and the auger started back up. I almost lost my arm that day. Always turn off the pto.
We had an 8840 with a 14ft header, by far the worst swather we ever owned , the “tractor” itself was great and we never once had any drivetrain issues but the header broke down constantly, it was an absolute nightmare as we would be lucky to make it through a few acres even after the header was rebuilt multiple times
They had the same diesel engine option. Cummins built both those diesel engines. The 4BT 3.9, 6BT 5.9, and 6CTA 8.3 were case designs which Cummins built through a joint venture. The 5.9 which dodge made popular was originally a J.I. Case engine.
Nice video. I suspect that the diesel engine option on the CIH version and the Hesston version is the same engine. The engine referred to as a Case engine is likely produced by Consolidated Diesel Corporation, or CDC, which was a joint venture between JI Case and Cummins formed in 1980 to produce diesel engines for Case equipment, and later on also for CIH as IH, or Navistar, engines were phased out of the merged line of farm equipment. With that said, the two diesel engine mentioned for the CIH windrower v/s the Hesston windrower is likely the same engine design and model, possibly even produced on the same line in the same factory. Here is a link to a web site giving a little background on CDC: tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Consolidated_Diesel_Company
Yup! My 8830 engine is labeled consolidated diesel. Identical to Hesston except for the steering wheel cap and paint/logos. The header actually has a hesston data plate on it. We repainted it and put late case IH style decals that I had made on it. The black stripe is a huge decal that is no longer available . Great machine but not in big hills. There was a ground speed assist option that used lower geared finals for steep ground. My wife did a video of ours in big triticale and alfalfa last year. th-cam.com/video/Tlyt5SzrJ4A/w-d-xo.html
I love when u go old school it show the different between then nd now how things have changed over the years me I still love the old school things keep up the good work Big Tractor Power
Some 50 yrs ago I drove a Heston swather cutting hay here in Texas. Cabin with a fan. No AC. It was a little warm inside. What I enjoyed most was the joy stick. No steering wheel. You could turn on a dime and have 9 cents left over. Every now and then,I would catch a skunk. PU!!! Would push machine harder to get the smell out as quick as I could. Also enjoy your videos. Very informative, sir. Thank you from a retired farmer.
I just saw a few sell at the auctions here..one very nice 8825 sold with a 25 ft Draper header
I love seeing swathers in action. I've seen one in action where I live. I think it was a Hesston. That must have been 20 years years ago. The pull type are just much more common.
Jason, you've been going a little "old school" lately. Cool finds indeed!! Appreciate the video BTP!!!
I actually prefer the old school videos.
I remember the summers of the 70's and driving John Deere 880 swathers in Central Cal.
Great way to cut hay when time is a factor. Appears to me that reel is spinning too fast. It's knocking the leaves off the plants. If the reel is belt driven it could be a wrong size pulley. If hydraulic motor he should be able to change the speed of it. Nice video!
I have one like it and it's belt driven...
Great Video! I enjoy seeing hay equipment, since that's what we mainly do. We run a Hesston 8200 with the 14-ft. header on our farm in Utah. It has the diesel engine, but ours is an IVECO (Fiat) engine. Since IVECO is a subsidiary of CNH, I guess you could say it is a Case engine.
I mowed a lot of hay as a kid with an 8830 diesel with a 14’ head
I currently have one... It has 2 headers, 14' hay hdr and a 21' Grain... The grain hdr requires some work and welding and is not operational at the moment... Right hand side knife drive idler belt pulley broke off... Grain hdr has been sitting for few years and now probably requires more work... I swath grain with a 25' CIH 5000... And I also have a Jd 590 21' pull type...
Great history👍 The old machines are not bad😉
Keep up the great work👍👍
Thank you for watching.
We use the exact same machine here in Uruguay, South America, great machine.
The first swather we had was a Owatonna. 10foot. The last we had was a moco 635 john deere pull type. Pulled with a 6605 John deere. That was a good unit to run
I used to run a IH 201 12ft draper from 1980 to 2015 to cut around 200 acres of high yielding cocksfoot for seed, so it could be slow going sometimes. That was my job on the farm as soon as I was old enough, it was not the most pleasant atmosphere - with no cab the dust in your eyes and you could get sun burnt during the day and then at night if you weren't rugged up you would freeze.
Thank you mr BTP this video
Either this was filmed in 2019 or Wisconsin has some early corn this year??? Neat ole windrower.
Was thinking the same thing haha
We normally say knee high by the 4th of July. Most parts it was chest high. We got a early start
The summer of '89 I worked for a West MT ranch. I drove a swather that looked much like this one but I can't recall now what it was. When driving too fast in wet alfalfa the auger would occasionally clog up. One time I forgot to turn off the pto while clearing a clog. I was shoulder deep into the thing, pulled out the stuck material and the auger started back up. I almost lost my arm that day.
Always turn off the pto.
Look up on TH-cam "Shake Hands with danger" informative video you need to watch and might save your life.
very good tractor its durability is amazing
We had an 8840 with a 14ft header, by far the worst swather we ever owned , the “tractor” itself was great and we never once had any drivetrain issues but the header broke down constantly, it was an absolute nightmare as we would be lucky to make it through a few acres even after the header was rebuilt multiple times
My grandfather spent a lot of time in the cab of one of these.
Great awesome video, love it
Olha que interessante ta funciona como um relógio
Welcome back to Wis!(last fall). What brings you to our state?
Yeah i run a NH HW340 with a 16ft disc header and also a 30ft HoneyBee draper
Very cool.
That was a really short video but a good one
They had the same diesel engine option. Cummins built both those diesel engines. The 4BT 3.9, 6BT 5.9, and 6CTA 8.3 were case designs which Cummins built through a joint venture. The 5.9 which dodge made popular was originally a J.I. Case engine.
We cut our alfalfa and teff hay with a Case IH wdx901 windrower on our farm in west ky.
We use a Massey Ferguson for cutting oats and canola in Australia
Nice
With the reel running that fast he doesn’t need the conditioner rolls, it’s already beat to death before it gets to them.
Glad someone else noticed!
Spent so time operating one of those
Nother great video
Good 👍
nice
We use a Madon 9352i with 36 foot harvest header to swath small grains. We swath because of sawflys in the wheat.
Nice swather.
9352 Mac Don swather with a 16’ 920 auger head
The self propelled one's were a lot better than pull type one's!
I just bought a 1/64 8840 swather not 8830 but it’s really cool diecast or real!
is it steered by brakes?
Our farm has the same exact swatter
LOVE to know the RPMs at which that reel is turning!!!!!! LOL
Looks quick
We farm 800 acres of oat hay and cut with a Hesston 8250s
Why Is the reel running so fast?
I am not sure. Maybe because it is a short crop?
wow, that's expensive today regardless of options selected
question is did zero turn mowers come 1st or did this machine? 🤔 I think we found grandpa!
Nice video.
I suspect that the diesel engine option on the CIH version and the Hesston version is the same engine. The engine referred to as a Case engine is likely produced by Consolidated Diesel Corporation, or CDC, which was a joint venture between JI Case and Cummins formed in 1980 to produce diesel engines for Case equipment, and later on also for CIH as IH, or Navistar, engines were phased out of the merged line of farm equipment. With that said, the two diesel engine mentioned for the CIH windrower v/s the Hesston windrower is likely the same engine design and model, possibly even produced on the same line in the same factory. Here is a link to a web site giving a little background on CDC: tractors.fandom.com/wiki/Consolidated_Diesel_Company
Yup! My 8830 engine is labeled consolidated diesel. Identical to Hesston except for the steering wheel cap and paint/logos. The header actually has a hesston data plate on it. We repainted it and put late case IH style decals that I had made on it. The black stripe is a huge decal that is no longer available . Great machine but not in big hills. There was a ground speed assist option that used lower geared finals for steep ground. My wife did a video of ours in big triticale and alfalfa last year. th-cam.com/video/Tlyt5SzrJ4A/w-d-xo.html
Isn't it a Mower-conditioner?
In real life, our Family owns a Swather, New Holland HW 325
We have a case international 8830
Case 1250
Looks like a hesston leaving a few bales of hay on the header to check when you can bale