High Speed Mower Mounts On A Truck

High Speed Mower Mounts On A Truck HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Mowers (38) 6-3-5 How about this ù an all-crop mower that mounts on a truck bed and cuts a 15 ft. wide swath at speeds up to 12 mph. "We've had a lot of interest, particularly from ranchers with big pastures and a lot of prairie hay to mow," reports Ricky Hardee, assistant sales manager for Hardee Mfg., Loris, S.C., manufacturer and developer of this first of its kind truck-mounted mower for farms, ranches, airports, orchards, and other large mowing applications. The truck bed carries the 300 gal. hydraulic oil tank and 3 hydraulic motors, each of which drives 3 separate mowing units mounted under the truck. The truck's motor provides the power for driving the hydraulic motors. Here, according to Hardee, are key features of the all-hydraulic mower: • Cutting height can be varied "on the go" to leave a stubble ranging from 2 to 18 in. Blades on the 3 units overlap, leaving a clean, completely cut 15 ft. swath on each pass of the mower. •Floating linkage allows the wing units on each side to operate up to 22? below horizontal. Each of the 3 units can be operated independently, or together, for maximum flexibility in mowing ditches, orchards, and hilly or sloping fields. •For road transport, the 2 side wings fold hydraulically into the vertical transport position. "We plan to be in production by July 1 and will custom mount the Hardee hydraulic cutter on whatever make and model 2 ton truck the customer chooses," explains Hardee. For more details, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Hardee Mfg., Rt. 4, Box 232 (Mt. Vernon), Loris, S.C. 29569 (ph 803 756-4051).

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