"Best Buy" Engine-Powered Forecart

"Best Buy" Engine-Powered Forecart BALERS Balers 31-5-26 Robert C. Yoder, Apple Creek, Ohio, finds lots of uses for his horse-drawn Pioneer "forecart" on his organic Jersey dairy operation. The engine-powered forecart is manufactured by Pioneer Equipment Co., Dalton, Ohio. Geared primarily to Amish customers, the company also produces a huge number of implements to go with it. Yoder's forecart is powered by a 72 hp Deutz diesel air-cooled engine that gives him all the pto power he needs to pull a Krone round baler. The forecart is equipped with a hillside steering system which allows him to always line up the baler with the hay windrow. Without this steering mechanism (which operates much like a boat tiller) staying squared off with the windrows would be difficult. The big bales produced by the Krone baler are handled with a bale loader that's also pulled by horses. Yoder also uses the forecart to power a single row New Holland forage chopper. Silage is then blown into an upright silo using tractor power. Pioneer forecarts, powered by gas or diesel engines, range from 20 to 72 hp. All the horses have to do is pull the machine. Each forecart has a control panel with choke, throttle, hydraulic valve levers, clutch levers and brake lock valves, all within easy reach from the operator's seat. The forecarts also work well with rotary mowers, haybines, rakes, tedders, small square balers, corn pickers, and any other pto-powered equipment, says the company. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Pioneer Equipment, Inc., 16875 Jericho Road, Dalton, Ohio 44618 (ph 330 857-6340; fax 330 857-0296).

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