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"Reserver" For Pull-Type Haybines
Duane Bartok needed an easy way to deal with haybine plugups. While most self-propelled haybines are set up to reverse flow when a plug occurs, pull-types like his have single direction hydraulic drives.
"I have a 76-year-old and a 15-year-old that run my mower-conditioner," says Bartok. "Neither one was able to
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"Reserver" For Pull-Type Haybines HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Miscellaneous 34-1-30 Duane Bartok needed an easy way to deal with haybine plugups. While most self-propelled haybines are set up to reverse flow when a plug occurs, pull-types like his have single direction hydraulic drives.
"I have a 76-year-old and a 15-year-old that run my mower-conditioner," says Bartok. "Neither one was able to deal with a bad plug. That meant they had to call me and sit idle until I got there."
Bartok and a close friend, Ken Hudacek, decided to find a solution to the problem. "Ken thought he could reverse the flow on our Model 1475 New Holland," says Bartok. "We put together a system with a splitter valve and other components, and it has worked well for us. At first the reels didn't reverse, but then we figured out the adjustments needed."
Now when a plug occurs, his operators hit a switch in the cab, and the haybine components go into reverse. Once the plug has been expelled, they flip the switch back and resume travel.
"I have heard that Hesston may be offering the feature on new machines, but New Holland doesn't and neither does MacDon," says Bartok.
Bartok and Hudacek installed their own unit in 2008. In 2009 they sold three units for field testing. While hay production was light in many areas, one customer reported using the reverser on his MacDon haybine 50 to 60 times last summer. This year Bartok and Hudacek plan to market the units in earnest. Base price is $1,250 and includes a high volume valve, four high-pressure hoses, a switch and wires and an easy-mount bracket.
So far they've only installed them on New Holland and MacDon haybines, but Bartok sees no reason the reverser won't work on other brands as well.
"It only takes three to four hours to install," says Bartok. "It will save that much time many times over in the field, and time is money."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, QBV Enterprises, P.O. Box 1238, Esterhazy, Sask., Canada S0A 0X0 (ph 306 745-3801; qvb@xplornet.com; www.qvbenterprises.com) or Ken Hudacek, P.O. Box 1767, Esterhazy, Sask., Canada S0A 0X0 (ph 306 745-3720).
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