Adjustable Deflector For Deere Mower-Conditioner

Adjustable Dflector For Deere Mower-Conditioner HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Mowers (38) 18-3-9 "When I fast bought my Deere 1320 disk mower-conditioner, it would only put hay in windrows. We lost a lot of good hay to rain because it took too long to dry. Now that we can spread hay out in a wider pattern, we've cut losses to a minimum," says Alvin Mast, Jr., Ava, Ill. Mast fitted the Deere mower with an adjustable deflector that's positioned just behind the conditioner. He also cut off about 6 in. at the bottom of the factory-built windrowing shields on back of the machine. The deflector directs hay downward as it comes off the conditioner and out under the windrowing shields, laying down a windrow that's the full width of the mower. To lay hay down in a normal size windrow, he turns the deflector all the way up so hay comes off the conditioner normally and is windrowed by the factory shields. The deflector is made out of 12-in. wide sheet metal, 1/8-in. thick, that's slightly curved downward. The upper edge of the deflector welds to a 1-in. dia. pipe. Two short pieces of pipe (1 1/2 in. long), which fit snug over the 1-in. deflector pipe, mount on either side of the mower. The deflector pipe pivots inside these short pieces of pipe. A handle welds to one end and is used to position the deflector in four different positions using adjustment holes on a pie-shaped plate mounted next to the handle. "In light hay, I set it to put hay in a normal-size windrow. In heavy hay, I use the full spread position. Under average conditions, I use the second hole from the top which gives me about 80%t of the maximum spread width," says Mast, who rakes the wide windrows before baling. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Alvin Mast, Jr., Rt. 2, Box 113, Ava, Ill. 62907 (ph 618 426-3711).

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