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Early 60's Dual Rolabar rake hitch

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Jerry D in NC

02-01-2002 10:55:13




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I ask this question last winter and got some wonderful ideas and suggestions but not the information I was looking for so hoping we have expanded the audience this year I will ask it again.

In the early 60's NH had a hitch system that you could hook up 2 NH 56 Rolabar rakes and either rake into one big windrow or two smaller windrows in one pass. I would like to find someone that has one and can give me the measurements and maybe even take a couple of pictures for me. We have several of these rakes in the community and it would be great to use two at once and cut down on driving. They were very simple and you just turned it over to change from 1 big to 2 smaller windrows. It is in the 56 parts manual but I can not find anyone that has one.

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JMS/MN

02-03-2002 22:48:29




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 Re: Early 60's Dual Rolabar rake hitch in reply to Jerry D in NC, 02-01-2002 10:55:13  
Jerry- you don't need a combine axle- any steerable axle, from a car, truck, wagon, etc, will do as long as you can add a hydraulic cylinder to the tie-rod assembly, will do the trick for you.



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Jerry D in NC

02-04-2002 03:04:01




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 Re: Re: Early 60's Dual Rolabar rake hitch in reply to JMS/MN, 02-03-2002 22:48:29  
That would be what I am thinking too, although the combine axle would be a bit more self contained. Again I got to circle this one awhile. LOL Thanks again to all that replied



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Jerry D in NC

02-03-2002 12:58:47




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 Re: Early 60's Dual Rolabar rake hitch in reply to Jerry D in NC, 02-01-2002 10:55:13  
All Right Guys. I can't stop drawing this thing out in my head. I had figured to spend $2-$300 in materials to do the other thing but that was the limit. I like the combine axle idea and have been looking around the house to see what other steerable axles are laying around here in the woods. I will keep you posted on how this one turns out. Thanks again for the taking the time to help out



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Tom

02-01-2002 20:03:24




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 Re: Early 60's Dual Rolabar rake hitch in reply to Jerry D in NC, 02-01-2002 10:55:13  
Jerry I used to have one that we made patterned after the original NH. We loved it and I traded it in on a JD hydraulic rake It is L shaped with a little wheel on the right side like on the back of a 5or6 ft mower it was approximately 8 ft wide and 16 ft long with a 15 inch tire close to the back on the left side and a v shaped hitch on the front that you hook to the tractor. The hitch for the front rake we used a cross drawbar so it would pivot for uneven ground and at the back of the 16 ft pipe we put a hitch for the back rake .When you transport it or go through a gateyou would pull the back rake and hook it on the front rake or we would load it on the trailer(16 ft) where the left side would lay on the side of the trailer and the front on the front of the trailer and the hitch extended out over the tongue of the trailer and drove the tractor on the trailer and pulled the rakes behind the trailer to the next field and I remember the little wheel would stick out on the right side of the trailer and you had to watch out for mail boxes when going down the road. I hope this helps

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Tim(nj)

02-01-2002 12:32:25




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 Re: Early 60's Dual Rolabar rake hitch in reply to Jerry D in NC, 02-01-2002 10:55:13  
They sometimes show up around here at auction, usually sell for $5. Never worked all that well according to people who had them. Most have been cut up for scrap. The newer kind that allows the rakes to be swung in line behind each other for transport is much more prevalent here and works much better.



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Jerry D in NC

02-01-2002 15:25:34




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 Re: Re: Early 60's Dual Rolabar rake hitch in reply to Tim(nj), 02-01-2002 12:32:25  
Tim, I bet that the new ones are sweet but the cost factor is the biggest issue. I am on an impossibly tight budget. Wish I could find one for even $20. That would be in my range. LOL I Just can not justify the cost. My understanding is the simple 2 rake hitch without the rakes is over $2000 and I don't rake that many acres. We have access to an 8 wheel tag along but it does too good of a job and rakes any debris that is on the ground into the hay. Trying to sell alfalfa at a premium, it doesn't need to have extra stems. LOL Please keep your eyes open for one of those on sale down toward the mid atlantic states

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JWC

02-01-2002 18:24:59




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 Re: Re: Re: Early 60's Dual Rolabar rake hitch in reply to Jerry D in NC, 02-01-2002 15:25:34  
I have seen the newer type built out of 4 to 6 inch pipe or box tubing and a used combine axle. If you are having to pay for any of the labor in your hay operation it would not take long to offset $3oo to $5oo for the fabrication of a tandem hitch. Are you currently using two rakes with two tractors? What is your average field size? I agree with the other post there is probably a good reason you don't see the old hitches. Old rolabar rakes never seem to die, they just go to smaller farms. Good Luck

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