Re: here's a Farmall M Roller

Posted by Hugh MacKay on October 28, 2006 at 09:45:04 from (216.208.58.115):

In Reply to: Re: here's a Farmall M Roller posted by Bob M on October 28, 2006 at 08:34:41:

Bob: I've seen this before, maybe not that particlar M, but as I recall those were almost a fixture on Upstate NY dairy farms especially where land was a bit stony. They used these to roll down stones every spring in alfalfa stands. Stones heaved up by winter frosts. If the haybine didn't catch the stone, it was unlikely forage harvester would.

I first saw this when a NY dairy farmer, "Louis Longo", was guest speaker and a judge of forage competition. This was a winter meeting of the Alantic Canada Soils and Crops Assoc. meeting in 1976. Mr. Longo did a slide presentation on his own as well as other farms in Upstate NY. I know two bus tours of Nova Scotia dairy farmers called on the Longo Farm after that.

They all came home wanting to build these rollers. For a year or so, it hardly safe to leave an old Farmall idle. Apparently the idea never worked too well on two cylinder Deere's. The time frame on firing left spin and scuff marks in the alfalfa.

I remember driving across Upstate NY from Buffalo into western MA a few years after that and I did see a few of these around farms. I never did build one myself.

Replies:

• Re: here's a Farmall M Roller Bob M 10:14:44 10/28/06 (1)
  • Re: here's a Farmall M Roller Hugh MacKay 02:03:20 10/29/06 (0)

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