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Re: Put on your thinkin' caps.
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Posted by MrG:Hay Sweeps on March 20, 2000 at 13:59:05 from (216.170.12.242):
In Reply to: Put on your thinkin' caps. posted by MoosieDog on March 19, 2000 at 21:08:03:
Don't know if they still do it, but probably not do to more modern hay handling methods.... Out in the Nebraska Sandhills during the 60's, I worked for a rancher stacking loose hay as it came over the top a slide stacker. The hay was gathered from the windrows to the stacket by "sweeps". These were 8N Fords that had been reversed almost exactly as you describe you want to do to your 240. A large wooden tined sweep was mounted on the rear (now front) 3pt and the driver chased the windrow till the sweep was full then pushed it to the stacker. The seat was mounted to the right of the engine facing rearward. The brakes pedals were not moved as they were still in the general location of the right foot. The clutch though, still being on what was the left side of tractor, was actuated by a new pedal that was mounted to an actuator and a rotating rod that ran under(?) the tractor and over to where the rear facting driver's left foot would now be. Just recently, a friend of mine south of Grand Island had acquired an older Allis (WD?) that was set up like this. He had a hard time selling it because it had outlived its usefulness as a sweep, and the AC collectors/restorers didn't want it because it was too cobbled up to return it to its original condition as a rowcrop tractor. I'd hate to see you destroy was is otherwis a neat little tractor. If you would like, I'll go look around out by Thedford and Brownlee for an 8N sweep your can race around backwards with, and trade you for your 240. :-) G
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