I"ve used similar model JD swathers in the past for swathing oats ahead of the combine, and the 2 that I used were fairly easy to run. Lots of farmers are getting away from them because it"s one more engine to have to maintain, and like you said it"s a one trick pony.
Depending on what"s wrong with it it might be worth it, might not. I think they come with either a 12" or a 14" head, so a 16" gate would be tight on both sides but if it"s truely 16" you should be fine. I go through a simliar sized gate with a 14" hydro-swing and I just slow down when I approach.
If you have to go down the road to get to another feild, those things are definately not speed demons. I think the top speed might be 10 MPH, maybe a hair faster.
Depending on how thick your hay is, you"ll still probably have to rake it simply because the windrow will be so narrow because of the crimper, and air won"t be able to get underneath to dry it out. We have to rake our 1st crop without a doubt every year, but after that sometimes we rake, sometimes we don"t. Depends on how wet the year has been and how much grass is in our fields.
There are still self propelled windrowers out there, but with the new discbines that can be pulled behind tractors, most small to mid-size farmers are going to those instead. For a small guy like you or me, it"s not worth it because used machines are normally used up and ready for catastrophic failure, and new ones are priced way out of a reasonable budget.
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