Had one for 11 years for making hay before buying the discbine, but kept it for another 10 years for swathing barley. 14 foot would cut about 5 acres per hour- top road speed is about 8mph. Many use a transport trailer to move any distance. 14 feet is nice to chop behind, but hay for baling dries too slow. Check the lower platform bearings for rust- moisture accumulates there and they wear out sooner than top ones. Weak spot is right end of platform, reel drive. Double that sheet metal with quarter inch plate and a ball bearing instead of the bushing. Make sure you find the zerk on the right planetary- I never saw it, but found it by feel with the grease gun. Keep chains adjusted properly underneath the machine. Doesn"t take two days to fix the final (unless beer is involved), but it is a miserable multi-hour job to get the chain back on. Engineers should have made more space on one side of the housing so the chain could fall cleanly down to the axle instead of catching on bolt heads. Helps to make a wire hook to work through the access hole.
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