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    Posted: 27 May 2019 at 8:11pm
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Took a chance and cut one of our Orchard grass fields today. Forecasters have been wrong all weekend so I took a chance with their 20 percent chance all week. Hay is 3 weeks over due. Felt good to mowing on the XT pulling our AC390 haybine. Big brother on the 6060 pulling the Enorrossi 4 basket Tedder.
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So tempted.
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I see your tedder is almost identical to the one I bought this year. The only difference I see is the hydraulic tilt adjustment. Mine has a hand crank. It's the only reason you have to get off the tractor. Did you rig that up yourself?
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No, that’s the way we bought it new 2 years ago. May have been an option I guess. Really nice to adjust it from the seat. Have been really impressed with it.
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I believe all I would have to do is remove the crank and replace it with a short hydraulic cylinder. That might be something I'll do later on. I really liked mine. It runs real smooth, doesn't shake, vibrate, or make any noise. It spreads the hay nice and even too.
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AC720man,
 Great pictures! I can almost smell the fresh hay curing! All nice shots of you folks and equipment working the fields! Thanks for taking the time to post!
Regards,
 Chris
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Nice looking equipment! Thanks for the pix. Nice to hear that someone is getting into their fields.
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Originally posted by Ranse Ranse wrote:

I believe all I would have to do is remove the crank and replace it with a short hydraulic cylinder. That might be something I'll do later on. I really liked mine. It runs real smooth, doesn't shake, vibrate, or make any noise. It spreads the hay nice and even too.

Yes it should be easy. I can't imagine using a crank as I fine tune it as I go.
It is a very nice unit and has dropped the drying time a lot for us.
Seems to be better built than the NH units
Charlie

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Is a 390 just a Hesston PT-10? Sure looks like it.
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I would have to say no. Pto runs through the tongue on the Hesston. Driveline to gearbox is totally different. Good question though. Tiger teeth on the cutter bar made a big difference for us. Orchard grass was almost 5 ft tall with blade grass about a foot tall. Cut it with no problem.
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Wow, great pictures.  I wish I could cut hay now, well, I could cut it but it might take two weeks to dry.  Looks like we have potential rain every day for the next two weeks.  Usually this is the driest part of late spring early summer.  I once owned a JD 9' swather that I heard was made by Hesston, boy, was that a piece of junk.  I guess I should have expected that, it was painted green after all...
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I've never owned a PT10. A 1090 and a 1091. The head and the right side safety shield look identical. The walking frame knife drive would make it for sure but its not visable.
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Originally posted by exSW exSW wrote:

Is a 390 just a Hesston PT-10? Sure looks like it.
Nope it's all Allis. Designed and built by Allis. They were good machines. Dad bought one in 1977 in like new condition and we used it for 30 years on our dairy farm. It out cut the old 460 New Holland we had and was a little simpler........ not as simple as later Hesston or New Holland but not bad. The rubber roller will never wear out but you had to keep an eye on the wobble box for oil and making sure the mounting bolts for it were tight, real tight (use loc-tite).
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Originally posted by JohnCO JohnCO wrote:

Wow, great pictures.  I wish I could cut hay now, well, I could cut it but it might take two weeks to dry.  Looks like we have potential rain every day for the next two weeks.  Usually this is the driest part of late spring early summer.  I once owned a JD 9' swather that I heard was made by Hesston, boy, was that a piece of junk.  I guess I should have expected that, it was painted green after all...
I'd guess likely made by Owatonna as Deere was buying haybines from them for a while. The haybines were definitely junk.
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Had an Owatanna(990???)one season. Pretty crude.
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Was able to bale some nice Orchard grass this afternoon after work. Threatening sky’s but no rain. Wife did well for her first driving experience. Our son joined us when he got off work. That’s him on my new to me WD, pulling the last windrow away from trees so it will dry for tomorrow. Ole girl with a foot throttle makes it a joy to rake with.
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Did some hay today too sorry to hijack. If someone can post picture feel free too
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Nice setup you have
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You have a good looking fleet there. Thanks for keeping A-C alive, hard at work and on the job. Much appreciated!
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