Janval Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 I'm not sure what it's called in English, but in Norwegian it's called "Høysvans". Mainly for transporting large quantities of hay into storage! The picture below is just an example of what it looks like. Started this build tonight and thought I'd share the progress so far with everyone! The easy part is done now, roughly at least! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Looking very good so far Jan. You have managed to replicate some rather complex looking shapes nicely and symmetrically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted August 31, 2017 Author Share Posted August 31, 2017 Thank you! I must add, I just saw that the illustration photo I added is a different model than what I'm building, I measured the one we have at home where I grew up - but it's more or less very similar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Good start jan, this system was also used in England, the grass would be cut with fingerbar mowers back then, left to sry then "swept" up and transported back to the farm. I haven't seen them with the arm on the top before, although it looks a good idea as there was apparently more grass dropped between the field and farmyard than was actually in the clamp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Small update, trying to make a little progress day by day since I have a few projects going on simultaneously. Just finished putting the main pieces together, next step would be to finish some of the details, fit it to a rear hitch and do some adjustments on the upper arms since they turned out a bit asymmetrical. I'm beginning to regret not making the upper part movable, but I might just try to make another improved version later on (Don't know why the photos are rotated when I upload them, sorry about that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 Been a long time since I did any work on my projects now, lost a bit of motivation and haven't had much time. But managed to put together a few pieces tonight and did a test run with my good old Deutz Now to do some fine tuning, then paint when summer comes and add some hay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire Farm Models Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 11 minutes ago, Janval said: Been a long time since I did any work on my projects now, lost a bit of motivation and haven't had much time. But managed to put together a few pieces tonight and did a test run with my good old Deutz Now to do some fine tuning, then paint when summer comes and add some hay! This is truly fantastic, how does it work ? I use a twose push off on my mf 590 at the neighbours small holding. I’m considering doing that next! This is great though ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted January 16, 2018 Author Share Posted January 16, 2018 4 minutes ago, Cheshire Farm Models said: This is truly fantastic, how does it work ? I use a twose push off on my mf 590 at the neighbours small holding. I’m considering doing that next! This is great though ! Thank you! We used one like this when I was a kid, with a Deutz similar to this and on our Aebi AM 53! We only had dried hay back then (even though it was the 90s), either dried on a "hay-drying-rack or laying on the fields. Then we either pulled it of the racks or raked it together in piles (not your question, but a bit of backstory for good measure ). The grapple part pulls up, then we just backed up into the pile of dried hay (until it was fully loaded) and released the grapple. Made it possible to transport quite big loads of hay at a time since it's held in place pretty good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 looks great Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 For those interested: A few more photos I found from a neat Norwegian "digital museum" which I plan to use for planning future builds, if there's enough content that is These show the implement in use with a Sesamatic frontlift as well: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 11 hours ago, b_emmons said: looks great Jan Thank you It's not a very complex build like we see from many others on the forum, but it's a start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 4 hours ago, Janval said: Thank you It's not a very complex build like we see from many others on the forum, but it's a start! Any type of scratch build is good, and sometimes the simpler the build the better chance of it being finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 Very nice Jan,in the U K we had a much simpler affair, a Hay Sweep,just had a simple attachment on the front axle,my late father used to get the job every hay season,he just ran all over the field picking up any loose piles of hay,then pushed them back to the nearest hay rick where it was forked on to the rick,he did this with a B250 International,and later with a B275,then I think they progressed on to a baler,a big International with a single cylinder engine,here's a picture of a similar " Sweep ". Regards Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 1 hour ago, catkom3 said: Very nice Jan,in the U K we had a much simpler affair, a Hay Sweep,just had a simple attachment on the front axle,my late father used to get the job every hay season,he just ran all over the field picking up any loose piles of hay,then pushed them back to the nearest hay rick where it was forked on to the rick,he did this with a B250 International,and later with a B275,then I think they progressed on to a baler,a big International with a single cylinder engine,here's a picture of a similar " Sweep ". Regards Joe. My Dad was the same Joe, although the tractor he used was a standard Fordson. One of the neighbours had a B250 and I think it was looked at with envy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b_emmons Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 looks simple to make so might just manage it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 Only lacking the decals, but fit enough for use as it is complete otherwise (Should really get some hay onto it though): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hajo Posted July 2, 2018 Share Posted July 2, 2018 You might want to add some more weight on the front of this Deutz. Otherwise, it looks nice, never seen such a machine. Although it looked more impressive behind that small MF35 ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janval Posted July 2, 2018 Author Share Posted July 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Hajo said: You might want to add some more weight on the front of this Deutz. Otherwise, it looks nice, never seen such a machine. Although it looked more impressive behind that small MF35 ... We'll see about that I remember we used ours with our old Deutz in the 90s, as well as with our Aebi AM 53 all without any front weights so I guess I'll take my chances for the time being This was produced in Norway, even though Kverneland has exported some implements I'm sure this is one mostly sold within Norway. I agree, due to the lack of 3 point hitches on the UH MF's I have not yet made any implements for them. Still bugging me how to get the rear digger on to the Work Bull without using a thin, flat piece of plastruct.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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