Can anyone identify this old hay rake????

kentuckydiesel · Aug 25, 2004

I was given this old hay rake, it looks bad but it works. Can anyone identify it? I can't find any tags or anything else to identify the manufacturer. Thanks, Phillip

Cliff_Johns · Aug 25, 2004

Cant' seem to get the picture in very well, not that I'd be able to even identify it as a hay rake at all worry about know the brand.

Cliff

Ledgemere Farm · Aug 26, 2004

I can't see the picture. Sorry. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

slowrev · Aug 26, 2004

It is a John Holland Case spinfast rake. U guys having trouble with the picture ???

Cliff_Johns · Aug 28, 2004

All I get is the little red X. No picture.
Cliff

txdon · Aug 28, 2004

Strange, I see it fine. But it is a bit wider post than usual.

To20Chris · Aug 29, 2004

I don't see anything - no attachment, no inline picture - zip! Strange!

slowzuki · Aug 29, 2004

Web shots doesn't like inline links.
Try this:

http://community.webshots.com/s/image14/8/41/50/171984150hqRVDT_ph.jpg

copy and paste this into your address bar, don't click it.

kentuckydiesel · Aug 30, 2004

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Thanks, that narrows it down...... /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif The pic. comes up when i look at it. Not coming up for you guys? I see someone put a link on, mabey that'll work. Thanks, Phillip

kentuckydiesel · Aug 31, 2004

Here is a link to my webshots home, just go to "equipment". It's the rusty green rake that I'm talking about.

Thanks, Phillip

slowrev · Aug 31, 2004

Looks sort of like an old New Holland, but a bit different from the ones I have seen and used. Pretty good old rakes.

kentuckydiesel · Aug 31, 2004

Baler is a new holland so mabey the rake is also. -phillip

tude · Aug 31, 2004

It looks like a John Deere model 851 that was introduced around the mid-fifties.

kentuckydiesel · Aug 31, 2004

Someone on agriculture.com said it looks like a JD 894. That's two votes for JD anyway. I couldn't find a pic of the 894, I'll look for a 851 pic. Thanks, Phillip

kentuckydiesel · Aug 31, 2004

I found a pic of a rake that a guy thinks is a 851 or a 858. It looks the same as mine. Here is the other guy's rake. Does anyone know the difference between the 851 and 858? Thanks, Phillip

slowrev · Sep 2, 2004

Yep JD or New holland, I believe New Holland made the JD rakes. Get parts from New holland, cheaper than buying parts from JD.

kentuckydiesel · Sep 3, 2004

New hollands look similar but are different from what I've seen. They usually have 5 or 6 rake bars rather than the 4 on this one and their adjusting handles are mounted about 8-12 inches above the top of the frame. Later JDs had more rake bars but they were mounted on a round wheel, the new hollands are pretty much all on a star. -Phillip

OrangeGuy · Sep 3, 2004

I know its not a New Holland rake. I spent too many years in my youth assembling NH 55, 56, 256, etal rakes. I was going to guess that it was an Oliver rake. The rear viewing picture of the rake is hooked up to an Oliver tractor. There may be a brand connection.

OrangeGuy

sweettractors · Sep 4, 2004

I have a rake that looks very similiar. It is a John Deere--Ken Sweet

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rambler · Sep 7, 2004

It is not NewHolland. Would appear to be a JD, tho I don't follow them that closely.

Look over the frame very closely, esp near (not on, but near) the gearbox, and on all flat spots of the frame. You should find a serial / ID tag that will give the make & model.

--->Paul