The world of «transformer machines» does not stop showing innovations to astonish.
One of the examples of the limitless inventiveness shown by the “ferreros” of the planet is the combine harvester turned into mower that can be seen in fields of USA.
The invention was from American producers James and Jordan Balmerwho saw the possibility of incorporating front mowers to a combine Gleaner.
The basic idea was to take advantage of the structure of the combine to carry out a task that is usually carried out with triple mowers attached to a tractor and thus achieve a large working width.
Advantages
Strictly speaking, the first intention of the Balmer was to buy a bigger tractor to work as forage contractors.
But they thought it would be better to make an adaptation, incorporating a triple mower on the front of the machine.
They found that attached equipment works better than a tractor, because the distance between the axles is optimal and the vision of the task is better.
They used a Pöttinger brand mower, powered by a power take-off and coupled to a 3-point system.
The Balmer They also used a gearbox taken from a John Deere Chopper and they connected it to the cutting device.
And best of all, the combine Gleaner You can get back to doing your usual grain harvesting tasks relatively easily.
Its inventors assure that removing all the elements of the triple front mower to connect a harvesting platform takes about eight hours. According to BalmerThe effort is worth it.
