Honeybee swathers

[farmerfred86]

Does anyone know of any tractor mounted swathers in the UK? Looking for something belt driven as above?

 

[Sambo]

There was an article in farmers guardian or farmers weekly about one in the UK.
Here it is

Honey Bee swather expands cropping options for Hants grower - Farmers Weekly

Once a popular tool for pre-harvest management, the self-propelled swather has been slowly sidelined in favour of running through with a sprayer to

www.fwi.co.uk

 

[glasshouse]

Does anyone know of any tractor mounted swathers in the UK? Looking for something belt driven as above?

Sent you a private message
I have one

 

[yellow belly]

The big advantage I see is being able to get 2 swaths next to each other one left hand deposited one right side
Using gps so you can pick 2 up at once with a 3m pickup

 

[glasshouse]

The big advantage I see is being able to get 2 swaths next to each other one left hand deposited one right side
Using gps so you can pick 2 up at once with a 3m pickup

That wont be very good as heads will be facing wrong way on one side

 

[e3120]

That wont be very good as heads will be facing wrong way on one side

The eye in the sky should enable skipping bouts to overcome that. I think I saw that it'll drop on either side.

 

[cousinjack]

Would swathing work ok here with our crappy damp weather ?

I’d have thought it’d just get mankey in the bottom and sit there ?

 

[Bury the Trash]

Would swathing work ok here with our crappy damp weather ?

I’d have thought it’d just get mankey in the bottom and sit there ?

turning the swath would be the next step after swathing it i guess which is much gently with less losses than spreading out . and raking back

 

[cousinjack]

turning the swath would be the next step after swathing it i guess which is much gently with less losses than spreading out . and raking back

Ahhh. For silage rather than cereal crop to combine…... Makes more sense !!

 

[Bury the Trash]

Ahhh. For silage rather than cereal crop to combine…... Makes more sense !!

lucerne there i think.

always thought it would be goofd to swathj peas before the hit the deck before ripe enough to combine
but they would be subject to the prob;em ypou suggest as they wouldnt be able to be air ed up. to vulnerable to loss i guess after swathing . also need a draper header as well i suppose which aint cheap....

 

[Flatlander]

lucerne there i think.

always thought it would be goofd to swathj peas before the hit the deck before ripe enough to combine
but they would be subject to the prob;em ypou suggest as they wouldnt be able to be air ed up. to vulnerable to loss i guess after swathing . also need a draper header as well i suppose which aint cheap....

If it’s peas you won’t be able to swath tight enough to the ground without losses. Buy a flex head. They’ll shave the ground

 

[Bury the Trash]

If it’s peas you won’t be able to swath tight enough to the ground without losses. Buy a flex head. They’ll shave the ground

fair comment , but unless they can be cut before they go down, then left to desicate in the swath, same as in an unsprayed for weed organic situation,which is part of the idea, whereby they are cut /swathed to dry out the weed that might be there as well. thus improvingthe sample and no needing to dry them .

 

[Gav]

I used to be involved with the HoneyBee swathers in the UK and actually made the video linked in the first post. The newer 2022> HoneyBee swathers can put swaths out to the left, right or middle as standard or if specified correctly both sides at once from the 21’ cut ST21 model shown in the video and above. There is a smaller 15’ model but that discharges to the middle only but the cost difference is small between that one and the 21’ so not many are produced.
When I stopped being involved in 2022 there were 3 HB machines working over here.