what are these like as a self propelled

[concrete agri]

 

[RAF]

U good with the spanners ?

 

[concrete agri]

what's the things to go wrong???

 

[powerfarmer]

Mechanic friend of mine works on a couple of them, I remember him saying that some spares for the original type pickups are unavailable now. There's Cat and Daf engined ones . There's at least 3 within 5 miles of here farmers doing their own

 

[concrete agri]

aye think it's a daf 350 hp

 

[Not again]

The blower is the biggest problem and also the brakes

 

[powerfarmer]

Thinking now , One of them working locally has the later type pick up fitted off an FX 375, the DAF engine is tough but head gaskets and oil seals can be leaky on them.

 

[NZ Tech]

Dont do it....

 

[njneer]

In their day they were a good machine, when set up right the blower was by far the best performing on the market.
The pick up was not the best and guilty of grounding and could get knocked off its mounts going through gates.
The main clutch needs looking after and kept adjusted.
The feed roll clutch was prone to burning out because it didn't have a proper neutral position and if left in the presumed neutral whilst waiting for trailers it used,to slip and effectively burn itself out was better to shut the revs and leave them turning slowly.
The blower was great but the long knives in the chopping cylinder were prone to break off between the mounts if you picked a stone up and the broken knife could jam the blower dead at 2000rpm , which ran at 90'degrees to the drum , causing the inertia to screw the entire mounting brackets.
Visibility to the right is poor so loading to the left is only option.
Radiator prone to blocking .
Apart from that they were a machine in their day.
There's a great video on you tube of an Irish contractor still runs two of them.

 

[mtx.jag]

@cosmagedon
@davidroberts30

 

[davidroberts30]

@cosmagedon
@davidroberts30

Whhatttt

 

[Rob Holmes]

Don't they catch fire easier than a Swan Vesta?

 

[cosmagedon]

I was only young when we ran a 2205 so can't really remember it, I know it was a big jump up from a 819 trailed forager though and served us well for years! One thing I do remember is It always ran hot and my uncle used to have the heaters on all summer to keep her cool until he had the rad re-cored and it was fine afterwards. If you have any specific questions I can ask my uncle, I'm sure we still have some new parts on the shelf for one.

 

[Blue.]

Spent a lot of hours up the side of these, 3 neighbours had them and a relation,all swapped to claas for a reason.

 

[bovrill]

I spent a lot of time running alongside a 2205 in the early '90s.
I also spent a lot of time doing other jobs, waiting for the call that it was fixed and we could get chopping again!

 

[concrete agri]

it's hard too know wat to do we have a pottinger mex 6 an thought one of them would speed things up

 

[mtx.jag]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=738243803020552&id=282345105277093
That be a better machine

 

[RAF]

Good contractor

 

[stuart]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=738243803020552&id=282345105277093
That be a better machine

not done a lot from what i gathered been sat for a fair few years

 

[Hilly]

Spent a lot of hours up the side of these, 3 neighbours had them and a relation,all swapped to claas for a reason.View attachment 522844

They woudnt know what to trade first the chapper or the mower