Who needs a Header trailer?!

[Selectamatic]

This old girl's 40th harvest has begun!

We would have carried on today, but even with this one, you cant cut in the rain!

 

[Pennine Ploughing]

is the a Lely Landlord

 

[Selectamatic]

is the a Lely Landlord

It is a Lely, Fisher Humphries Lely "Victory"

Bamford made (or badged) the Landlord I think...?

 

[Lofty1984]

This old girl's 40th harvest has begun!

We would have carried on today, but even with this one, you cant cut in the rain!

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I’ve Never seen one of those before fair play hell of allot of straw there too

 

[bumkin]

It is a Lely, Fisher Humphries Lely "Victory"

Bamford made (or badged) the Landlord I think...?

was the bamford the land master?

 

[mixed breed]

Lovely. What's the deal then, knife driven from both ends and a wide dividing finger int middle, or do two knife's overlap?

 

[Selectamatic]

Lovely. What's the deal then, knife driven from both ends and a wide dividing finger int middle, or do two knife's overlap?

Two knives, one in each table, both driven, in time with each other. One section overlaps from table to it's neighbour and back again, hence a full width cut.

That's the only thing to remember when you fold her up, that the knife on the LH table is fully out.

 

[mixed breed]

Very interesting, I guess the two auger sections somehow locate into each other too to run as a complete unit too? How wide a cut is it?

 

[Steevo]

One day Claas will catch up! They've got a split reel, but that's about it!

 

[Selectamatic]

Very interesting, I guess the two auger sections somehow locate into each other too to run as a complete unit too? How wide a cut is it?

No, both augers run separately, and independently. If you get a lump to slip the auger clutch, one will stand while the other is still spinning. Reels are separate, but run on the same oil circuit.

14ft, there was a 18ft option, but that was super rare!!

 

[Boohoo]

One day Claas will catch up! They've got a split reel, but that's about it!

They've had folding headers for years, they fold horizontally rather than vertically

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[Barleycorn]

Remember being taken to Watson and Haig in Andover by my father to watch a promotional film about the Lely Victory, must have been about 10, over 50 years ago.

 

[Selectamatic]

Remember being taken to Watson and Haig in Andover by my father to watch a promotional film about the Lely Victory, must have been about 10, over 50 years ago.

This one came from Watson and Haig! She was used on the Englesford Estate from new, does the name ring any bells @Barleycorn?

 

[chaffcutter]

Nice to see her still running @Selectamatic, brings back memories of ours, like spending hours in the workshop with the latest problem.
I can honestly say it was the only machine we ever had that quite literally had me in tears of frustration!!

But it was great when it was running compared to the Massey 780 we had before it.

 

[Barleycorn]

This one came from Watson and Haig! She was used on the Englesford Estate from new, does the name ring any bells @Barleycorn?

May well be the same one that they demoed in the yard after the film!

 

[startinghandle]

What engine?.... Perkins??

 

[Flat 10]

I think @AgriCro had videos of lexions being used with locally made folding headers. I find that how much faff there is in header changes a lot depends on design of trailer

 

[Selectamatic]

May well be the same one that they demoed in the yard after the film!

I’d love to be able to find a contact for someone at that estate, perhaps there are some old photos of her when she was there...?

 

[Selectamatic]

What engine?.... Perkins??

Perkins 6354 and T6354 in the earlier ones, this one has a Ford, 105hp.

 

[pdagriservices]

One day Claas will catch up! They've got a split reel, but that's about it!

Claas have a folding header!