Walk around and review of our John Deere 350 hay rake. We are a small family farm in the western mountains of Virginia. Subscribe for more farming videos - Thanks for watching!
I have a lot of experience with that rake. The knuckle bushings are stocked by John Deere. Word of advice replace the center arm with a chain link and use your lower arms to control height. What happens is that if you go through a dip it will break that frame in the center.
Yours is in a lot better shape than mine was. You’re definitely right about the casters breaking. Mine bad been broke and fixed before I got it. I think the bearings on the end of the bars are bushings if I remember right, mine were really bad due to lack of grease. Yours is definitely in better shape than mine. They do a good job.
It is a nice, simple design. Not sure why they didn't move those rear wheels back so they could spin 360 degrees. Is that a John Deere tractor I spy in the background?
All the bearings are brass bushings... Deere does have em but you can just size em and buy generic bushings... That rake is one piece of equipment I never have any trouble out of at hay time...
I have a lot of experience with that rake. The knuckle bushings are stocked by John Deere. Word of advice replace the center arm with a chain link and use your lower arms to control height. What happens is that if you go through a dip it will break that frame in the center.
Yours is in a lot better shape than mine was. You’re definitely right about the casters breaking. Mine bad been broke and fixed before I got it. I think the bearings on the end of the bars are bushings if I remember right, mine were really bad due to lack of grease. Yours is definitely in better shape than mine. They do a good job.
It is a nice, simple design. Not sure why they didn't move those rear wheels back so they could spin 360 degrees. Is that a John Deere tractor I spy in the background?
i just bought one similar except mine has about half of the original teeth. and the guide rods are bad bent.
All the bearings are brass bushings... Deere does have em but you can just size em and buy generic bushings... That rake is one piece of equipment I never have any trouble out of at hay time...
You might consider slowing down your ground speed.