Deutz Vanguard to a swather

[Michael A 0]

has anyone thought about making a Deutz Vanguard or a Simplicity Sunrunner into a mini swather? I just had the crazy idea!

[AC808 0]

Funny you should mention that...i was thinking about that today...Got a Vanguard last week and thought it would do that quite well...

[oldone 0]

are you talking about shorting the rear frame and putting a single wheel there?

[JR 1]

I don't understand what you're talking about. What's a swather, and why would you want one? Personally, I like "mowing" with my Vanguard! I just wish mine had the stake sides and not the dump body.... I also wish it had a shorter rear end with a single wheel. I'm always banging the back end on stuff. That's why I took the dump bed off.

[Leroy 0]

The mini swather wouldn't work from the back unless you drove it backards. The volenteers would drop off kinna quick. a 30" mini swather? Prolly wouldn't want a belt drive in that dry stuff chain drive for the canvas, hydro for the Sickle and bike pedals for the ferris wheel :) Swathers cut via a sickle bar and cause the crop to fall onto a piece of canvas that pulls the crop to one side so the stems are all pointed in the same direction.