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Falcon Construction - Haymakers |
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| | Falcon Haymakers® are manufactured from top quality steel plate suitably reinforced with angle and channel iron which is stitch welded to reduce distortions and stress fractures. We make use of 45 degree gusseted bends to ensure maximum strength.
The side panels can be raised or lowered to adjust the cutting height and so too the required finish.
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The side panels are secured by bolts, the heads of which are countersunk into hexagonal recesses so that height adjustments require the use of only one spanner. The side panels run on steel skid runners.
The topmast, which connects to the tractor top-link, is mounted on bushes and connected to the rear of the machine by HT chains. This flexible linkage allows the rotary cutter to follow the ground contours. The lower linkage points are of the clevis type, with loose pins, on the machines of 1.5m and wider. The smaller machines have fixed pin type lower hitch points.
Steel flaps at the rear of the machine provide protection from flying stones and debris.
Metal Treatment and Painting
All Falcon machine parts are subjected to a five-tank acid bath cleaning and phosphate treatment process. The primer paint coat is then applied by complete immersion in a paint tank which allows the paint to reach all closed sections and recesses and behind all gussets. All open seams are then sealed with a special sealant to protect the equipment from moisture, before the final enamel colour coat is applied. All fasteners, chains, shackles and pins are electroplated to guard against corrosion.
The Falcon Cutting Assembly
Falcon Haymakers® are fitted with tempered spring steel blade beams and two blades swinging on hardened bushes secured by special blade bolts.
The blades are manufactured from high carbon steel. They are subject to stringent tests, after tempering, to comply with the ASAE (American Society of Engineering) Specification S483. Unless otherwise specified, the blades will be the 8mm patented 'Banana' design to ensure clean cutting and long life.
Drive PTO Shaft
All machines are supplied with appropriate, fully guarded PTO shafts. Torque limiting slip clutches are supplied where specified. Optional Over-run or Free-wheel clutches can be supplied if required.
The Falcon Gearbox
One of the secrets of the success of the Falcon Haymaker® is that the F80V series are fitted with the locally manufactured Falcon extra heavy-duty gearbox.
Entirely constructed by Falcon and designed to withstand the extraordinary working conditions encountered in Africa, the Falcon gearbox has proved to have a long, trouble-free life in any operation and has been designed to absorb the higher power being produced by the new generation tractors coming into the market.
The gearbox is guaranteed for two years against faulty manufacture.
The use of the long shaft version of the gearbox in the Falcon Haymaker® has shown time and again that when a machine is used in production jobs, such as cutting hay day in and day out, this design is the only way to go.
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