Vintage 1960s CCIL Swather 2020 08

[@Localtruthspeaker]

We just bought a CCIL 550 swather. It has the Ford 200 cid engine. my very first swather and what a ride it is.

[@peterloewen3201]

Don't stop too short..... lol.....

[@Localtruthspeaker]

@@peterloewen3201 lol man when your not use to the lever drive control it hits reverse something quick or turns rather one way quick.

[@ianhotson6057]

Well by the condition of that machine and its age I would say it has had a good home! Thanks for posting I enjoyed that brought back a lot of memories

[@leather064]

They were great in the mud as they were so light! They could pretty much bounce their way through anything.

[@jacudaboy]

i still have the coop swather dad bought,,, they lay the nicest swath ever.

[@peterloewen3201]

Yes they do!!!

[@roosty6]

Very nice video quality and colour. I remember seeing a few of the big 30 foot folding table CCIL swathers here.

[@keithkuckler2551]

I had an Owatonna, made here in Minnesota, looks identical, same engine, but, with a smaller header. Iloved that thing, it was a true zero-turn machine, cost next to nothing to run, and, was dead simple to fix if needed. It did a great job, and, was an inexpensive machine in its day.

[@teresajohnson849]

Would you sell that one i been looking one

[@heatmoon]

I had a slightly newer one, no cab. Those little gas 4 bangers worked in the hottest toughest crops and refused to die. Never a problem in 20 years other than tires. Eventually took the belts out and cut away a bunch of the metal so we could cut crp without swaths.

[@darrenmisick8039]

Could you imagine the look on these young punks faces today if you sent them to swath with one of these............huh no gps, no air conditioning , no radio, I'm going to get dusty and itchy!!!!!!!

[@CCAcresHomestead]

I’m a younger punk with a question, lol I don’t mind getting dusty and itchy, but why did these phase out? I haven’t seen a swather used. I’m intrigued to get one for hay, compared to my haybine. Would it be a good investment

[@dalepaul8153]

They used to make a sprayer attachment for those swathers you took the header off and the tanks at between the two front wheels hen and the blooms went down both sides we had one on the farm when I was a kid

[@peterloewen3201]

That's true. We had the swather but not the sprayer attachment. Was a good swather

[@charlesseward7560]

Ran one exactly like this except it had two rear wheels the old air cooled Wisconsin never let me down

[@jeffpaggett7274]

How did the auto-steer work?

[@charlesseward7560]

@@jeffpaggett7274 no auto steer as it was used for opening fields and hay fields

[@jeffpaggett7274]

@@charlesseward7560 I understand - it was a bad attempt at humor.

[@ronaldhildebrand9316]

Very cool machine, our first self propelled swather was an ancient kilberry with v4 Wisconsin engine and lever steering

[@peterloewen3201]

They were good and "fun" to drive

[@castkerosene5377]

Kilberry became MacDon, for those keeping track.

[@linctexpilot8337]

Wisconsin engine + swather = daily maintenance and repair nightmare

[@peterloewen3201]

All of the above. I had one for 4 years

[@darrenmisick8039]

Right on I have not seen one of those in action since 1981 on our farm.

[@30acreshop_time]

I absolutely love co-op Ccil, but I don’t think I could live with lever steering like a dozer, I would just wipe around and spin and what is one of the levers broke lol

[@mgyer2218]

Today's world thats is a zero turn nice machine looks like a nice crop too

[@heatmoon]

I didn't like swathing, but I much prefer using a pickup header than a straight header on the combine. Easier to transport and a crop that's dry and all mature. Plugging in heavy crops like oats sometimes was an issue but who doesn't like crawling under a combine to pull plugs out? Big knots

[@hughperkins707]

They were the best cutting swather at the time, other than they had a centre drive knife that had to be maintained or the knife would break.

[@peterloewen3201]

And they left the nicest swath as well. I drove one for about 6 years. Great in muddy conditions

[@hughperkins707]

Peter Loewen yes they did. Versatile made a good swath too, especially the 24 ft pull type.

[@dalepaul8153]

Ccil also made one that folded up like a cultivator you took the reels for the centre section then you hung it on the back of it and then it folded up for transport I think it was 36 ft wide healing and still only ran with a 4-cylinder Wisconsin engine and that machine had two wheels on the back

[@albert6276]

You're right. I remember going with my dad to an auction and looking at one. I was in total awe at the size of it and the swath it would make.

[@Livoirienyvoitrien]

think the would work under German soil and weather conditions? I'd freak out to own one.

[@carum1000]

Wir haben einen Hesston 6400. Der läuft sehr gut in Sonderkulturen und Kleevermehrung.

[@neypimentel479]

Great machine !!!

[@ozz5350]

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