Deutz-Allis equip.

I believe they are a Deutz Fahr product. I have a brochure on them and it also says greenland on it as well. Not really sure. They were also sold here in the US as a Hesston model and in a couple of models for Massey Ferguson.

Dick

I have an SM70 and really like it. It does a better job with gopher mounds then the neighbor's brand new Hesston and I like that the blades can be changed real fast without wrenches. I had a bearing go out in that square tube up front above the disc bed. I didn't realize a shaft with bearings was in there so that the disc bed is driven from each end. I have it apart right now. i assume oil goes into that square beam but the operators manual is as clear as mud as to how to add the oil and check it or even if there is oil in there. Either that or the bearings are supposed to be sealed without oil in the square tube. On a real smooth field I can cut at 9 mph with no problems. That's all the faster I dare drive.

I have one that is branded Vermeer Delta that cuts 9'2". It is the same mower that is on Louisville craiglist only yellow in color. They were made by PZ in Holland. I've had mine since 1985 and it has cut several thousand acres over the years. I have been able to get parts from Hesston dealer,but I have a feeling parts are going to get hard to find. It has been a good machine with minimal downtime. On the downside,they are kinda hard to work on and header floation is not the best design. Mine has roller conditioner,but they were also available with rotary tine conditioner. What I like most about is it cuts 9'2" and the transport width is 9'2". If it is like mine,the wheel on the right side leans a little. It's not bent,it's made that way--suppose to improve tracking and side draft. The cutterbar is split in the middle--it drives from both ends--suppose to run cooler,but it does add more moving parts and A more complex drive system.

What conditiong type is it ? If it has the rollers like mine ,you will want to keep the NH haybine for cutting alfalfa. Mine does great in first cutting alfalfa that is thicker,taller,few weeds or whatever,but 2nd,3rd,4th? cutting it will not cut clean leaving a ragged stuble and skipping over some of the shorter plants. It's because the wind from the rollers is actually blowing the crop forward before it is cut off.  

Smokey, the Gehl has the pitched knives. They are wider than what was on the Allis. Around here it is red clay and a few rocks! I will need some blades for the Allis cutter. He said he got them at TSC. I'm not much of a  TSC fan.

Ky. Allis, I don't believe the blades attach that way. He said you take the turtles off and remove blade from the bottom? I didn't see a tool for that. When I get it home I'll figure it out. I'm guessing this cutter is a late '80s model??? I can't remember the model #- TM70 something maybe. I should have wrote it down. Geuss I'm a rookie! I'll call my local AGCO dealer and get the low-down on it and what Vermeer model may be the same. Thanks, Nick

I do remember seeing a tool on the hitch that is fork shaped 3 to 4" wide with pins on the inside of the fork. Could that be for changing the blades? I angle the Gehl cutter down more for later cutting alfalfa. Sometimes I raise the lid a 1.5" or so by putting a piece of pvc across the front under the lid at the front to off-set the blowing. My brother does this and he claims it helps.

I've been thru there. I work for Ky. Utilities and I know a few guys that work in your neck of the woods. One of them's last name is Montgomery. Sound familiar? Some famous guys with that name from your area. We've got a few cows and we feed out jersey and holstien steers. We have row crops and alfalfa I market to Ga. and I haul to race horse farms around Louisville area. I've got a few hay burner horses too. I used to rope a little. Have a D-17IV, D-14, allis wing disc, wing field cultivator, and two row cultivator. Some red tractors but no green ones. My brothers have enough of those and some allis too.