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How to make a "frowning "Macdon "smile"?

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  • countryguy
    Senior Member
    • Nov 1999
    • 685

    How to make a "frowning "Macdon "smile"?

    We have a 30'Macdon header that is drooping at the ends.Has anyone successfully straightened a header?What is the best way to do it?Also who makes the best end guage wheels?Thanks for any help.
  • ALLFARMER
    Senior Member
    • Sep 2002
    • 1640

    #2
    Put a hydraulic jack in the middle and run chain to the ends. Put tension on the chain and pound on the ends with a sledge hammer & keep pressure firm with the jack as it should slighten with bending. I have seen this done with buckets & should work on a header. Good luck!

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    • countryguy
      Senior Member
      • Nov 1999
      • 685

      #3
      As long as I can find something strong enough to hook the chains to I think this could work.Thanks for the tip.

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      • yonzie
        Junior Member
        • Mar 2000
        • 6

        #4
        for guage wheels, check out Empire
        Welding in North Battleford, SK

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        • r.reid
          Senior Member
          • Jan 2004
          • 150

          #5
          At the Farm Progress show there are all kinds of manufacturers for gauge wheels.

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