Front mounted adjustable twin rakes

Claim 1

A farm implement arrangement having an engine driven tractor with wide spaced driven rear wheels, a towed hay baler mounted behind the tractor for baling hay into rolls, and means for mounting the baler for towed movement with the tractor, the improvement comprising adjustable hay rake means mounted on the front of the tractor for raking hay into windrows, the adjustable hay rake means including two substantially identical longitudinally extending hay rake structures pivotally attached to the tractor, one structure on each side of the tractor, pivotal attachment means for mounting each of the hay rake structures to the tractor for permitting flotation thereof as the hay rake means moves over a field surface of uneven contour, the pivotal attachment means including telescoping tubes, an adjustable retainer pin for locking said tubes once adjusted, a hinge connection to the tractor, a gauge wheel on the outer portion of each of the hay rake structures to permit floating thereof over uneven land contours, telescoping adjusting structure disposed between each of the hay rake structures and the tractor to permit the size of the windrow formed by each hay rake structure to be varied, the telescoping adjusting structure including hydraulic power means for varying the front overall width of the hay rake structures from the operator's seat of the tractor while the tractor is moving, and means associated with the hay rake structures for permitting operation thereof by the tractor operator without leaving the operating position on the tractor seat, whereby two windrows are simultaneously produced by the hay rake structures and two baled rolls are simultaneously produced by the hay baler.