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Acrobat Rake/ Swathturner H-620

The Mesolpa Acrobat is a fully mounted implement which fits most makes of tractors with a 3-point linkage. It's high rate of work enables the farmer to take maximum advantage of weather conditions and at the same time cover large acreage.

There is a minimum of wearing parts, no gears or sprockets.
As the machine is not power driven by the tractor, tine and other breakages are kept as low as possible.
The floating fingerwheels, mounted in pairs, gently collect all the crop from the stubble as well as the hollows, ensuring that the best part, -the leaf-, is not lost..

Essential to any haymaking system
The Acrobat is an essential part of modern haymaking systems. No other machine has the flexibility of the Acrobat, which is a complete haymaker by itself or can work in combination with other machines. Raking, turning or fluffing can be performed quickly and cleanly with the Acrobat. The bars are set in a different working position for each operation and are locked in place with quick release pins. The different working positions can be obtained in a matter of seconds. No tools are required for fitting or adjusting.

Raking
When raking, the fingerwheels of the Acrobat overlap to ensure complete ground coverage and no crop losses. The hay is transferred from wheel to wheel until it is left in a light airy swath. As the machine is mounted to one side of the tractor hay can be raked away from banks and ditches. The width of raking can easily be adjusted.

Turning
For turning, the fingerwheels are set in two pairs and turn two swaths in one operation. The swaths are left clean but light allowing maximum crop drying. The angle of the fingerwheel to the crop can be altered to allow for different widths of swaths.

Long life, little maintenance

Exclusive fingerwheel construction
The long, flexible spring steel tines provide a fine combing action that gets all the crop and gets it clean. The tines radiate from a small diameter hub that eliminates wind break and allows the dust to drift right through. They flex along their entire length (3 ft.) and last much longer that short, rigid tines. No accessory wind guards are required to prevent crop tangling around the wheel hubs. A heavy duty spring controls the pressure of the wheels on the ground.

Easy tine replacement
If a tine is broken it is a simple job to replace it. Just remove two clamp plates and lay in a new original Mesolpa tine.

Each wheel runs on a needle roller bearing ensuring smooth easy wheel movement. There are no gears, belts or power shafts to worry about on an Acrobat.
In extra heavy crops, a simple locking bolt lets you regulate the wheel angle to obtain the desired swath width. Storage is no problem. The entire machine can be dismantled in less than ten minutes.