Modificationa nd Evaluationo f Front-MountedR eaperS wathera nd Compared with Mower-binder (BCS)

The existingm owersa re not suitablef or dryiands,s teepa nd small scalei nigated farmlandsT. he numberso f existingc ombinesin the Iranianm arketa ren ot enoughto fulfrll the demandsH. owever, rhey could work satisfactoryin the flat areas.T herefore,f or supplyingt he need for harvesting machinee, speciallym owerf or dry lands,o nem ustt hink of its improvinga nd developinga s well. As the result, front mounted mower-swather was improved and modified. Two important factors forward velocity and feed rate in the front mounted mower-swather and BCS mower binder were evaluatedin a factorial experimentb asedo n a randomizedc ompleteb lock designw ith three replicationsw. orking-places howedt he appropriatenesosf driving system,r otatingp arts,c ontrolsystemo f flotationa ndh eighta djustmenot fthe front mountedm ower-swathepre rformanceF. ieldtest, f ront mountedm ower-swathearn d BCS mowerb inderi n Khozestana nd Lorestanp rovinces. Field capacityi n front mountedm ower-swathewr as 1.7t he timesm ore than BCS mowerb inder. The front mountedm ower-swathepre rformedw ell in slope,s tonya nd drylandsa nd small fields. This devicew as more economicatlh an combinea nd can be recommendefdo r small size drvland fields.