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stacker and other swinging stackers have replaced it very 

 generally. These later stackers, from the first, were more 

 popular with the threshermen because no time is lost in 

 setting and aligning them. The independent stacker requires 

 a complete common stacker, usually an eighteen-foot, to 

 deliver the straw onto it. The carrier supports are arranged 

 to move the carrier towards the stack as it is elevated so the 

 path of the end of the carrier approximates closely a vertical 

 line. 



Putting together the Independent-Stacker. The frame 

 and platform should be first mounted on the trucks. The 

 long section of the carrier may be then placed in position and 

 its radial supports and hoisting ropes attached. These ropes 

 should be kept the same length so that the carrier will hang 

 level. The short section of the carrier together with the 

 ropes and reel-shaft for folding it may be next put on. 

 When the carrier-rake, the slides for supporting it and the 

 side-boards are put on, the stacker will be complete. The 

 hood is attached to the end of the common stacker in such 

 a manner as to prevent the wind from scattering the straw 

 as it drops onto the independent-stacker. 



Setting the Independent-Stacker. Holes should be dug 

 or blocking placed under the truck-wheels until the frame is 

 level, both cross-wise and length-wise. This is necessary, 

 as otherwise an excessive amount of power is required to 

 swing it toward the higher side of the frame. The stacker 

 must also be placed in alignment with the separator in order 



