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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000897069-04-001969.txt : 20041112
<SEC-HEADER>0000897069-04-001969.hdr.sgml : 20041111
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20041112121113
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000897069-04-001969
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041110
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041112
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041112

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GEHL CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000856386
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FARM MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3523]
		IRS NUMBER:				390300430
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			WI
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		143 WATER STREET
		CITY:			WEST BEND
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53095
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2623349461

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		143 WATER STREET
		CITY:			WEST BEND
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53095

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MULCAHY MICHAEL J
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001031783

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-18110
		FILM NUMBER:		041137156

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CARE OF GEHL COMPANY
		STREET 2:		143 WATER STREET
		CITY:			WEST BEND
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53095
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4143346641

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O GEHL COMPANY
		STREET 2:		143 WATER STREET
		CITY:			WEST BEND
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53095
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects shares held in the Gehl Company 401(k) Plan as of September 30, 2004.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">These options were granted on the transaction date indicated above to the reporting person under the Gehl Company 1995 Stock Option Plan or the Gehl Company 2000 Equity Incentive Plan.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">These options were subject to a three-year period following the date of grant during which such options vested and became exercisable on a cumulative basis with respect to one-third of the shares covered by the options each year.  The date above reflects the date on which the options became fully vested.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These options are subject to a three-year period following the date of grant during which such options vest and become exercisable on a cumulative basis with respect to one-third of the shares covered by the options each year.  The options are subject to immediate vesting following the occurrence of certain events.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Mulcahy, Michael J.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-11-12</signatureDate>
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