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	FOLEY & LARDNER LLP ATTORNEYS AT LAW
	777 EAST WISCONSIN AVENUE MILWAUKEE, WI 53202-5306 414.271.2400 TEL 414.297-4900 FAX www.foley.com
May 13, 2005
	CLIENT/MATTER NUMBER 034400-0101

Gehl Company
143 Water Street
West Bend, WI 53095

Ladies and Gentlemen:

        We have acted as counsel for Gehl Company, a Wisconsin corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the preparation of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the “Registration Statement”) to be filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to 275,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, $.10 par value (the “Common Stock”), and related Rights to Purchase Preferred Shares (the “Rights”), which may be issued pursuant to the Gehl Company 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The terms of the Rights are as set forth in that certain Rights Agreement, dated as of May 28, 1997, by and between the Company and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as successor agent (the “Rights Agreement”).

        In connection with our representation, we have examined: (a) the Plan; (b) the Registration Statement, including the exhibits (including those incorporated by reference) constituting a part of the Registration Statement; (c) the Restated Articles of Incorporation and the By-laws of the Company, as amended to date; (d) resolutions of the Company’s Board of Directors relating to the Plan and the issuance of Common Stock and Rights thereunder; and (e) such other proceedings, documents and records as we have deemed necessary to enable us to render this opinion.

        In our examination of the above-referenced documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents, certificates and instruments submitted to us as originals and the conformity with the originals of all documents submitted to us as copies.

        Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

    1.        The shares of Common Stock covered by the Registration Statement, when issued by the Company in the manner and for the consideration contemplated by the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, except with respect to wage claims of, or other debts owing to, employees of the Company for services performed, but not exceeding six months’ service in any one case, as provided in Section 180.0622(2)(b) of the Wisconsin Business Corporation Law.

    2.        The Rights, when issued pursuant to the terms of the Rights Agreement, will be validly issued.

        We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to references to our firm therein. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are “experts” within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act.

Very truly yours,


/s/    FOLEY & LARDNER LLP

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