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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20060707172505
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000897069-06-001641
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060705
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060707
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060707

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:			Manitou BF S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001298110
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			I0
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-18110
		FILM NUMBER:		06952059

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ZI 430 ROUTE DE L'AUBINIERE, BP 249
		CITY:			ANCENIS CEDEX
		STATE:			I0
		ZIP:			F-44158
		BUSINESS PHONE:		254 722 8098

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ZI 430 ROUTE DE L'AUBINIERE, BP 249
		CITY:			ANCENIS CEDEX
		STATE:			I0
		ZIP:			F-44158
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-07-05</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000856386</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>GEHL CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GEHL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001298110</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Manitou BF S.A.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ZI 430 ROUTE DE L'AUBINIERE, BP 249</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ANCENIS CEDEX, FRANCE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState></rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>44158</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-07-05</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>25000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>22.695</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1653071</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: Marcel Claude Braud, President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-07-07</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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