The Official Farming Thread...

[concretegrazer]

Do you nip the corners of your belt off a bit?

I did. Haven't done one myself for 20 years.

 

[amberg]

It stinks to have belt troubles when hay is on the ground, but it’s not too bad of a job to lace a belt. Just try and shorten it as little as little as possible if doing one splice. If you got to cut out a larger damaged piece then your going to need two splices. If you didn’t have a splicing tool I’d get one.

Yes, actually I done three splices on one belt, but I don't like to do it if possible. His problem is that the belt is just plumb wore out, and he does not want to buy one. ( actually they are all wore out!! 8 of them ) Major money!! I like the Flexco myself.

edit, I forgot to mention that we have extra belts, but the thickness is way off.

 

[amberg]

Do you nip the corners of your belt off a bit?

Yes, on the pulled side.

 

[Mastermind]

How many did you get?

199



Had to move some stuff and start a new stack.

 

[Cat 525]

Looks good! Way to do it if you have the cover!

 

[Mastermind]

Looks good! Way to do it if you have the cover!

That old chicken house ain't in great shape, but it's huge. Perfect for my hay, and my implements.

 

[Mastermind]

So.....who here knows Hesston balers? I've got a 5540 that would make about 1/3 of a roll and then clogs. It could be operator error.....my hay was terribly thick, and just a little too green yet. After clogging it three times, I got out my old baler and just used it.

 

[ajschainsaws]

199

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Had to move some stuff and start a new stack.

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No slacking going on in Tennessee a relief to get that amount in before end of May

 

[concretegrazer]

So.....who here knows Hesston balers? I've got a 5540 that would make about 1/3 of a roll and then clogs. It could be operator error.....my hay was terribly thick, and just a little too green yet. After clogging it three times, I got out my old baler and just used it.

Are the belts still spinning when it plugs?

 

[Mastermind]

Are the belts still spinning when it plugs?

Yes sir.....but the pickup belt, and slip clutch were chattering and slipping.

I didn't let it do any of that long. Cleaned it out. Tried again. Then gave up.

 

[deedskelly]

I don’t know about Heston but on a Vermeer they had a little guard down by the feed roller that had to be set to a specific tolerance or it would plug every time.

 

[deedskelly]

Was the bale turning good in the chamber or did it plug before?

 

[Mastermind]

Was the bale turning good in the chamber or did it plug before?

Was turning good. Started a bale easy enough.

I reckon we'll tear it down, check the bearings and belt lengths.

 

[deedskelly]

I was going to say I have had the bearing on the feed roller and the top roller do that..

 

[deedskelly]

Was turning good. Started a bale easy enough.

I reckon we'll tear it down, check the bearings and belt lengths.

Belt length always seemed to me to bother a lot when you first tried to start the bale. I’d check the bearings before I pull All the belts out!

 

[deedskelly]

Was turning good. Started a bale easy enough.

I reckon we'll tear it down, check the bearings and belt lengths.

Mastermind, let me know what it was. I still bet a bearing is just starting to go on one of those two rollers!

 

[Armbru84]

Just a few random pics off my phone of past harvests. Just like cutting wood...my vacation time is normally spent in the fall farming with the ol man.

 

[concretegrazer]

Was turning good. Started a bale easy enough.

I reckon we'll tear it down, check the bearings and belt lengths.

Might've been at that perfect moisture to be a pain. I've had my old hesston bale wet hay & dry but in the middle it can be a nightmare.

Bearing check is never a bad idea. How old are the belts? Are they treaded on that model?

 

[Cat 525]

Catch one on fire from a hot bearing and then you know which one it was! Had a neighbor do that!

 

[deedskelly]

Catch one on fire from a hot bearing and then you know which one it was! Had a neighbor do that!

Fire will usually run right down the windrow to ,it can get exciting!