The Official Farming Thread...

[czar800]

Got started planting corn yesterday afternoon and it was barely dry enough to get started yesterday. It’s rained off and on all day today...

 

[Mastermind]

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?

The belts look good. Smooth if I'm not mistaken.

 

[amberg]

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.

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Always love the ol man, As he will be missed one day!

 

[amberg]

Got started planting corn yesterday afternoon and it was barely dry enough to get started yesterday. It’s rained off and on all day today...



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Love , that planter!! looks like a Ih cylco.

Excuse the spelling, is that a 66 or a 86 model Ih looks like a 86 series.

 

[concretegrazer]

Still drilling here.



At least I've got plenty of traction.

 

[amberg]

Still drilling here.

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At least I've got plenty of traction.

Sure do. Is that a hay buster or a John Deere . looks like a hay buster. You also need some more traction to pull it! Plus More horsepower also!! Hee Hee!!

 

[amberg]

And yet again. Hmmm! Plastic twine is good, except in the fields.

 

[amberg]

Lucky, only had to pull two today.

 

[concretegrazer]

Sure do. Is that a hay buster or a John Deere . looks like a hay buster. You also need some more traction to pull it! Plus More horsepower also!! Hee Hee!!

HB 107. Ikr? Almost new it was back there.

 

[Mastermind]

Welp......belts are nearly perfect.



Rubber on the drive rollers is good too.



The drive chain is terribly loose though.

 

[mdavlee]

Ready for tomorrow. Going to rake with a V rake and bale with 2 tractors with 848 air bag balers

 

[Mastermind]

So.....asking for advice.

Looking over the Hesston baler before time to cut hay again. I'm thinking I should loosen the belts, and check out the roller bearings. I also plan to tighten the drive chain.

Maybe some belt dressing on the drive rollers, and on the V belt that runs the pickup reel?

 

[deedskelly]

So.....asking for advice.

Looking over the Hesston baler before time to cut hay again. I'm thinking I should loosen the belts, and check out the roller bearings. I also plan to tighten the drive chain.

Maybe some belt dressing on the drive rollers, and on the V belt that runs the pickup reel?

After you loosen the belts be sure and take a long bar and put between the rollers and pry on them some.. A little pressure is sometimes the only way to find them before they completely go out..That’s the way our dealer showed me to do it.

 

[Mastermind]

After you loosen the belts be sure and take a long bar and put between the rollers and pry on them some.. A little pressure is sometimes the only way to find them before they completely go out..That’s the way our dealer showed me to do it.

Thank you. I'm a newbie....

 

[czar800]

Love , that planter!! looks like a Ih cylco.

Excuse the spelling, is that a 66 or a 86 model Ih looks like a 86 series.

It’s been a good planter, this is the 2nd cyclone planter we’ve had.
I don’t mind the 1086, This one is all original.

 

[amberg]

Got started planting corn yesterday afternoon and it was barely dry enough to get started yesterday. It’s rained off and on all day today...



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I take that you are running dry on the side. If so what? ANA?

 

[Only the Tony]

Tractor came home yesterday. Just under $2000 for clutch replacement. Kinda surprised, I was figuring about another $1000 for it. Back to work now.

 

[czar800]

I take that you are running dry on the side. If so what? ANA?

Yes I’m putting down about 300lbs of 19-19-19

 

[czar800]

I take that you are running dry on the side. If so what? ANA?

Not really sure what you’re asking I assumed NPK.

 

[concretegrazer]

So.....asking for advice.

Looking over the Hesston baler before time to cut hay again. I'm thinking I should loosen the belts, and check out the roller bearings. I also plan to tighten the drive chain.

Maybe some belt dressing on the drive rollers, and on the V belt that runs the pickup reel?

I looked at my manual for the 5510 & another cause for bale stall is too much belt tension. Not sure if that can be an issue with yours but something else to look into if it still gives you fits.