Steel Gathering Wheels For Vermeer Round Baler

Steel Gathering Wheels For Vermeer Round Baler HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 19-4-35 I modified my Sunflower 14-ft. chisel plow after I had a problem with crop residue plugging up between the shanks and wheels, especially in damp conditions. I made two steel frames and mounted them at the back of the chisel plow to move the shanks back 15 in. I also moved the shanks next to the wheels back about 10 in. Now it works a lot better. I used scrap steel to make a pair of gathering wheels for my Vermeer 605D round baler. They help pick up loose hay that the pickup would otherwise miss. The 20-in. dia. wheels were prototypes from Hesston. They have steel centers surrounded by injection-molded plastic. The feathered edges on the wheels roll hay into the baler. To mount the wheels, I made a pair of steel brackets and welded them onto each end of the pickup. Each bracket is made from 1/4-in. thick, 1 1/2-in. wide flat iron with a 1-in. dia. hole through it to mount the wheel arm. A nylon flange bushing is mounted on the end of each arm. The engines on diesel tractors equipped with mechanical fuel pumps that supply fuel to the fuel injection pump can be seriously damaged when the fuel pump starts leaking diesel fuel into the engine crankcase. I used a piece of 16-ga. sheet metal to make a hole cover and mount and replaced the mechanical pump with an electric one. I simply flip a switch to bleed the fuel system. I mounted an extra oil reservoir and filter on the side of my Oliver 77 tractor. The original reservoir had only 1/2 gal. of oil. Now the total capacity is 3 gal. (Johnny Crawshaw, 1603 19th Rd., Clay Center, Kan. 67432 ph 913 632-3979).

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