[AJD] Belt Dressing

[Dave Mayfield]

Terry, I have never had much trouble with the belt slipping off, as long as
the two machine a lined up right. My Letz does not have a fly wheel, but I
can understand your concern.  I have ground 1000 to 1500 lbs of corn with
this setup since last fall and the only trouble is not enough traction.

As some have stated I need to stake the mill down, and this is very true.
Just have not done it yet.
J. Dave Mayfield
www.w9wrl.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry L. Hrdlicka" <th01209 at alltel.net>
To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
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Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Belt Dressing


> Dave,
>
> I've used my '50 A to run my Letz 210A mill.  I had to hook up to the
> other side and cross the belt to keep it from slipping and sliding off.
> Bad part is, it scares the heck out of me, cause the 210 I have has a
> huge, heavy flywheel on it, and even with the A idled down as slow as it
> will run, it really gets that thing spinning, and if something does go
> wrong, there's no quick stopping of the mill once it's up to speed.
> I've ground about 1000 lbs of corn for chicken feed with the 210 belted
> to one of the rear wheels of my lawn tractor!  I can control the speed
> better, and fill the hopper to the top with no problem.  Gives folks
> something to talk about, too! :)
>
> As for the belt dressing, I have used some stuff in an orange spray can
> (can't remember the name), that I got from O'Reiley's and it was O.K. if
> you spread it out good on the belt and let it run a while before loading
> up the grinder.  I think the old reliable "Pulls-Mor" or whatever it was
> called is still around, but not sure.  If you've got a "GOOD" NAPA store
> around, see what they've got.
>
> Loved the pics.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Terry
>
>
>
> Dave Mayfield wrote:
> > Where can I buy old fashion belt dressing?
> >
> > This weekend as the weather was so nice 56 and sunny here. Western
Illinois. I thought I had better make good use of it. So Friday morning
after I fed my Chickens and the dog, and while the ground was frozen
somewhat. I moved all my equipment in place, so on Saturday I could grind
some chicken feed. I use my John Deere 48 b and an old Letz 220 grinder,
anyone ever was one of these. Works real well, only trouble I have is that I
don't have any good belt dressing. I was using a spray can of dressing, but
it's not for big belts. If I put to much corn in the hopper I would loose
traction and things would GRIND to a halt. My daughter took some pictures,
and I uploaded them to my server if you would like to have a look. So any
one know where I can order the good stuff?
> >
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