[AT] all about running flat belt equipment

[Cecil Bearden]

Thanks for the link Steve....   I have a couple of old case tractors 
that need new pulleys and they don't seem all that expensive....

Cecil in OKla



On 3/14/2016 11:14 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> Ralph Goff wrote:
>> On 3/14/2016 8:50 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>>> I have a long endless 6" wide belt (actually about 5 3/4") that I run
>>> my #6 hammer mill with.  Now my little IH 4E mill has a narrower
>>> pulley--it'll accommodate a 4--4 1/2" belt.  My Super A has a 6" wide
>>> pulley, my Cub has a 4" wide pulley. Can I run a 6" wide belt on it
>>> and just let the extra width hang out past the edge of the pulley, or
>>> does my belt need to match the pulley width?  I have picked up a
>>> fairly nice 4" wide belt, but it's only about 12' long.
>>>
>>> thanks,
>>> Al
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>> Al I've never tried running a hammer mill belt wider than the pulley. I
>> have enough trouble keeping the belt on the pulley even when it is narrower
>>    than the pulley. Alignment is critical for good performance I find.
>> The tractors have big wide fibre pulley in good condition. My old IH
>> hammer mill
>>    has the original fibre pulley that has decades of weathering and is
>> starting wear down a bit uneven. If I try to feed the grain too fast it
>> will cause belt
>> slippage and running off the mill pulley. I set up a couple of straw
>> bales on each side of the belt to help keep it in alignment and that
>> helps some but
>> I can't begin to use the full power of the tractor due to belt slippage.
>> You have likely seen the videos.
>>
>> Ralph in Sask.
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