[AT] Looking old and rough but working

[Cecil Bearden]

I have a 495, the one that you can move the hitch and wheels around and 
pull it down the road lengthwise. It is too hard to do, so I just leave 
it.  Mine shelled the sickle drive.  I had a fellow working for me who 
greased the idler pulley too much and grease dropped on the drive belt.  
It caused the pulley to get so hot that the grease boiled out.  I bought 
a rebuilt drive from New Holland, but still needs to be installed. Those 
old sickle machines can get a lot of hay cut on small power.  I use a 
Hesston 1540 pull type discbine now and it takes a 130 hp tractor to 
really pull it right.  The old 7030 Allis does a fine job, but the trans 
clutch is needing some work.
Cecil in OKla


On 5/26/2016 1:45 AM, Gene Dotson wrote:
>      I too am amazed at the reliability of the Haybines. My 479 is also
> losing some of the rubber from the rubber rolls. Seems to be a matter of
> timing of the drive chain. Has worked well, though noisy. Local combine
> salvage yard has a NOS set, but haven't gotten the nerve to ask price or
> tackle the job to replace them. Plan to cut hay right after Memorial day if
> weather window looks promising.
>
>                  Gene
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean Vinson
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 11:17 PM
> To: 'Antique tractor email discussion group'
> Subject: Re: [AT] Looking old and rough but working
>
> Gotta love trouble-free tractor days!   And good story about the haybine.
>
> Dean Vinson
> Saint Paris, Ohio
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Spencer Yost
> Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 8:29 PM
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> Subject: [AT] Looking old and rough but working
>
> Why should the tractors and implements be any different than the owner? :-)
>
> Seriously though, the tractor and the Haybine just plugged their way
> through. No troubles at all except for the length of the stems.  The
> conditioning rollers on my Haybine are starting to get small peeled-off
> spots in the valleys.  I found out when this happens the rough and loose
> edge around the spot will grab a seed stem, and once that happens other hay
> will start wrapping around the roller.   So I had to use a razor remove
> loose and rough edges of some of the spots. After I did that the problem
> went  away.   When I used it last year I did not have any trouble with this
> as I was able to mow closer to the boot stage of the orchard grass and did
> not have much in the way of stems.
>
> I also had to tighten a belt.   The pic is from an area of the field that is
> high and dry and partially grazed does not have as much in the way of grass.
> You should see the rest of the pasture:  really thick.
>
> All in all a trouble-free day for a bunch of old equipment.
>
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