Baler Question

Billy Shafer · Sep 22, 2015

With all the baler fires I hear about. What is so hard about building a baler system. That can hold up to the conditions it works in.

Tx Jim · Sep 22, 2015

The main reason rd balers have fires is because they have a lot of ball brgs that operate very close to the forming bale. IMHO if operators during baling would check brg temperatures more frequently with a laser thermometer there would be less balers catch on fire.

1130Leo · Sep 22, 2015

And, never, ever, ever, leave a bale in the chamber at the end of the day.....

colekicker · Sep 22, 2015

Lots of sealed bearings in many of these. They never get checked. Hopefully when they were made they got enough grease in them to be fully lubed.
I've seen a Hesston 5500 go for 6 years with bearings getting a shot of grease from needle. Before doing that he was losing a few bearings a year.

Roger in Iowa · Sep 22, 2015

Don't wash a machine with a high pressure washer, if the machine has sealed bearings. Water in bearings = failed bearing and maybe fire.

JD Seller · Sep 22, 2015

Billy it is just bad bearings getting hot and causing the fire. It is more of a maintenance issue. We check the bearings twice each day with an inferred thermometer. You will see bearings running hotter days before they go clear out. Cheaper and easier to change the bearing before it ruins the housing or shafts.

Pair-a-dice farm · Sep 23, 2015

All of the above. Most of the time I use a blower to clean my baler. I keep in inside and check the temperature of the bearings before I leave it at the end of the day.

Crackerjack · Sep 23, 2015

What are the acceptable temp ranges people could use as an indicator ?

Billy Shafer · Sep 23, 2015

Thanks guys. I still don't understand why they can't build a better system.I have seen the large generators. With the belt driven large fans on a two bearing shaft. Run for hours sometimes days. Without a problem.

Tx Jim · Sep 23, 2015

Baler fires are not confined to one brand or color as I've seen all brands that have burnt

Tx Jim · Sep 23, 2015

(quoted from post at 07:18:20 09/23/15) What are the acceptable temp ranges people could use as an indicator ?

When I have my employee check my baler bearings we just look for a brg that several degrees hotter than the average brg temp.

rview_ · Sep 23, 2015

I've had my JD 535 for 13 years now. It likely had over 10,000 bales on it when I got it and well over double that now. I've had one hot bearing in the field, at the end of the day, so I missed about 20 minutes of baling before dark. That's the only time. I go through the baler myself every year right before haying, anything rough or loose gets replaced (couple rollers are "fun" to do by yourself). I'm getting a new one, maybe next year, but I'm not in a big hurry when I have something that works without issues.

Hay can wrap up quickly and get hot as well. I've seen/heard of new balers catching fire. Mine sits in the shop every night possible. When I got it, some rollers were wet inside.

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