BarnyardEngineering
Well-known Member
- Location
- Rochester, NY
I have one of those "poor man's" bale wrappers that rolls the bale along the ground as it wraps the plastic on the bale.
The problem I'm having is the hydraulic motor is direct coupled to the arm and it is very difficult to control. It's the lowest RPM hydraulic motor money can buy and it's still capable of several hundred RPM. Getting a nice slow consistent rate out if it is very difficult. Either the motor stalls out or it gets to whipping like crazy.
Easiest way to resolve this without major modifications to the machine is with a reduction gearbox. Problem is finding a gearbox.
There are thousands upon thousands of gearboxes out there online, but I can't find what I am looking for. Ideally it will have a 1" keyed input, a 1" keyed output, and a reduction of 5:1 to 10:1.
My google-fu is failing me. Surplus Center has nothing that I can find that will begin to work.
I would appreciate any and all suggestions, either of a better search method, or a source of a gearbox.
The problem I'm having is the hydraulic motor is direct coupled to the arm and it is very difficult to control. It's the lowest RPM hydraulic motor money can buy and it's still capable of several hundred RPM. Getting a nice slow consistent rate out if it is very difficult. Either the motor stalls out or it gets to whipping like crazy.
Easiest way to resolve this without major modifications to the machine is with a reduction gearbox. Problem is finding a gearbox.
There are thousands upon thousands of gearboxes out there online, but I can't find what I am looking for. Ideally it will have a 1" keyed input, a 1" keyed output, and a reduction of 5:1 to 10:1.
My google-fu is failing me. Surplus Center has nothing that I can find that will begin to work.
I would appreciate any and all suggestions, either of a better search method, or a source of a gearbox.