Posted by Don-Wi on July 13, 2013 at 20:20:56 from (75.207.65.92):
Today I traveled 13 miles with the tractor and small haybine to do around 10 acres or so of horse hay on a 1/3-2/3 split. I was about done with the 2nd chunk (3 separate pastures, and not enough horses to keep up) when one of the sickle drive belts broke, and the other one came off.
Dad was already on his way with the truck and 2 wagons to drop them off, so we hooked it on and drug it home. I can't get the belts until Monday so it looks like I won't be able to get it back together and finish cutting until later next week. Will have to bale what I've got cut and then finish it up later.
In the mean time I still need to get a new idler pulley for our hydroswing haybine so I can start cutting our 2nd crop in a little over a week. Was hoping to use the same tractor, but now it may be gone for a while. Wasn't a bad drive, but I don't want to do it more than I have to either...
I had already spent a couple hours on it today just swapping sickles with a good one, straightening guards, checking it over, etc... changing the sickle drive belts is a PITA. Should have a double banded belt in there, but then you have to drop the jackshaft. Thinking about ordering one for it though, and in the short term put another pair in again so I can finish up.
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