Posted by Don-Wi on September 01, 2013 at 15:27:29 from (75.249.40.15):
In Reply to: Blowin' It Up..... posted by James22 on September 01, 2013 at 12:21:30:
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No kidding... About 10 years ago we were filling a sile with a really nice running 56" Kools on either our Oliover 1600 or Massey 285. It threw a paddle, it cut through the pipe right above the blower and slashed it for about 4' before it came out. I can't remember where Dad said he found it. We borrowed a neighbors IH 600 to finish filling, but that one was set up a little off so it needed our Oliver 1855 to run it. Probably would've dropped a quarter...
Now we run another 56" kools that's alomst identical, but it's about done in now too. Plugged up a few times with haylage and it tweaked the band and the paddles. No idea why the shear bolts didn't give, but they've sheared other times with lesser loads. And No, they weren't grade 8's.
We also tried a Gehl 1540 once, and we hated it. We were doing hay that's miserable no matter what, but that blower was absolutely no help.
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