Posted by JD Seller on August 10, 2018 at 15:39:02 from (173.215.45.26):
In Reply to: Another baler fire posted by Billy Shafer on August 10, 2018 at 02:25:51:
Billy: I have baled a lot of round bales. I have never had a bearing catch fire. We also check the bearings after baling for a time everyday. Takes about five minutes using an infrared thermometer. You will catch bearings a week or so before they would have totally failed. They will start out being a little warmer than the other bearings. In a day or so they will be a lot warmer. When they get to 150 degrees they are replaced right then and there. If they are warmer but not that high we will bale until the next break in the baling comes. It also depends on which roller the bearing is on. If it is one of the top two than we wait until we have half a day to do them. (The gate pivots on these bearings). If it is one of the bearings in the door, I often change them while waiting to fill with fuel at the farmers place. Takes maybe 10 minutes.
As far as when they are burning. Dump the bale turn the tractor into the wind and pull the hitch pin. get the tractor away.
Do not pull it up by your house thinking you have time to hook a garden hose up to put the fire out. LOL Had a customer burn the siding off his house. His wife was NOT pleased. LOL Baler still was a total loss.
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