Posted by jimb2 on November 22, 2020 at 08:42:55 from (174.114.155.238):
In Reply to: belt power equipment? posted by swindave on November 22, 2020 at 05:26:39:
When I was growing up we had a belt drive threshing mill, Papec silage cutter, hammer mill and buzz saw, later Papec was replaced by NH forage blower. It was always best to run with a twisted belt as if it was a windy day the belt didn't flap in the wind. The threshing mill always required a crossed belt to run in the correct direction. The forage blower could be driven from either side depending on the position at the silo. The 300U, B414D and 434 were good to use on the belt as the belt pulley could be filled 180* so that you could always have a crossed belt no matter how the NH blower was set at a silo. My Dad used to do custom corn silage harvesting and fill 12 to 15 silos every fall so the blower setup was different at every farm.
Here is my belt story, about 15 years ago my wife and I had decided to take a vacation in September and there was a local plowing match with antique tractors and machinery so we went early in the morning, started walking around and came upon these three 20 to 30 year old young men trying to setup an old silage cutter driven by a flat belt from a MH30. I stood and watched for minutes as they could not get the belt to run on the pulleys. I showed them how I was taught by my Dad to put one end of the belt on the silage cutter pulley then hold the other end with both hands and walk backwards until the belt was tight in your hands and hold it up to your chin and move until the belt appeared to be in alignment then place on the ground and drive the tractor up so the belt pulley was directly over the belt. Showed them how to move the front wheels slightly left or right to get final alignment. After they had the belt aligned, they sped up the tractor and put the feeder in gear it wouldn't turn and they were completely lost. I looked at the pulley and cutter head and realized that it required a crossed belt. I mentioned that to them and got a blank stare, so I showed them how to cross the belt and all was good. They didn't even say "Thank you".
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