| Author | Message | ||
     Geoffrey Heck |
I have a 520-T baler with the #19 bale thrower on it. My question is, can the thrower be slowed down enough that the bales will just drop when they come out and will they break? I don't have the proper wagon for use with the thrower and don't want to take the thrower off. I do want to try the baler before restoring it. Also, does anyone have pictures of the above mentioned wagon that was used with the bale throwers. From a poor picture I have, it looks like it has high sides and a pto drive. I'm assuming that the pto would move the blaes out into a pile? How does this work for sure. I'd like some detailed pictures if available. Thanks Geoffrey | ||
| Chris Losey |
I'll do some looking and get back with you on this one. | ||
| Chris Losey |
There is a lever on the side of the 19 thrower that dis-engages the belt tension on the belt that drives 2 thrower belts. The thrust of the plunger should push the bales out, but the sharp angle that they would come out at would probably cause a lot of breakage. Here's some sales notes on the 19 thrower.   As for the wagon, the 570 and 580 manure spreaders could be mounted on a running gear and made into rear unloading forage boxes. They look almost indentical to the wagons used in the baler literature. I don't see why you couldn't run the apron to unload the bales out the back onto the ground near your elevator or barn.  There was also a 48 forage box. I'll have to do more digging to learn more about this one, but I do know it was made in 1964 and 1965. | ||
| Chris Losey |
Ok, if I had read the whole page instead of just the bottom part about the forage box attachment, I would have seen that the 570 spreader converts to a 48 forage box. I'll keep my eyes open for literature for the 48. For our 720 baler with the 19 thrower, I use 2 Oliver running gears and homemade wooden thrower style wagons that my dad made. | ||
| Geoffrey Heck |
Thanks! I was not too sure about the bales just pushing out like you said or if they would get caught or break. I think I'm only going to bale a little bit with it each year. For baling a lot of ground I think I will like my 62-T a little better. I had never even seen a bale thrower like this until I got mine last spring. They are just not very popular here in KS. Chris, does your thrower have the hydraulic angle control? I have noticed that the angled rear support is broken where mine attaches. Looks like a previous operator got a little carried away when adjusting the angle. | ||
| Chris Losey |
My 19 thrower has the mechanical angle control. It is basically a spring loaded rod that hooks to the wagon drawbar to aim the thrower. My dad bought our 720 new and with a good buff and wax job, it would look pretty close to new too. I have baled a couple of bales with the thrower on it's slowest setting, but with no wagon behind and they seemed to survive ok. I would think this would be better than them just getting pushed out the top of the thrower. I know that when baling straw it is pretty easy to over shoot the wagon and those bales always seem to hold up. If the bale breaks, just run it through again, just not too fast since the hay or straw is already compressed. |
