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Plowboy1

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What is the most reliable/affordable belt splice? I see some that you can just hammer shut...do they hold? Thanks.
 
I use TITAN 05 splices they will hold forever. use to use gator grip and had to carry extra belt on baler.. not anymore
 
Clipper. You need the Clipper lacer to put it in though. You can buy little cheap ones that go in a vise.
 
It depends on several things. If the belt is running over small diameter pulleys, a short splice, like clipper splices are better, cause the longer tang splices tend to rip out. On my Hesston 5530, recommended splice is clipper for the above reason. Read your manual, or post a pic of the machine, to get the right advice....
 
you guys have got to be kidding him the clipper is totally outdated and weak. I have ran round balers for 30 yrs. and nothing is better then the john deere splice or the titan05 splice. hands down..
 

Been getting away with clipper here (older NH)....can do a splice for about $12 including new pin, but I have a lacer.
 
I've used the Clipper type and the Deere rivet type. I think the Deere lasts longer but the cost is many times what the Clipper is. If I had brand new belts, I'd go with Deere type. On older belts where you're going to use several dutchmen per belt, Clipper is the only way to go.

Of course some folks simply replace a belt with new when it breaks. Wi$$$h I could go that route. :cry:
 
I have a lacer for the Clipper style, bought it used on ebay.
I keep it in a small toolbox in the tractor along with spare lacing, belt, pin material and the required tools.
A small vice rides along holding itself on the tounge of the baler.
I don't use it often, but when a belt craps out at 7:00 pm Sunday night I am back in business by 7:30 without leaving the field or taking the belt off of the machine.
 
(quoted from post at 21:35:04 06/07/14) I have a lacer for the Clipper style, bought it used on ebay.
I keep it in a small toolbox in the tractor along with spare lacing, belt, pin material and the required tools.
A small vice rides along holding itself on the tounge of the baler.
I don't use it often, but when a belt craps out at 7:00 pm Sunday night I am back in business by 7:30 without leaving the field or taking the belt off of the machine.
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You're crimping Clipper style lacing in a vise, in a Clipper crimper with a small vise that's not bolted down solid? How? I've broken 2 8" vises of good quality (Columbia) crimping lacing.
 
(quoted from post at 06:59:11 06/08/14)
(quoted from post at 21:35:04 06/07/14) I have a lacer for the Clipper style, bought it used on ebay.
I keep it in a small toolbox in the tractor along with spare lacing, belt, pin material and the required tools.
A small vice rides along holding itself on the tounge of the baler.
I don't use it often, but when a belt craps out at 7:00 pm Sunday night I am back in business by 7:30 without leaving the field or taking the belt off of the machine.
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You're crimping Clipper style lacing in a vise, in a Clipper crimper with a small vise that's not bolted down solid? How? I've broken 2 8" vises of good quality (Columbia) crimping lacing.
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If you are breaking 8 inch vises I am guessing you must have one of the larger lacers.
Mine is a 4 inch lacer and the vise I bring along is a 6 inch, I set it on a piece of 2 x 6 on the ground and although it's a little awkward not being bolted down it does a good job.
My Vermeer has 4 inch belts with the two outside belts being the wide ones, takes a couple of passes to do the wider belts.
My back up baler is all wide belts, I had them resized at a local shop that has the big benchtop Clipper machine which is much faster than what I use but for field repairs and maintenance I am quite pleased with the little lacer.
 

I have a 6" lacer and it works in a 4" vice...BUT there is a LOT of strain. I should use a 6" vice...
 
clipper laces, if crimped to tight into belt it will cause failure a lot quicker..I always tried to squeeze them tight as I could...A man who sold belts for a living, said don't over tighten the splices it would cause the belt to break there..
 
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