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New Holland 355 mixer mill

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Anyone have experience with a 355 mixer mill? I came across one for cheap. Guy said it needs some new bearing has some siezed up. He didn't say which ones. Wondering if there are any known weak points before I go tonight to look at it. Asking price is cheap enough that I can put a lot of bearings in and still come out smelling good if I sold it down the road.
 
Depends on where the bad bearings are. If they're bad on the main shaft in the mill,you'll have to either take off the pulley or the fan. If it's the pulley,you'll have to take the whole mill off the frame to get to it.
They like to go out in the gear box under the mixer too. Dust sits on the top seal and rusts it out,then the bearings go out. That's no picnic to get out either. On a Gehl there are just four bolts underneath and the gearbox drops out. On the New Holland there are two bolts inside the mixer too. There's an inspection cover so you can get your hand in there,but even after you get the bolts out,it's a fine splined shaft and it might take considerable heat to the auger before you can get it to drop out.
I guess I'd have to know how cheap "cheap" was and where the bearings were bad before I'd jump on it.
 
(quoted from post at 08:14:38 04/17/15) Depends on where the bad bearings are. If they're bad on the main shaft in the mill,you'll have to either take off the pulley or the fan. If it's the pulley,you'll have to take the whole mill off the frame to get to it.
They like to go out in the gear box under the mixer too. Dust sits on the top seal and rusts it out,then the bearings go out. That's no picnic to get out either. On a Gehl there are just four bolts underneath and the gearbox drops out. On the New Holland there are two bolts inside the mixer too. There's an inspection cover so you can get your hand in there,but even after you get the bolts out,it's a fine splined shaft and it might take considerable heat to the auger before you can get it to drop out.
I guess I'd have to know how cheap "cheap" was and where the bearings were bad before I'd jump on it.
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$500 is asking price. It's about an hour from home, 30 minutes from work. Going up tonight to see if I can figure out which bearings and see if I want to mess with it from there. If I hold out until scrap comes back up I can part it and scrap the rest.

All I really want is a 2 ton feed storage bin. I already have a grinder mixer but if I could get another mill bought right I have a portable feed bin with an auger.
 
(quoted from post at 08:38:49 04/17/15) For $500 you can't go wrong. It would part out for more than that.
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That was my sentiments. I'm pretty sure I don't have enough HP to run it to potential anyway. The governor on my 77 really opens up when I run flakes of hay in my old OMC mixer. With all the hydraulic parasitics on the NH it may really struggle.
 
I had a hydraulic drive input auger on a 700 Deere grinder. I had to run it with the 1850. The 1600 would run it for about half a load,then things started to heat up and bog down.
 
(quoted from post at 11:26:07 04/17/15) I had a hydraulic drive input auger on a 700 Deere grinder. I had to run it with the 1850. The 1600 would run it for about half a load,then things started to heat up and bog down.
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That makes fixing and selling or just parting out even more attractive. I don't have a need for a 90hp tractor as much as I'd like one. 1650 maybe.
 
Update:

Picked mixer up after work and towed it 60 miles back home. Smooth sailing at 45mph, checked hubs and tires a few times and no heat.

Got home and started turning things my hand. Mill turns free, mixing auger turns free (both directions, turning input shaft to gearbox and turning auger moves input shaft. Auger that moves ground feed from mill to mixing tank won't turn. Shear pin failed. Bearings on both ends look okay from outside. Got in tank and found feed rotted and hardened to solid chunk. Worked at it with a scraper for a while and can turn about 3/4 turn now. Shouldn't take much to get it freed up. Did find one bad bearing on loading auger drive.
 
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