Spent a little time tinkering with the 348 today and wanted to answer the question - does the JD square baler have any gear reduction from the PTO drive to the flywheel.
Here's what I found - give or take a few degrees:
1 full turn of the PTO shaft (measured on the gear box side of the slip clutch) equals about 315 degrees of a flywheel turn.
Which is a 1 to .875 ratio (or maybe the opposite - long day.... )
So the answer is - YES - there is some gear reduction to the flywheel. Maybe this accounts for JD's lower hp requirements for the baler.
It would be great if other JD square baler owners could measure the PTO to flywheel ratio for their baler and post it with the corresponding baler model.
Bill
Here's what I found - give or take a few degrees:
1 full turn of the PTO shaft (measured on the gear box side of the slip clutch) equals about 315 degrees of a flywheel turn.
Which is a 1 to .875 ratio (or maybe the opposite - long day.... )
So the answer is - YES - there is some gear reduction to the flywheel. Maybe this accounts for JD's lower hp requirements for the baler.
It would be great if other JD square baler owners could measure the PTO to flywheel ratio for their baler and post it with the corresponding baler model.
Bill