Got away from the salt mine today to spend a few minutes with the Hesston 1110 tonight.
Replaced a bolt on knife and what a pain in the buttox. I assumed, unbolt and the knife blade comes off, but had to take the guard off too as I couldn't wiggle it out! Finally got it all back together without slicing off a finger.....
I wanted to give the haybine a try and see how the newely timed rollers and their gap setting was going to work out. The rolls are much quieter - not sure they are contributing to the noise at this point.
Ran the haybine over some stemmy orchard grass to see how the crimping did - and I've got the rolls spaced to far apart. They are set to about 3/16 inch and I'm not getting much in the way of crimping at all. My manual doesn't state the gap distance, but it seems like someone posted their Hesston 1120 with similar rollers said 3/16 inch gap and as best I could, that's where I initially set the gap. I think what I'm going to do is via the roller spacing jack screws, let the rollers come together such that they touch enough until the jack screws are not doing anything and the rolls are fast against each other. Then - one turn of the thread at a time, I'll space them apart until I can slide the thickness of a strip from a gallon jug down the entire length - and then see how it sounds. If it is noisy, one turn at a time, I'll continue to adjust the rolls until they are as close as possible, yet not touching. Even though there are slots on each side of the roller you can see the gap, I think this will give me more of a custom/close fit.
One thing to note with the 1110 (and 1120) steel/rubber rollers is there is a LOT of gap between the lobes side to side - where as a New Holland's rubber on rubber rollers are more of a tight fit IMHO. As such, I feel it's important to get the Hesston rollers as tight as possible to maximize the crimp depth as not much crushing IMHO goes on with these rolls.
Noise: Most of it I believe is the reel assy roaring as the steel rollers are rolling on a steel track. As was mentioned in another post, rollers made of plastic (?) or plastic covered rolls (?) are available. We'll see how it goes this cutting year before I replace them.
Lastly, I set the mower to lay the hay out in a wide swath. I had my doubts about this - as if you look at the rear end of the haybine, the exit panels are narrow, ideal for windrowing. However, to my surprise, it laid the grass out really wide, maybe to wide.
More timpnkering tomorrow evening.
Bill
Replaced a bolt on knife and what a pain in the buttox. I assumed, unbolt and the knife blade comes off, but had to take the guard off too as I couldn't wiggle it out! Finally got it all back together without slicing off a finger.....
I wanted to give the haybine a try and see how the newely timed rollers and their gap setting was going to work out. The rolls are much quieter - not sure they are contributing to the noise at this point.
Ran the haybine over some stemmy orchard grass to see how the crimping did - and I've got the rolls spaced to far apart. They are set to about 3/16 inch and I'm not getting much in the way of crimping at all. My manual doesn't state the gap distance, but it seems like someone posted their Hesston 1120 with similar rollers said 3/16 inch gap and as best I could, that's where I initially set the gap. I think what I'm going to do is via the roller spacing jack screws, let the rollers come together such that they touch enough until the jack screws are not doing anything and the rolls are fast against each other. Then - one turn of the thread at a time, I'll space them apart until I can slide the thickness of a strip from a gallon jug down the entire length - and then see how it sounds. If it is noisy, one turn at a time, I'll continue to adjust the rolls until they are as close as possible, yet not touching. Even though there are slots on each side of the roller you can see the gap, I think this will give me more of a custom/close fit.
One thing to note with the 1110 (and 1120) steel/rubber rollers is there is a LOT of gap between the lobes side to side - where as a New Holland's rubber on rubber rollers are more of a tight fit IMHO. As such, I feel it's important to get the Hesston rollers as tight as possible to maximize the crimp depth as not much crushing IMHO goes on with these rolls.
Noise: Most of it I believe is the reel assy roaring as the steel rollers are rolling on a steel track. As was mentioned in another post, rollers made of plastic (?) or plastic covered rolls (?) are available. We'll see how it goes this cutting year before I replace them.
Lastly, I set the mower to lay the hay out in a wide swath. I had my doubts about this - as if you look at the rear end of the haybine, the exit panels are narrow, ideal for windrowing. However, to my surprise, it laid the grass out really wide, maybe to wide.
More timpnkering tomorrow evening.
Bill