I've seen a goodly number of New Holland haybines with rollers cracked and with rubber chunks missing. Was looking at a haybine yesterday and noticed the top roller especially and bottom roller to a lesser degree is exposed to rain and sun. FWIW, the rubber roller on my Hesston 1110 sets under a piece of sheet metal, out of the sun/elements. I've always thought maybe the chunks of rubber were from obstacles, i.e. rocks going through the rollers. I've also been taught that plastic/rubber and the sun don't mix. Sooner or later there's going to be hardening and with it inflexibility and from there cracking.
Is it possible haybine rollers crack, delaminate and loose chunks of rubber from to much sun?
Anyone have an older New Holland haybine that forever sets out, uncovered, in the sun and even after hard use, some rocks passing through and 365 days of sun, the rollers are still intact?
Just curious.
Thanks,
Bill
Is it possible haybine rollers crack, delaminate and loose chunks of rubber from to much sun?
Anyone have an older New Holland haybine that forever sets out, uncovered, in the sun and even after hard use, some rocks passing through and 365 days of sun, the rollers are still intact?
Just curious.
Thanks,
Bill