Lining up a flat belt

Mark Poss

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Looking to belt up a four hole sheller to a tractor. Is there an easy way to square up the tractor to the sheller? I don't belt things up to often so I am usually on and off the tractor a dozen times before I can get the belt to stay on the pulleys. Thanks for any tips, Mark.
 
Dave's grandkid could sure give lessons couldn't he? He had that steam engine lined up on the thresher a few weeks ago in one try.
 
Hi, many years ago I lined up flat belts for hammer mill, threshing mill and forage blower. Trick was to grab the belt with both your hands and walk backwards until the belt is taught and align the belt with your eye and then put the belt down on the ground. Next depends on wheather it is a rear or side mount pulley but basically align tractor pulley directly on top of the belt on the ground. Do slight adjustment by turning front wheels on the tractor. Start pulley a slow idle so belt runs to inside of pulley you can stop before damaging belt.
Practice makes perfect.
JimB
 
Hello Mark.
Are you/were you from southern ontario, Wilsonville?
As mentioned before, lay out belt on ground. Then place tractor over belt.
At that point you will be close, depending on how good your eye is.
If you are very good, should have about same amount of pulley showing on either side
of belt. Good luck with the practice.
 
You simply need to eyeball it...you have it or you don"t! My first time, maybe 14-15 yrs old, lined up the AC WC, eyeballed along the side of the hood, to an AC silage blower...belt ran true. Just like backing up trailers...really hard to teach.
 
I don't know. I was 5 when they stopped filling silo here, with the belt drive thrower.

Was watching thrm line up a belt on the big sawmill at Rollag Steam show last week, they sure had trouble, the steam tractor doesn't appear to be easy to reverse, and the flywheel moves any time the tractor does, man one of the 4 attempts the belt really cracked and flew off, flung itself all the way to the front. Thought something broke as loud as it cracked. They finally got it, but could tell everyone was getting frustrated.

Paul
 
Those steam engines are big clumsy things to try to maneuver just a little. I've never seen someone at a show not have to mess around a bit to get them lined up.
 
On a steam engine, you line up the smokestack to the center of the implement and belt accordingly. Then back into the belt. I always use the clutch to ease her in.
 

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