Hesston 530 Gathering wheels

draftx

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Needing some new rubber Shoup sells them for $239 each , says they are 24 in in diameter. They also have some 24 in ones for other balers for $ 90.00 each . Any body ever replaced theirs and not gone the $ 480 route? Thanks
 
We have two small Hesstons and made our own replacement rubber from a 14 inch bias ply (no steel belts) tire. Cut the bead out, then cut the sidewall where it joins the tread. Bolted this to the original wheel which had lost the original sawtooth pattern rubber. Finally cut new saw tooth pattern in the new rubber. We used 1/4" bolts and fender washers to bolt through the existing holes in the old wheel. I know they work as good or better than the original rubber. It is getting hard to find a 14 inch bias ply tire. You could always buy a new bias trailer tire and cut it.

On another man's 530 we bought the 24 inch replacement rubber wheels like you said Shoup's has. They have six 1/2" holes around the center. We took the original Hesston wheels and cut about 5 or 5 1/2 inches off the diameter with a Oxy/Acetylene circle cutting rig. Centered the new rubber on the cut down wheels, marked and drilled holes. Used three pieces of flat stock per wheel to bridge between pairs of holes to allow the bolts to press more uniformly against the rubber. This worked well also.

Garry
 
(quoted from post at 06:09:10 09/20/17) I'll have to try out the tire idea. I have the same problem with mine. What did you cut
them with?

They cut pretty good with a razor knife, if you have two people. One person to hold the rubber apart so that the cutting blade does not drag and pinch. Needless to say: Safety first and easy does it. You are basically cutting the sidewall out of the tire and the bead from the sidewall. We did the first one in 2001 and they have held up well-about 300 rolls/year. Gathering wheels are made to barely skim the ground and run in the stubble.

Garry
 

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