Absent Minded Farmer
Well-known Member
- Location
- Gehl Country, Wis.
I had some old bales to chop onto the compost pile & guess one of the last ones was a bit too wet. Plugged it tight at the cone, where it tapers down to the spout. In the time it took me to shut things down & go get a long screwdriver, the hay in the pipe got too hot to handle. Wow, that was quick!! Took a bit to unplug, but was all worth it for the learning experience.
Initially, I was recording the tractor & not the chopping operation. This angle was taken with the camera & my dumbphone is off to the side taking video of the front of the tractor. The 560 sprung a leak somewhere on the radiator, the day before this & refused to leak again after filling the radiator again. So, I put it on the chopper to work the snot out of it in the heat. Aaaaaand..... nothing. No leak! I really hate when that happens! The closest I got to locating the origin of the leak, the first time, was either at the inlet neck or the hose to it. It was all perfectly dry when I got done chopping. Just don't get it.
If anyone is wondering, yes I'm still working on a bale feeder with a safety bar. Need to source another FB88 blower for the throw-out bar & associated parts, feeder apron & the trough for it. I figured out how to mount it & can power it with a roller chain off the lower feeder apron shaft. That's used to power the hay pickup head & should work good for what I need.
Mike
Initially, I was recording the tractor & not the chopping operation. This angle was taken with the camera & my dumbphone is off to the side taking video of the front of the tractor. The 560 sprung a leak somewhere on the radiator, the day before this & refused to leak again after filling the radiator again. So, I put it on the chopper to work the snot out of it in the heat. Aaaaaand..... nothing. No leak! I really hate when that happens! The closest I got to locating the origin of the leak, the first time, was either at the inlet neck or the hose to it. It was all perfectly dry when I got done chopping. Just don't get it.
If anyone is wondering, yes I'm still working on a bale feeder with a safety bar. Need to source another FB88 blower for the throw-out bar & associated parts, feeder apron & the trough for it. I figured out how to mount it & can power it with a roller chain off the lower feeder apron shaft. That's used to power the hay pickup head & should work good for what I need.
Mike
