Roller baler parts

[olgentdc]

the Ottawa roller big round baler built before 1990 has 2 missing slat rails on the pickup ,,. there should be boneyard that deals in them ,this is the same as a deutz -allis baler from that era . , i have not contacted agco to see how much they want for them , but i bet they are expensive... any help is appreciated ,

 

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Might want to think about making you own like Danielw.

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New postPosted: Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:05 am Post subject: Re: ottawa and deutz -allis round baler Reply to specific post Reply with quote
Do you mean 'Owatonna'? I know Deutz bought them, but I thought when they did this they changed their balers from the Owatonna/OMC design to the Deutz design. Both were roller-type, soft-core, fixed chamber balers, but not the same design.

Regardless of all that: I'm assuming you mean the pickup bands that go between the teeth? When my local dealer couldn't get them for my old Vermeer round baler I made a few out of 'Chanex': A type of UHMW (high-wearing plastic) used to guide roller chain. It works great, and I would never buy steel ones after using it: It's a thermoplastic, so you can heat it to bend it and it'll hold its shape. It's made of UHMW so it's extremely high-wearing. If the pickup teeth get slightly bent, they rub quietly against the plastic and don't grind along like they do on the steel slats. If the pickup hits a rock, they just bounce/shape around the rock and spring back to their original shape. And the cross-section profile of 2'' Chanex almost perfectly matches the original profile of the slats on my Vermeer. I heat it over a barbecue very carefully until I can bent it into the same shape as the original steel slats, then tie the ends together so it doesn't spring back while cooling. It's a bit of a trick to getting it hot enough where it will permanently form to the shape you want, but not getting hot enough to melt/burn it.

There are a few different sizes of Chanex (and a few different manufacturers - 'Chanex' is one specific one). I bet one of the sizes will match yours close enough. A decent industrial supply store should be able to order Chanex (or an equivalent).

For more popular baler models (like our Deeres) there are a few aftermarket companies already make poly pickup bands, but I doubt the Deutz or Owatonna ones were popular enough for that.
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