Car Rear End Replaces Gearbox on Vermeer Round Bales

Car Rear End Replaces Gearbox on Vermeer Round Bales HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Balers (6) 28-1-36 Ken Armstrong, Box 340, Point, Texas 75472 (ph 903 598-2855): "Several years ago I knocked out the gearbox on my old Vermeer 605E round baler. My dealer said the company no longer made that gearbox and that I'd have to adapt a new gearbox designed for Deere balers which would've cost about $500. I didn't want to spend that much money so I took the rear end out of a 1972 Ford car and welded it up solid to convert it into a gearbox, which I mounted in place of the original gearbox. Then I bought a sprocket and mounted it on the end of the axle. The sprocket was sized to keep the speed the same as the baler speed. Then I hooked the tractor's pto shaft to the gearbox. My total cost was about $125. I made the change nine years ago and haven't had any problems at all."

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