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Round Baler Fitted With Walking Beam Tandem Axle
Chad Travis, Drasco, Ark., says the home-built, tandem walking beam axle he added to his Deere 446 round baler has saved a lot of headaches.
“I have a lot of big holes in my hay fields that were dug out by armadillos,” says Travis. “When a single wheel drops into such holes, the baler’s pickup reel can dig int
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Round Baler Fitted With Walking Beam Tandem Axle BALERS Chad Travis Drasco Ark says the home-built tandem walking beam axle he added to his Deere 446 round baler has saved a lot of headaches “I have a lot of big holes in my hay fields that were dug out by armadillos ” says Travis “When a single wheel drops into such holes the baler’s pickup reel can dig into the ground and tear up the baler’s teeth and reel mechanism But with a tandem walking beam axle the machine rides much more evenly and prevents the pickup reel from digging into the dirt ” The add-on axle is fitted with a pair of old 15-in car wheels that mount behind the baler’s original tires and are supported by the spindles off a wing-type chisel plow The spindles bolt onto one end of a 1-in thick tapered steel plate with the other end of the plate bolted to the spindles on the baler’s original wheels Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Chad Travis 574 Greers Ferry Rd Drasco Ark 72530 ph 870 668-3400
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