1/4 Turn Bale Chute Mounts Behind Bale Thrower
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Tom Burlingham added a 1/4-turn bale chute to his New Holland 570 small square baler equipped with an automatic thrower so it can be used to either throw bales into a wagon or turn them on their edges and lay them on the ground. He uses an automatic stacker to pick up bales on the ground.
Burlingham, who does custom baling, bought the chute from another farmer who had built it. Burlingham welded a steel plate onto the bracket that supports the thrower's bottom belt so he can divert bales away from the thrower and onto the bale chute. To switch from throwing bales to dropping them on the ground, he removes the thrower's drive belt as well as the baler's wagon hitch. Then he unbolts the thrower bracket, raises it about 1 ft., and rebolts it using holes already in the baler frame.
"I built it because some of my customers want unstacked hay delivered right off the bale thrower wagon while others want stacked hay," says Burlingham. "It takes only about 10 minutes to switch from one system to the other."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Burlingham, N1718 Hwy. E., Palmyra, Wis. 53156 (ph 414 495-2722).
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1/4 Turn Bale Chute Mounts Behind Bale Thrower HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Bale Handling (5) 19-6-7 Tom Burlingham added a 1/4-turn bale chute to his New Holland 570 small square baler equipped with an automatic thrower so it can be used to either throw bales into a wagon or turn them on their edges and lay them on the ground. He uses an automatic stacker to pick up bales on the ground.
Burlingham, who does custom baling, bought the chute from another farmer who had built it. Burlingham welded a steel plate onto the bracket that supports the thrower's bottom belt so he can divert bales away from the thrower and onto the bale chute. To switch from throwing bales to dropping them on the ground, he removes the thrower's drive belt as well as the baler's wagon hitch. Then he unbolts the thrower bracket, raises it about 1 ft., and rebolts it using holes already in the baler frame.
"I built it because some of my customers want unstacked hay delivered right off the bale thrower wagon while others want stacked hay," says Burlingham. "It takes only about 10 minutes to switch from one system to the other."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tom Burlingham, N1718 Hwy. E., Palmyra, Wis. 53156 (ph 414 495-2722).
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