ClemBert
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I'm posting this message on behalf of the fellow who bales my 12 acres. He doesn't have internet so I'm trying to help him out.
He has a 6 month old (new and under warranty) Heston (AGCO/Challenger) RB44 4x4 baler. At most, 100 bales have been put through it. The other day while baling the baler started acting like it was starting to jam. So he turned off the PTO to inspect it. He could not find anything wrong so he kicked out the partial bale and started again. Sometime into the next bale it happened again. This time the baler just locked up. A keypin sheared and the PTO spun but the baler did not bale (for lack of a better description). Since it was under warranty, he took it to a local dealer for repair and an explanation. He didn't have too much material in the baler nor was there any debris that could have jammed it, only hay. The dealer repair foreman was unable to come up with any good reason why this happened. He theorized that the baler must have hit a ditch but the there are no ditches and the land is flat. When the driveshaft and slip clutch were inspected it was found that whatever caused the jam had enough force to bend the U-joint pins. The slip clutch appeared to fail so a keypin snapped. Luckily, there was not damage to the tractor PTO. Does anyone know if this particular model is prone to unknown jamming issues or have a good theory as to what when wrong?
He has a 6 month old (new and under warranty) Heston (AGCO/Challenger) RB44 4x4 baler. At most, 100 bales have been put through it. The other day while baling the baler started acting like it was starting to jam. So he turned off the PTO to inspect it. He could not find anything wrong so he kicked out the partial bale and started again. Sometime into the next bale it happened again. This time the baler just locked up. A keypin sheared and the PTO spun but the baler did not bale (for lack of a better description). Since it was under warranty, he took it to a local dealer for repair and an explanation. He didn't have too much material in the baler nor was there any debris that could have jammed it, only hay. The dealer repair foreman was unable to come up with any good reason why this happened. He theorized that the baler must have hit a ditch but the there are no ditches and the land is flat. When the driveshaft and slip clutch were inspected it was found that whatever caused the jam had enough force to bend the U-joint pins. The slip clutch appeared to fail so a keypin snapped. Luckily, there was not damage to the tractor PTO. Does anyone know if this particular model is prone to unknown jamming issues or have a good theory as to what when wrong?
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