Latest auger install on my blower. Have video, need opinions ASAP!

[arsenix2001]

So how do you adjust the chain? If you find the point at which it's tight and set it there chances are it'll be too loose causing premature wear. If you set it when it's at it's looses position it'll be too tight and you'll stretch the chain and put extra force.

If you accept it the way it is and a year or two from now you find that you can't keep chains on it then what? I would hope that if Woods washes their hands and says that's the best we can do them Messicks will take care of you. Just because it throws snow today is not a good enough reason to accept it, would you accept a car with a rod knocking because the engine still ran or a TV set with smoke coming out of it but still displayed a picture?

My thoughts exactly al, you touched on one of my many concerns. But apperently Im crazy and shouldnt expect something brand new to run smooth. I mean good grief, its not that hard to center a sprocket! Not like they have to rebuild the whole machine. Seems like such an easy fix its dumbfounding, but I guess not.

 

[leonz]

The car might be OK for my wife, but I draw the line at smoke in my living room.

They do not have sence of humor when you forget to get something fixed though


I quit 22 years ago when the devil weed was $1.85U.S.D., a pack and I was not going to pay $2.00:laughing:

 

[hawkeye08]

arsenix2001, hope this works out for you on Monday.

Reminds me of a large hay cuber we had back in the late 60s, early 70s. It was build in South Dakota and there was a problem with the feed auger to the cubing station that caused jams daily. Factory guys could not solve it, so Pa sat down and designed a fix (he had mechanical engineering degree and farmed). When he was done, the auger had a clutch mechanism that allowed the operator to back off the feed in a manner to avoid jams. The factory guys wanted to see it so they came out west and spent a couple of days checking it out, ended up adding it to all the units they had sold and put the fix in the production floor also. Pa did not get anything for it, but sometimes you have to just go ahead and fix it. If Woods welds a piece to the auger shaft and then bolts the sprocket to that, seems some shims would take care of the wobble after the holes were drilled properly to take care of the run out. BTW, if I recall, we cubed about 60 tons of hay per day before the fix on the cuber and after the fix, often did over 75 tons per day. Jams cost time and time is money.

You are right in wanting this corrected, it should run for years without issues if setup properly, but if not... who knows how long before it breaks.

 

[MessickFarmEqu]

I'm sure Messicks have other blowers at their store...suggest you ask them (since they're following this thread, they may offer) to view another blower in operation...see if there's the same problem.

We don't stock Woods blowers, but we ran some of other makes and sent the videos to Woods along with the ones of the problem blower. They are aware there is a problem, thus the action we are seeing.

This thread is getting pretty insane guys... 7 pages? Its amazing opinions can be so polarizing about somthing that people have no stake in.

 

[5030]

We don't stock Woods blowers, but we ran some of other makes and sent the videos to Woods along with the ones of the problem blower. They are aware there is a problem, thus the action we are seeing.

This thread is getting pretty insane guys... 7 pages? Its amazing opinions can be so polarizing about somthing that people have no stake in.

Ahmen to that...:thumbsup:

Thats why this country is in the mess it's in. Lots of opinions and little positive action.

 

[arsenix2001]

We don't stock Woods blowers, but we ran some of other makes and sent the videos to Woods along with the ones of the problem blower. They are aware there is a problem, thus the action we are seeing.

Thank you guys for taking the time to do that, good to know. Hopefully the rep can come up with a fix tomorrow. Look forward to hearing from Don when you guys hear something. Have a nice evening.

 

[grsthegreat]

If woods is offering you your $$$ back...take it.

either wait for their new design, or go but a different manufacturers unit.

My old Farmking ran 100% true, no flex at all, and the only noise i heard was the sound of the rolling chains.

 

[nspec]

Boy, I don't know from where I'd be more disappointed if I were Arsenix - the threads on this forum or the actual problem with the blower. The hostility is beyond ridiculous.

I for one, without even seeing pictures or videos, would turn that unit down based solely on the noise it is making. I've worked around all sorts of industrial equipment for 30 yrs, and I can tell you that isn't right. We had a mixer wagon on the farm (not a forage wagon - a heavy duty tmr feed wagon, and the two augers were each driven by a chain that had to be 25 feet long by the time it snaked around all the pulleys - or more. It was absolutely silent when it ran. Sorry guys, it's unacceptable. This isn't an $1000 King Kutter. Woods has been around a long time, and they get top dollar for their equipment. Is it the same as one of the high end blowers? Probably not. But it's not flying into outer space guys! This is a rather simple piece of mechanical equipment. Corn choppers and balers run smoother and quieter than this.

If you're gonna disagree, fine. That's why some people like chocolate and some people like vanilla. But for God's sake, keep it civil fellas! Check the attitudes at the door.

 

[pilot-werx]

From what I understand we are working on this. Understand, we sit in the middle of these things and advocate for customers. We need to give Woods a chance to look at and respond to things before jumping to conclusions. We sell about a half dozen lines of blowers, I'm awefully disappointed how this one seems to be going myself. I think highly of Woods and thats not what I expect of their products.

From what I understand, the Woods factory rep is stopping out Monday to take a look at it.

Say what you what want but.... First, I always side with my customer... Without them I am unemployed. Second, load the thing on a truck and ship it back... I cannot believe that you let it go this far!

 

[5030]

Well... It could have been built on a Monday morning at 8:30 am by a crew fresh from a hard Sunday of watching football and consuming adult beverages......

I wonder why Woods originally built Kubota's domestic implements and then all of a sudden, Kubota started building their own????:confused2: