Class rolant 46 Question!

[McDook]

Hi all, after sitting in the shed for 5 years I took the old 46 baler out and the pressure gauge has blown, the screen was white and cracked. Would I be able to blank this off and just use the change in tone of the tractor as a guide without damaging the system?

Going by the forecast I don't have time to wait for the new part!

Cheers

 

[oakleaf]

Yea work away fine if the tube is blocked off.
The door will start to crack open if you put too much pressure on anyway.

 

[McDook]

That's the answer I was after! Thanks

 

[oakleaf]

Essentially you are deciding when to tie off the bale rather than hydraulic pressure so your bales may be a bit more varied in weight.

 

[McDook]

 

[Still Farming]

Chains will go if too tight.
Any buzzer still working?

 

[Pistonbroke]

Older versions of a 46 don't have a relief valve on the door rams. Asking for trouble,get a new gauge

 

[Zebbedee]

Older versions of a 46 don't have a relief valve on the door rams. Asking for trouble,get a new gauge

Yea there is a relief valve in the valve block, even on older ones and the rollant 44s as well

 

[McDook]

It worked just the job to get the few bales I needed done, just had to keep your wits about you and stop when she started to move the tractor. I'll get a new one ordered before next year.

Cheers for the advice!

 

[Pistonbroke]

Yea there is a relief valve in the valve block, even on older ones and the rollant 44s as well

Ours would go until something broke. My neighbors one was 5 years newer and had relief valves on the rams

 

[glasshouse]

It worked just the job to get the few bales I needed done, just had to keep your wits about you and stop when she started to move the tractor. I'll get a new one ordered before next year.

Cheers for the advice!

Cheaper to put a camera on the side looking at the door crack.
When its 3 inches wide put the net on

 

[oakleaf]

I had two of them in the mid to late 90’s and they would both start to crack the door open if you didn’t net the bale. Won’t do any harm at all. Some people did that all the time in order to get larger bales.

 

[Pistonbroke]

Cheaper to put a camera on the side looking at the door crack.
When its 3 inches wide put the net on

If I see a crack 3 inches wide I walk the other way

 

[DrDunc]

If I see a crack 3 inches wide I walk the other way

Tie a plank across your erse, she won't mind

 

[glasshouse]

If I see a crack 3 inches wide I walk the other way

When that crack starts to open, you can feel the engine die as the pressure hits maximum and its time to push the button

 

[Zebbedee]

Ours would go until something broke. My neighbors one was 5 years newer and had relief valves on the rams

The valves on the rams are check valves, and the relief valve is one half of the cast valve block bolted to the side of baler, possibly yours was incorrectly set? But if you keep baling after pressure is reached the door should just start to open then get to a point where material just goes straight through back onto the ground again no damage should occur.

 

[glasshouse]

The valves on the rams are check valves, and the relief valve is one half of the cast valve block bolted to the side of baler, possibly yours was incorrectly set? But if you keep baling after pressure is reached the door should just start to open then get to a point where material just goes straight through back onto the ground again no damage should occur.

Or the clutch will jump out

 

[Zebbedee]

Or the clutch will jump out

No clutch on main drive just a slip clutch on pickup reel

 

[DrDunc]

These balers were made when 100hp was the "big" tractor. You heard the engine growl when the pressure built up

On flat ground you didn't need to look at the pressure guage, just listen

Today I've 150hp through a "modern" baler, and the only time the tractor grunts is when at full pressure going steep uphill baling silage