Combine grain pan belting etc.

[Gone Shooting]

Trunk off the CR9080 today to replace the strips of belt in various places which now leak a bit of grain on the gearbox etc. Toddle into main dealers to order new and nearly had a heart attack - some bits of belt nearly £200 each !!! Looks to be be basically canvas reinforced rubber - any ideas where to source some and make our own please. Like to support local firms but bleeding hell !!!!

 

[Poncherello1976]

We have just done the same on a CX8070. Some bits bought as genuine and bought some rubber to do other bits. We will see how long this lasts though!
Bought from rubberco.co.uk
Industrial Grade Rubber Sheet Linear Metre × 2
4mm Thick x 1400mm Width
2 meters for 59.50 inc VAT

Lots left over for other uses on the farm as well

 

[TripleSix]

I've sourced non genuine "canvasses" as they're called but they're still a lot of money for what they are!

Give APH a call.

 

[Magnus Oyke]

Trunk off the CR9080 today to replace the strips of belt in various places which now leak a bit of grain on the gearbox etc. Toddle into main dealers to order new and nearly had a heart attack - some bits of belt nearly £200 each !!! Looks to be be basically canvas reinforced rubber - any ideas where to source some and make our own please. Like to support local firms but bleeding hell !!!!

I was looking on the Claas configurator a couple of weeks ago, 6 walker Lexions are over £400,000. £200 parts aren't much on a £400,000 machine.

Ok, make them yourself.

What's your time worth? Drive to dealer, come home, fit parts. Or, cobble together some belting that may or may not be the right belting, spend 2 days cocking about with it, cut your fingers trying to cut it size, it's not quite the right size, but sort of fits. August comes along, wheat harvest is in full flow, you've not had a day off for 3 weeks, the rubber belting you cut yourself disappears up the feeder house because the hole you punched in it was a bit too close to the edge and ripped.

Now you've got to pee about with it when it's hot outside, the machine is dirty and you're under pressure.

 

[dynosoar]

Walker rubber in Norwich are very good for this sort of thing. http://walker-rubber.co.uk/
there is also a company in bury st Edmund’s that make power flow belting and suchlike.https://apexbelting.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Apex-Powerflow-Baler-Belts1.pdf

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[DrWazzock]

I was looking on the Claas configurator a couple of weeks ago, 6 walker Lexions are over £400,000. £200 parts aren't much on a £400,000 machine.

Ok, make them yourself.

What's your time worth? Drive to dealer, come home, fit parts. Or, cobble together some belting that may or may not be the right belting, spend 2 days cocking about with it, cut your fingers trying to cut it size, it's not quite the right size, but sort of fits. August comes along, wheat harvest is in full flow, you've not had a day off for 3 weeks, the rubber belting you cut yourself disappears up the feeder house because the hole you punched in it was a bit too close to the edge and ripped.

Now you've got to pee about with it when it's hot outside, the machine is dirty and you're under pressure.

That’s the conclusion I came to. Your unlikely to find same material, same elasticity, wear resistance etc then need a set of punches to cut holes. Slightly inaccurate and maybe even not sure what original size of worn strip was.
Just order it. Fitting can be a big enough job with the need for dismantling, pop rivets in awkward places etc.
A lot of the cost of seemingly low value parts is in the spec, identification, storage and fast availability. The materials are probably only pence.

 

[chickens and wheat]

I was looking on the Claas configurator a couple of weeks ago, 6 walker Lexions are over £400,000. £200 parts aren't much on a £400,000 machine.

Ok, make them yourself.

What's your time worth? Drive to dealer, come home, fit parts. Or, cobble together some belting that may or may not be the right belting, spend 2 days cocking about with it, cut your fingers trying to cut it size, it's not quite the right size, but sort of fits. August comes along, wheat harvest is in full flow, you've not had a day off for 3 weeks, the rubber belting you cut yourself disappears up the feeder house because the hole you punched in it was a bit too close to the edge and ripped.

Now you've got to pee about with it when it's hot outside, the machine is dirty and you're under pressure.

But buying the correct parts is not real farming is it?

 

[whiddy]

Do the top elevator bearings while you have the trunking off!!

 

[Exfarmer]

If you going to buy some belting to cut. You need a new set first to act as a pattern, if you want them right. My other concern would be to make sure the belting purchased had the same characteristics in work. You would not want the constant chafing to warm them up too much, nor to wear away the panel they rub against

 

[ewald]

I was looking on the Claas configurator a couple of weeks ago, 6 walker Lexions are over £400,000. £200 parts aren't much on a £400,000 machine.

Ok, make them yourself.

What's your time worth? Drive to dealer, come home, fit parts. Or, cobble together some belting that may or may not be the right belting, spend 2 days cocking about with it, cut your fingers trying to cut it size, it's not quite the right size, but sort of fits. August comes along, wheat harvest is in full flow, you've not had a day off for 3 weeks, the rubber belting you cut yourself disappears up the feeder house because the hole you punched in it was a bit too close to the edge and ripped.

Now you've got to pee about with it when it's hot outside, the machine is dirty and you're under pressure.

But we are not all able to run £400k machines - mine is worth about 5% of that figure.
If you have some belting, the old one as a pattern and some punches (eBay) you can make up a new strip quicker than a trip to the dealer. Who won’t have it in stock anyway. Mice don’t seem to worry what you fit!

 

[MF CI]

I was looking on the Claas configurator a couple of weeks ago, 6 walker Lexions are over £400,000. £200 parts aren't much on a £400,000 machine.

Ok, make them yourself.

What's your time worth? Drive to dealer, come home, fit parts. Or, cobble together some belting that may or may not be the right belting, spend 2 days cocking about with it, cut your fingers trying to cut it size, it's not quite the right size, but sort of fits. August comes along, wheat harvest is in full flow, you've not had a day off for 3 weeks, the rubber belting you cut yourself disappears up the feeder house because the hole you punched in it was a bit too close to the edge and ripped.

Now you've got to pee about with it when it's hot outside, the machine is dirty and you're under pressure.

If its a place that's easily accessible have a go at a DIY solution, if deep in the bowels of the machine and takes half a day of striping down just to see it go original. Saying all that check with one of the independent combine specialists who will probably know and have what works.

 

[DrWazzock]

Sometimes dealers do a budget alternative part for older machines. Claas I think is Silverline (?) parts. Helped me out with Walker blocks etc. There is Agri doctor eu or something like that but haven’t tried them.
I have an old lime spreader belt as my go to stock for rubber strips etc. sometimes it’s right, sometimes it’s not. Be careful with thickness, stiffness and elasticity.

 

[Gone Shooting]

APH to the rescue - thanks for replies.