Answer to TxJim

The thing to remember when I state bales, I deal mainly with 5 x 6 balers with the average bale size in the 66 to 70 range.  In other words the replacement interval decreases as the baler size increases.  You have less bales, per ton, with a 5 x 6 baler then you do with a 4 x 5 baler etc.

 

The 600 series balers will go between 8 and 10000.  A few have gone more.  The lower idler gear usually will need replacing at 5000 bales.  That varies somewhat since the later balers used a larger idler so it did not turn the revolutions that the smaller idler did.  The 600 series used three sledge roll gears and two idlers.

 

The BR balers I can not tell you how long they will last since I do not know of any being replaced for wear.  I know some balers have 15 to 20000 on the original gears.  The BR balers have two sledge roll gears and one idler.  The most wear on the 600 series balers were the lower and middle sledge roll gears and the idler between them.  Since the lower sledge roll, stationary roll, in the BR balers is driven separately now the wear on the remaining sledge roll gears is greatly reduced.

 

Answer to TxJim