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| Neighbor has a Claas 46 round baler, While baling and hitting uneven spots in the field the pickup teeth dig into the ground which causes the slip clutch for the pickup head to slip and the pickup stops turning. Usually if you go a few feet further past the hump in the ground the teeth are free again and the clutch stops slipping. If it happens in a patch of heavier hay or with a decent size wad in the corners of the pickup it can cause it to plug. The pickup head doesn't move very far between fully lowered and fully raised. The wheels on the pickup are set at the second hole from the bottom, with the head lowered the wheels are on the ground, with the head raised there is about 2" between the ground and the wheels. I have tried running the wheels in the bottom hole to get the pickup teeth a bit further off the ground, but then the wheels still touch the ground when the head is in the raised position. Not ideal for transporting the machine. I don't see anything that appears missing or broken, it seems though that the pickup should have more travel between raised and lowered. It's possible that the slip clutch needs tightened up, still seems that there should be more adjustment to prevent the teeth from digging in in the first place. | |
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Claas Rollant 46 Pickup Head
