504c help

[Late96]

Replace belts outer 9" and 4 4", 388" according to book, they hang extremely loose and book gives no measurement for turn buckle. Please help, thanks

 

[jltrent]

From what I have found that is the right belts length and all. Recon the tension arms could be a little stuck or the springs not working properly for the tension arm?
https://www.americasbelting.com/Baler-Belts-VERMEER-504C-Wide-Belt-Kit

The 504C is not an open throat baler as it could be a little tricky taking hay and starting a bale at times, but they bale a good bale.

 

[jltrent]

Kinda tickled me as I was talking to a guy a few years ago and he was comparing a new JD round baler to a Vermeer "C" baler and how much better the JD would take hay than Vermeer baler. I don't think he was comparing apples to apples as when the "C baler was made JD didn't even have a round baler.

A neighbor up the road until just a few years ago still baled hay with a Vermeer "A" baler. He put it in a local auction and I think the high bid was $50. It was worth more than that for scrap iron.

Vermeer 605A

Here was old man Vermeers first baler a 6x6 monster. I bet those belts would get twisted up easy and a pretty soft core.

 

[M.Magis]

I'm still using a 605B I originally bought to only do 25-30 bales a year. Now I do about 90 but its still going. Sure makes for a LONG day though. That bottom pic made me cuss just looking at it. Imagine the mess if that thing hit a big wad of damp hay.

 

[Kjfred]

Did you measure the old belts? Were all belts replaced or just the outer ones?
Hard to say what kind of modifications have been done since that model was new.