5 years on wooden top roller, it was time to change

[quote="King of Obsolete"]since i was doing a bunch of work on the D6 9U known as The Hood, i decided it was time to change out the wooden top rollers. i think i got my money out of these and it only took an hour with the chainsaw to whip up a couple of new ones. now i'm good for another 5 years, lol.

thansk
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Smart idea for snow and ice. Looks like a miniture version of Mary Ann with the wooden top rollers.

yes the wooden top rollers have been around as long as winter freighting cats have been hauling sleighs back in the 1930s. it saves a lot of money on top rollers that just freeze up then get worn flat.

thansk
KoO
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I like the simplicity. I used to make a lot of parts for the Love brand tree seedling lifters used by IP in the south east until someone got the bright idea to replace the majority of rollers, roller scrapers, shafts and seals with long blocks of UHMW plastic. IP sold their tree nurseries and thousands of woodland acreage a few years later.

speaking to an old fella years ago from Bundaberg who made some of Australia's first sugar cane harvesters used wooden blocks for tensioners on chains and rollers like that on tracks he reckoned they lasted longer the the proper thing Im guessing it would have been iron bark hard wood which is tough as all get out

Paul

yes i remember see those on this BB many years ago. the computer makes the world a small place.

thansk
KoO
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Hey KingoO,

Mary Ann needs to come visit. She misses the white blankets, lol.[attachment=30427]image.jpg[/attachment]

I like it!!!!
Nothing like using wood in places someone would not think of and i also like using Babbitt bearings when i can.

Going back in the Forties and Fifties some of Australian Pull type grain Harvesters used Wooden Bearings on their Walker Cranks , Lasted for Ever !! . Got greased daily with rest of the Machine . LJ

The original Ransomes disc cultivators also used wooden bearing which when kept greased would outlast metal bearings by a long way. I have a couple of units to suit Ransomes MG crawler tractors and one of them was owned from new by the feller I bought it from. He said he used it for market gardening and had replaced the wooden axle shaft bearings only once in 35 years of use!!