"Sight Flag" On New Hollad Round Baler

"Sight Flag" On New Hollad Round Baler BALERS Balers 30-1-42 I removed the chains and paddles from an old 15-ft. long, 18-in. wide grain elevator to make this raised flower bed. The elevator mounts on four steel wheels off an old farm implement, which makes it easy to roll around by hand whenever I mow my yard. I came up with the idea because my wife had both hips replaced and isn't supposed to bend over. This way she can work on her flowers at waist height. She grows the flowers in containers and can bring them in for the winter. A pair of metal rods form the axles. I came up with this "sight flag" on my New Holland round baler. It lets me know whenever the bale has rolled off the bale ejector, so I can close the tailgate without worrying that it will contact the bale. A length of angle iron bolts onto the ejector's frame. A 3/8-in. dia. metal rod attaches to the angle iron and extends through the baler housing to the front part of the baler where an old handkerchief is tied onto it. As I open the tailgate the bale rolls onto the ejector, and as it lowers to the ground it retracts the rod to bring the flag close to the baler. Once the bale rolls off the ejector, the ejector raises and the rod and flag extend back toward the tractor. I then know that I can safely lower the tailgate. (Perry Hathaway, 4238 W 625 South, Claypool, Ind. 46510 ph 574 491-3448)

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