I am doing off-season repairs on our Massey-Ferguson #10 Baler and find the rails inside the baler that the plunger runs back and forth on are worn and damaged badly. New ones would run into hundreds of dollars. I am wondering if anyone has made replacement rails out of plain ordinary angle iron and flat bar. If so, did it work or is there a problem with them being too soft. Baler is all in good shape other than this.

-- Peter Brady (r.farm@bmts.com), November 30, 1999

Answers

yes Pete you can do this i was in a pinch during baleing i used side rails from an old bedstead just left them a little longer than the slide movement,that was proably ten years ago i aimed to replace them when i finished the season.this is first time i have thought of them,when i read your question .so i would say go for what you have handy long as the track is straight i had a 46 ih baler and got that track sprung ,it would,nt tye on one side until i got it strait ,hope this help don

-- don summers (uncleduk@netins.net), August 07, 2000.

use coldrolled steel not mildsteel it would be beter you will have alittle more durability get someone (Machineshop) with a brakepress to bend it don`t heet it

-- nick (raymondetdesrosier@smpatico.ca), August 08, 2001.