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Getting ready to go haying, started on the baler today. Had a belt that was torn a bit on one side. It is supposed to be 531 inches long (one of the 4 longer belts) and measures 526 inches.
The dealership is closed until morning or I would have called them.
I don't remember putting a belt in the wrong place last year when I had them all out to check how much they had stretched and there is not a belt that is too long elsewhere.
It is possible that I may have made 5 short belts in a seniors moment. :oops:
My question is if it is possible for this belt to have run all last year (about 1500 bales) and not have broken? I can't see it taking all the stress of the tension idler roller as it is an outside belt.

Any ideas?
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