1. Loxton Engineering blades are made out of hard wearing steel then bent/twisted, heat treated, tempered to the right Rockwell hardness. Blades are check for length, bend or twist in blade, paired and weigh for balance. Rockwell hardness is an Australian (World) metal hardness standard required for forged/metal steel for long wearing life. If blades are too hard then they can chip or brake and if blades are too soft, blades will wear quickly, bend, and damage blade and blade edge.
2. Blades disadvantages ( thicker millimeter).  Thicker Blades blunt a lot Quicker, more Horse Power (PTO revs) required, not as clean cut and cost more
3. Blade cutting edges. A pressed edge does a cleaner cut and stays sharper longer than a laser edge, plasma edge, oxy edge or milled edge.
   
   

   
4. Twisted blades stay sharper longer due to the twist in blade (self-sharpening)
5. Incorrect Blade hole position and hole size in relation to the end of blade, can cause bush and hole to wear more quickly. Blade hole to close to end will increase hole wear in blade (extra blade length on top side of hole will help keep blade more level hence less wear on bush, blade hole and bolt. Bush sizes have similar wear factors.

PROBLEM SOLVING

GEARBOX PROBLEMS

Hardbro GB13, Hardbro GB14, International (3067094R1) & Vapormatic (V1000 HD)

Noisy Gear Boxes. The crown wheel and pinion are near the top of tolerance range of hardness and may cause noisy gearbox. With noisy gearboxes there is a 99.9% certainty that nothing is wrong. Inspection of crown wheel, pinion and gear mesh can be made by removing gearbox cover, 5 thou to 10 thou back lash should be acceptable.

Gearbox Pulley & Input Shaft Damage. The necessity to introduce PTO revs slowly and gently, when first starting the machine rotors and also winding down PTO revs slowly to a stop or damage may occur. Some tractors, usually with hydraulic PTO’S not properly adjusted, will jerk into gear. If this continually happens damage may occur.

Gearbox Oils to suit Hardbro GB13, Hardbro GB14, International (3607094R1) & Vapormatic (V1000 HD)
Mobilube S 80W-90, Mobilube HD Plus 80W-90 or Mobilube 85W-140. Valvoline HP Gear Oil 80W-90 or Valvoline HP Gear Oil 85W-90. Castrol EPX85W-140

Gearbox Oil can operate safely at 71-76 degrees Celsius (160-170 degrees Fahrenheit)

PROBLEM SOLVING

VEE BELT PROBLEMS & TENSION

Vee Belt Problems and Tension that may occur.

Contact Loxton Engineering if you have any of these problems.

1. Vee belt premature belt failure
2. Severe or abnormal Vee belt wear
3. Vee belts turn over or come off pulley
4. Vee belt stretches beyond available take up
5. VEE belt noise
6. Unusual Vee belt vibration
7. Problems with pulleys
8. Problems with other drive components
9. Hot bearings
10. Vee belt Maintenance.

INFORMATION

BEARING & BEARING HOUSING INFORMATION

HOW DO I KNOW WHICH BEARINGS AND BEARING HOUSINGS BRAND AND TYPE TO BUY

(There is over 50 different bearing and housing Company/Supplier brands sold in Australia) Once you got the bearing shaft size you want. What about bearing thickness?, width?, type of oil seal?, is it tapered or acentric lock with collar? etc.  Loxton Engineering use thicker bearing with better quality oil seals.
Loxton Engineering use only reputable Brands and constantly keep checking for quality control.

BEARING HOUSING.

(There is over 50 different bearing and housing Company/Supplier brands sold in Australia) the same as above with Bearing housings there are different sizes, thickness, types, cast, steel, etc. Also different size bolt hole diameter in castings. Loxton Engineering use thicker bearing housings on their machines.

Loxton Engineering use only reputable Brands and constantly keep checking for quality control.  

BEARING AND BEARING HOUSING PROTECTOR

A bolted round base plate is better than square plate in cut material when bolting on Square housings, less wear on plate, housing and bolts.

Loxton Engineering sell round plate or half round plates to either bolt or weld new round plate to existing barrel or frame to suit F209 & F208 bearing housings.

INFORMATION

Vee Belts Information

How do I know Which Vee Belt Brand to buy?

There are over 50 different Vee Belt Company/Supplier brands sold in Australia, quality, different types/grades (some 3 to 5 different grades of same brand )  and different country origins (either country origin branded on Vee belt or country origin numbered).

The only way to tell the quality difference between Vee belt Company/Supplier Brands is to cut open the Vee belt and find how many nylon cords in back of Vee belt. Loxton Engineering do test Vee belts by cutting belts in half in quality control test regularly for the better consistency and quality of Vee belts.

The different Vee belt Brands, Companies, Supplier and Retailers will mostly (some) sell the poorer Quality Vee belt instead of the better Quality Vee belts (More profit). Most Vee belts are Set Free or Match Free (which means they are same length belt) THIS IS NOT NECESSARY THE CASE THEY CAN VARY FROM BATCH TO BATCH WHEN MADE, WHERE COUNTRY MADE and FACTORY MADE. Allowable manufactures tolerances of Vee belts can vary from 25mm (1”) up to 100mm (4”) difference in length on certain Vee Belts (different country origins, factories, compounds, temperatures, cure rates and brands).

Loxton Engineering buy set tolerance Vee belts and then MEASURE ALL PAIRED VEE BELTS for LENGTH WITHIN 6mm (1/4”) with VEE BELT MEASURE MACHINE (Polup V Belt Tester). Replace multiple Vee belts if more than one belt on pulley with all New multiple Vee belts (we keep tied Vee belts paired for sale) otherwise they will be different lengths and problems will occur (see below Vee Belt Problems and Tension).

Loxton Engineering  use mostly “C” section , “CX” , SPC & “SPCX” VEE Belts unless others required.

INFORMATION

TYPE OF BLADES FOR DIFFERENT CUTTING

SLASHING      2 or 4 Stepped Blades on each rotor

ARE YOU USING THE RIGHT BLADES?

1. Loxton Engineering blades are made out of hard wearing steel then bent/twisted, heat treated, tempered to the right Rockwell hardness. Blades are check for length, bend or twist in blade, paired and weigh for balance. Rockwell hardness is an Australian (World) metal hardness standard required for forged/metal steel for long wearing life. If blades are too hard then they can chip or brake and if blades are too soft, blades will wear quickly, bend, and damage blade and blade edge.
2. Blades disadvantages ( thicker millimeter).  Thicker Blades blunt a lot Quicker, more Horse Power (PTO revs) required, not as clean cut and cost more
3. Blade cutting edges. A pressed edge does a cleaner cut and stays sharper longer than a laser edge, plasma edge, oxy edge or milled edge.
   
   

   
4. Twisted blades stay sharper longer due to the twist in blade (self-sharpening)
5. Incorrect Blade hole position and hole size in relation to the end of blade, can cause bush and hole to wear more quickly. Blade hole to close to end will increase hole wear in blade (extra blade length on top side of hole will help keep blade more level hence less wear on bush, blade hole and bolt. Bush sizes have similar wear factors.

WORKING TIPS

Contact Loxton Engineering if you require any information on Working Tips

SAFETY: Machine and Safety Warnings.

OPERATION HINTS: Windrowing, Slashing, Topping, Mulching, Cutting & Air Action of Machine.

CUTTING TIPS: Heavy Cutting, General Cutting, Missed Blade Cut, Ground Speed, PTO Revs & Commencing Start Up Cutting

GREASE & OILS:

PTO (Power Take Off): 

Grease: Shell Retinax “A” , Mobilgrease “MP” or similar.
Caltex EP Grease C2 multi-purpose auto-industrial or similar.

Main grease points:
How often should I grease (or when required)?

(a) Main wearing points (Axel, Jockey wheel pivots etc) 8 hours (daily)
(b) Lesser wearing points (Towbar, Bellcrank etc) 40 hours (weekly)
(c) Gearboxes and Bearings yearly to eighteen months.

Gearbox Oils: to suit Hardbro GB13, Hardbro GB14, International (3607094R1) & Vapormatic (V1000 HD)
Mobilube S 80W-90, Mobilube HD Plus 80W-90 or Mobilube 85W-140. Valvoline HP Gear Oil 80W-90 or Valvoline HP Gear Oil 85W-90. Castrol EPX85W-140 or similar.

ROTOR DISC: Disc .Dimensions 455mm diameter x 10mm

INSTRUCTION MANUALS (LOXTON)

LOXTON RED Model 3, 4 & 5
LOXTON RED/GREEN Model 5S
LOXTON GREEN Model 6

Loxton Models 3, 4, 5 and 6 awaiting Road Transport and Delivery

Loxton Model 6 –                   4.6 metre (15ft) Painted Yellow for Airfield

Loxton Model 6 –             5.4 metre (18ft) With extra guards and chain for Airfield

NEW Model 6-5-S  Red Green Slasher  5.4m (18ft)               

Also suits

• Newbold
• Fewings

Please note: Male splined shaft (25) and female spline (8) will be supplied as one part. This is part number (9).

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