Abstract: A baler is comprised of a frame with a pair of opposed sidewalls, a plurality of side-by-side endless belts supported on a plurality of rollers and defining a bale forming chamber into which crop material is fed and rolled into a cylindrical bale. A bale discharge gate is constituted by rear sections of the sidewalls and by certain of the belt guide rollers extending therebetween. A span of the belts extends below the lower extremities of the rear sidewall sections and define openings through which crop material may be discharged from substantially enclosed volumes contiguous with the bale forming chamber.

Abstract: A belt for large round baler has a roughly textured, crop-engaging surface formed by a plurality of continuous, uniform height walls defining a plurality of recesses therebetween. The walls may be arranged in a variety of polygonal shapes. The height of the walls is less than the maximum spacing between adjacent walls. The thickness of the walls decrease from the base toward the tip. The textured surface of the belt provides reduced levels of noise and dust, a self-cleaning action, lateral stiffness and longitudinal flexibility.