Chain #50, 96 Links x 15.88mm = 1524mm — fits 20 New Holland models — 309046

New Holland 309046 is a #50 roller chain, listed as 96 links x 15.88mm = 1524mm, used for auger and pick-up drives on balers and on 900 series harvesting equipment. In the Header Table & Auger diagram (chapter Attachments-Headers) for the 985 it is callout 25, quantity 1 in that diagram, noted as the auger drive, RC50. In the Pick-Up Group diagram (chapter Complete Machine) for the Hesston 5850 it is callout 39, quantity 1 in that diagram, and includes the 15.88mm pitch link 86595276 and the connecting link 25194. More diagrams list it, among them Wide Pickup, LH Drives for the 648, which includes connecting link 25194 and offset link 25816. The Pick-Up Group diagram shows chains 121202 and 9849661 as separate numbers.

The models that appear in the most diagrams are the Hesston 5850, the 600 series 648, 654 and 658, the 900 series 975, 985 and 995, the Variable Chamber BR7060 and BR7070, and the Roll-Belt 450. More models in the 600, 800 and Variable Chamber baler families also use it. Catalog records show that 309046 replaces the earlier number 80309046.