Hay, it still works fine

1370rod

Well-known Member
Finally got a chance to test the 220 baler and am glad to report after its 28 years of not making a bale it has not lost the touch. Sure the first couple it make were junk but after that we had nice uniform well packed bales. I think the baler and tractor will work together as long as we don't try to pull a load of bales up steep hills. Rod.
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Looks like it's putting out some nice solid bricks. Sometimes that's an accomplishment that is hard to achieve with a baler that has been sitting that long.
 
Nice to see Case machines in action Rod. That does look like manual labor though, make sure to have plenty of liquids available. LOL Don
 
I spent many many hrs sitting on the bale chambers of 200 series balers watching them tie and adjusting and repairing the knotters when they didn't. The chamber was also my perch when the launchers were screwing up. OSHA would have been proud of me. I sure swallowed a lot of chaff and dust and got bounced off a couple times fixing them.
Dad was known as the Case Baler King. I guess that made me the Prince of balers. I was late for my high school graduation because of a troublesome 330.
Loren
 
Loren I was told by a fairly reliable source that you are the man to call in the event of a baler problem. Well I sure hope we can chat again but hopefully not because of baler troubles, LOL. Rod.
 
Loren,

What would you say were the most common knotter problems you saw on these balers and what was the remedy? Thanks!
 
Twine disc tennsion and billhook tension were probably the most common problems, followed by tucker arm adjustment to needles. The tucker arm adjustment was touchy because the needles flex during the tieing cycle. Case came out with a double twine disc finger that helped that aspect a lot. The knotter brake pad could be an issue, and subsequent needle breakage, if the ground was rough. The twine tensioner in the twine box could become an issue and allow the twine to loop over the billhook. The wiper pad and knife and roller on the stripper arm were also ocasional issues.
In other areas the sweep feeder head could have been better engineered, leading to a lot of dental work. We sold most all balers with launchers, and they had their own set of issues, the biggest of which was the coil spring that returned the launcher propulsion rod back to home position. Dad came up with a fix that eliminated removing the whole sprague clutch assy to replace the pesky spring. Case engineers came out looked it over and were going to adapt it into production, but Case stopped baler production be for the change could go into effect.
A walking beam chamber axle would have been a nice option on balers with launchers. The dual option helped, but broke some spindles.
Loren.
 
Thanks Loren, I have taken to carrying a 1/2" wrench with me when I bale with my 230, if the knotter acts up a 1/8th turn with the billhook tension will usually get results. I have also found keeping the windrow somewhere between centered and the inside solves a lot of problems as well. A few little quirks, but overall a good small square baler. Wouldn't mind finding another with a thrower.
 

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