new holland 66 square baler

C and Z Cattle · Feb 16, 2015

I was thinking about growing some alfalfa this year and square baling it. My baler is very picky about what it will bale. Never dealed with alfalfa but I would imagine it is kindly tuff and I was wondering how you guys thought my baler would do with it.

DeltaRed · Feb 16, 2015

Your baler will handle alfalfa just fine.If it's
"picky"(what does that really mean?),it is probably
needing some serviceing or adjusting.Get out your
book and "get after it".If you dont havr a book,get
one.Those were fine (although slow) old balers.Some
guys here on the forum are still useing them.

C and Z Cattle · Feb 16, 2015

Thank you for your input. It is a very slow baler. Just a small green clump will stop it up. Definitely have to give it plenty of time and go slow.

DeltaRed · Feb 16, 2015

Stop it how? Shear the shear bolt? Slip the slip
clutch?

flying belgian · Feb 16, 2015

Not fit to bale if you have green clump. Leave it
dry for a couple more days.

donjr · Feb 17, 2015

I had an old 66 years ago- my first baler. According to the book, it had a 10 ton per hour capacity. That ain't slow. But- I never had 10 ton hay in those days.....

old · Feb 17, 2015

Sounds like your baling hay that is to green and not as dry as it should be or the knife edge of the plunger is dull or both

casecollectorsc · Feb 17, 2015

Wonder if he is running the machine at pto speed?

C and Z Cattle · Feb 17, 2015

Stop it as in shear a bolt. We don't have flat land here and there are parts of a field that never get sun and are very hard to dry out. You can either bale it with a green clump here and there or you can let it lay there and rot. Yes I am running at pto speeds.

Dick L · Feb 18, 2015

Alfalfa takes longer to dry than grasses for sure. Helps to run it thru a conditioner twice to get more of the stem juice out. Tedding also helps dry alfalfa faster.

Bret4207 · Feb 18, 2015

(quoted from post at 22:53:26 02/17/15) Stop it as in shear a bolt. We don't have flat land here and there are parts of a field that never get sun and are very hard to dry out. You can either bale it with a green clump here and there or you can let it lay there and rot. Yes I am running at pto speeds.

You need a tedder. Baling it with green in it is just another type of rot and maybe a barn fire. Getting a tedder was the best hay making buy I ever made.

Leroy · Feb 18, 2015

You need to rake to seperate the easier to dry from the harder to dry and bale what is ready one day and wait on the rest till it is ready. And we wore out a 66. If was still farming that is what I would have now yet a 66 or S66 or a 65 that is a smaller baler than the 66. Also sounds like you are trying to make too big of a windrow, they are not ment to be crouded.

JayinNY · Feb 18, 2015

Not to copy Bret, but I second him, get a Tedder.,

GordoSD · Feb 19, 2015

Check your clutches are set up to proper torque.

showcrop · Feb 20, 2015

3X get a Tedder! Also don't run it slow. Slow is very hard on balers. makes them break lots of stuff.

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