I have NH 68 baler that is not stuffing enough hay in the left side. the left tine is all the way to the left. I noticed a difference in length between the two tines, the one on the left is 4” shorter than the on the right. Are they supposed be different? How can I correct this issue?
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I assume left is sanding behind the baler looking towards the tractor.
If you want more hay on the left side, move the feeder forks to the right. Sounds counter intuitive, but that's how the adjustment is made.
There should be 3 sets of feeder tines, two aluminum sets towards the bale chamber and one shorter set of steel tines on the other end of the feeder bar. If I recall correctly, the aluminum feeder tines should be 13-14ish inches long. I measured a set at the dealer one time. They wear down and you don't realize it. Sounds like that's the problem you have.
Also, it helps greatly to have the plunger knife adjusted against the stationary (and sharp) to 1/32 inch per the manual.
Good luck,
Bill
If you want more hay on the left side, move the feeder forks to the right. Sounds counter intuitive, but that's how the adjustment is made.
There should be 3 sets of feeder tines, two aluminum sets towards the bale chamber and one shorter set of steel tines on the other end of the feeder bar. If I recall correctly, the aluminum feeder tines should be 13-14ish inches long. I measured a set at the dealer one time. They wear down and you don't realize it. Sounds like that's the problem you have.
Also, it helps greatly to have the plunger knife adjusted against the stationary (and sharp) to 1/32 inch per the manual.
Good luck,
Bill
WI Dan
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Tines are different lengths between the three sets. Sorry I can't tell you exact dimensions (no manual here).
Keeping the pickup/chamber full of hay might help. Our Hayliner 68's always made better bales when the hay was thick. It's a hungry machine.
Keeping the pickup/chamber full of hay might help. Our Hayliner 68's always made better bales when the hay was thick. It's a hungry machine.
Don't slap me down....
But are you speaking to the model 68 feeder tines? The 275 has different tines. On my 68 from left to right, standing from behind the baler, there are two sets of aluminum tines and on the right hand side - is what NH calls a rice tooth and it is spring loaded and steel. The two aluminum tine part numbers, 63486 and 63485, are the aluminum fingers and the difference (correct me if I'm wrong) is that one sets on the front of the tine bar and the other on the rear as they are LH/RH vs symmetrical hand have to be different. This is what's on my 68 and they are the same length. The rice tooth I believe is shorter.
Thanks!
Bill
But are you speaking to the model 68 feeder tines? The 275 has different tines. On my 68 from left to right, standing from behind the baler, there are two sets of aluminum tines and on the right hand side - is what NH calls a rice tooth and it is spring loaded and steel. The two aluminum tine part numbers, 63486 and 63485, are the aluminum fingers and the difference (correct me if I'm wrong) is that one sets on the front of the tine bar and the other on the rear as they are LH/RH vs symmetrical hand have to be different. This is what's on my 68 and they are the same length. The rice tooth I believe is shorter.
Thanks!
Bill
If you want more hay on the left side of the bale chamber, the feeder forks need to be set to the right - not left. IMHO the reason for this is that a bigger wad of hay gets in front of the left most pair of feeder tines with each stroke and that in tern pushes more hay into the bale chamber and in doing so more hay to the left side. Like I said, it's counter intuitive, but per the manual and worked great for me.
Good luck,
Bill
Good luck,
Bill
Northvale - PA
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Well, it seems the JD baler auger solved that problem
Massey seemed to feed pretty good with the feeder setup they had. It's basically a fork on 2 cranks that turn and feeds the hay into the chamber. Never understood why anyone would want to run hay through an auger which helps knock more leaves off the alfalfa when it's dry enough to bale.
Brother has a nh 65 and that system seems a little screwy to me too. Way to many long chains for my liking.
Donovan from Wisconsin
Brother has a nh 65 and that system seems a little screwy to me too. Way to many long chains for my liking.
Donovan from Wisconsin
Without seeing new forks or at least good used forks it's hard to say how worn your forks are. I thought mine were fine. I was entirely wrong. An inch or 2 makes a huge difference in the amount of hay that gets moved.
Get an op manual and read up on adjusting the times. FWIW- usually the factory setting will work great. If the hay isn't feeding right it's normally either small windrows, worn tines or a combination of the 2.
BTW- those tines aren't cheap but they are worth it.
flying belgian
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I have found on my 65 it makes a difference how fast you run the baler. Faster seams to throw the hay farther to the left.
flying belgian
Well-known Member
I think it is a horse a piece as far as knocking leaves off. Auger verses tines. It can't be any worse poking all them tines through the hay.
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