lastcowboy32
Well-known Member
Last weekend, I was baling some rough ground on a neighbor's land. My baler missed a couple of knots out of 200 bales using 7200 foot sisal twine. It previously went through an entire bale of plastic twine (about 500 bales) with no misses.
This baler is new, to me, this year; so I'm figuring out some quirks. Apparently, it seems that its knotters do better with plastic, and that's what I have lined up as the next twine to put through it, as soon as this ball of 7200 is done.
But, last weekend, it did something that I hadn't seen before. When I went around to pick up, (It's setup to bale onto the ground) I noticed a few very tiny, one-slab bales that were ejected right next to good bales. They had good knots, but appeared to be the product of an accidental knotter trip.
There were a few of these sprinkled around.
This field is new to me, and it's rough. Can a bump cause a glitch in the knotter mechanism, essentially tripping it prematurely?
Other than that, where in the mechanism should I be looking for play or wear?
Thanks
This baler is new, to me, this year; so I'm figuring out some quirks. Apparently, it seems that its knotters do better with plastic, and that's what I have lined up as the next twine to put through it, as soon as this ball of 7200 is done.
But, last weekend, it did something that I hadn't seen before. When I went around to pick up, (It's setup to bale onto the ground) I noticed a few very tiny, one-slab bales that were ejected right next to good bales. They had good knots, but appeared to be the product of an accidental knotter trip.
There were a few of these sprinkled around.
This field is new to me, and it's rough. Can a bump cause a glitch in the knotter mechanism, essentially tripping it prematurely?
Other than that, where in the mechanism should I be looking for play or wear?
Thanks