RodinNS..baler question

Hay hay hay · Jun 5, 2016

I know you run a claas baler. I have an old OMC which is a basic Claas clone.
Mine has Hydraulic tie which works fine except it cuts the twine end long which sometimes
catches and starts feeding on the next bale.
Do you have any advice on how long the twine end should be and where it should hang as the next (new)
bale is is rolled? I know this is basic but it is a frustrating problem.

Thanks

oj · Jun 7, 2016

I have an old claas baler as a back up, not used it several years, but it sounds like either the twine arm isn't parking in the right spot allowing the twine to be caught in the next bale or the twine knife isn't cutting the twine quickly enough. I know the twine knife needs to be razor sharp to work properly on those balers, I wonder if that is your problem.
Hope that helps

RodinNS · Jun 8, 2016

I'm not really familiar with the OMC balers. Might have seen one or two over the years. If it's got a single central wand like the Claas of earlier years had, then I'd say set the wand as long as you can so it doesn't run the twine off the left edge of the bale... to the extent that it also doesn't start running twine into the pickup when the wand is 'home'. So I guess if yours is cutting long I'd try and shorten the wand up. Mine has a telescopic wand so I just loosen the lock bolts and shorten it.
The main problem I have with mine is a dull knife or weak cutter spring. Aside from that it's pretty reliable.

I know a lot of people refer to these balers as clones of the Claas.... but what I've seen of the Gehl's at least is that they are only a clone in so far as they use steel rollers. The rest of the apparatus was of their own manufacturer's design.... On another older Gehl model I worked with a bit... the twine setup was the biggest Rube Goldberg mess I ever saw.

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