MyDaughtersPony
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I am having issues with bale compactness and twine tightness. Any and all advice would be amazing. I am very new and know the basics. I have been posting on haytalk and a few people recommended I try here.
(quoted from post at 13:17:38 08/29/16) forgot to mentioin, feed rate of hay makes a lot of difference. Most balers I have opperated bale better when feeder is kept full. If you have small windrows, roll 2 together and it may work better.
(quoted from post at 21:56:39 08/29/16) I did not realize windrow size was such an
important factor. The windrows I was baling
were small and the length of the grass was
on the shorter end. I do have 1 set of stops
or wedges. I called the dealership and they
said the 66 was only designed to have 1 set.
The hay dogs 2 top and 2 bottom are in
position and the springs are working. My
bale chamber is rusty so it was suggested
that I take a wire wheel to it to shine it
up. I am aware of the bale tensioners at
the end of the chute. The manual suggests
starting about half way down the bolt and
adjusting from there. I am really hoping I
can make a nice bale by increasing windrow
size. I honestly didn't realize it would be
so hard to to make a nice bale.
(quoted from post at 12:48:35 08/30/16) If I had other options than going "cheap" I would gladly choose that path. However, I am in a limited funds situation so I need
to make the best with that I have. I totally understand that equipment wears and old equipment wears 100x faster. All of my
equipment is OLD!
Farmall 200 and Farmall BN
NH Super 66 - Baler
IH 27V - Sickle Bar
NH 256 - Rake
I need to get a few years behind my belt. See if I can fund some equipment upgrades with some hay sales. In order to have
sellable bales they need to be decent shaped and tightness.
(quoted from post at 16:12:47 08/30/16) I'm not sure I know what you mean about two big screw handles just behind the knotters. It has the bale tensioners at the end of the chamber/chute.
(quoted from post at 15:16:13 08/31/16) Yes it is tying good. I'm going to try the larger windrow with slow speed.
(quoted from post at 20:02:06 08/31/16)(quoted from post at 15:16:13 08/31/16) Yes it is tying good. I'm going to try the larger windrow with slow speed.
If you go slow you will negate the big windrow, It can draw in only what it can reach. I bet you are running it at half the correct RPMs too, trying to baby it. That is very hard on a baler, especially an old one.
(quoted from post at 14:55:40 09/02/16) I did some baling today and was very happy with the results. It must have been the windrow size and ground speed. I double up the windrows and kept a faster pace. The
bales were very much tighter and compact. The bales were still a bit light but that was because I was baling bone dry straight grass.
(quoted from post at 14:55:40 09/02/16) I did some baling today and was very happy with the results. It must have been the windrow size and ground speed. I double up the windrows and kept a faster pace. The
bales were very much tighter and compact. The bales were still a bit light but that was because I was baling bone dry straight grass.
(quoted from post at 12:25:56 09/06/16)(quoted from post at 14:55:40 09/02/16) I did some baling today and was very happy with the results. It must have been the windrow size and ground speed. I double up the windrows and kept a faster pace. The
bales were very much tighter and compact. The bales were still a bit light but that was because I was baling bone dry straight grass.
I'm glad that you are getting things going in the direction that you want. My wife just did some great bales with our baler and an unfamiliar tractor, in different sized windrows with just a few simple instructions:
You should hear the plunger going like the ticking of a clock...about one stroke per second.
You should listen for the knotters activating somewhere around every 11 plunger strokes (a number that I've revised down, based on experience with our 276)
Just listen to your baler. Get a feel for a good plunger tempo. Count the number of plunger strokes per bale (listen for when the knotter activates to tell you when a bale is "done") that works for your baler to make a good bale.
Once you've gotten an ear for it, you can adjust your ground speed on the fly just by listening to your baler. It worked for her, and she doesn't have that much experience.
Again...glad that you're happy with your results.
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