JD 467 rd baler ?

Tx Jim

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This is the 1st time for this problem. I have an '05 JD 467 rd baler that baled 22,450 bales. It only has 3 or 4 missing/broken PU teeth. Belts were replaced with new belts in the Spring of last year and have about 3200-3300 bales on them. I was baling ""unconditioned Johnson grass"" as I only have a disc cutter(no crimper) and as moisture/humidity got lower baler began to easily plug before starting the core. If I slowed rpm's to idle sometimes it would start core,sometimes it would plug. I then asked my neighbor whom own's a similar 467 that he just bought with bale count unknown because original monitor was stolen from from out of seller's tractor cab while parked in hay field. Long story/short his baler never attempted to plug even at pto speed.
Thanks for any ideas,Jim
 
What is the condition of the bars on the starter roll. Should be smooth with that many bales. Grind a sharp edge or weld and grind.

Is the pickup drive belt driving or is the sheaves and belt worn and not providing enough force to the incoming crop. Would have
thought more pickup teeth would have been broken or missing due to "working".

Roger
 
Wow Jim I didn't think I would see you asking a question about a Round baler! You have a pile of experience and knowledge with them.
That being said I don't have any suggestions for you. We don't have Johnson grass here so I am unfamiliar with its quirks. I have used the "idle down to get started" technique the odd time on some slippery crop or when the diamond is getting well worn from the belt.
What about the compressor rack? I had one custom operator who removed them from every machine he had and got along great. I started doing that to the odd machine as well.
Sorry I can't help more.
 

Roger
I forgot to state that my baler has mega-wide pickup with slip clutch that doesn't slip when plugging happens. My baler has the spiral rods on starter roll that I've welded a bead on in the past but probably need welding again as I bale in very abrasive soil conditions.
Thanks,Jim
 
The "unconditioned" is probably the problem as the stems are pretty stiff to fold over to start the bale. Belts and pickup drive can
affect starting. Drive the tractor and baler tire on the windrow and then try to bale it. See if they will break up "condition" the
stems.

Sometime you can drive across the windrow and not down it, to start a bale in really difficult conditions. Then drive normally down the
windrow.
 
What's the humidity and moisture content? I have had problems with hay being too dry on clogging, especially with a high stem percentage, slick
stem like JG. I don't crimp JG but I do Sorghum cross. Try it early in the morning and see if that helps.

I don't have any bars on any rollers that I know of other than on the Corsicana Machine Shop built drag type crimper.
 

Hay got too dry because of popup showers caused hay to lay 2 days too long. I tried driving tractor tires on windrow too long,tried starting bales by driving across windrow. Sat morning I started baling at 8 AM & baled fine until about 11 AM then problems started.
 
Not to make light of your problem.. but I'm always in awe of anyone that has hay that's too dry to bale. Our climate's are so different.
We're lucky to ever get it dry enough to bale here.

Rod
 

Update:
I moved across the county road to start baling Coastal that was cut with my disc cutter yesterday. Baled 125 4X5.5 bales with not one plugging. Bales were testing 11-13% moisture.
 
Depends here. Spring baling is a crap shoot. Summer baling is the best time but when the rain quits and it quits like a digital piece of info.....1-0. The grass quits growing and you have nothing to bale. Play around to get a grass that makes good yield but supports the weather patterns and just about the time you get it going, the weather patterns change.
 

I've now baled over 500 Bermuda grass bales since problems with plugging PU with Johnson grass without plugging my baler so I think I'll be looking for a disc cutter with a roller conditioner to cut the fields with a lot of Johnson grass.
 

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