I am an old guy who is new to baling hay with my Massey 9 small square baler.
I just purchased some Brazilian Gold Premium Sisal Twine, 9000ft, and when it feeds out of the tight inner spool opening it binds every so often creating uneven tension in the Knotter assembly so that the twine does not get swept off the knotter hook. It get bound on the hook. Nothing is wrong mechanically from my close review of the documentation, I am concerned about what is normal twine flow rate and pressure...out of the spool and therefore through the twine tension brackets to the knotters.
Anyway, should I run out a couple hundred feet of each spool of twine into a twine balls in order to widen the inner spool diameters and therefore possibly allow the twine to flow out of the spool cores more evenly, with more even pressure on through the tension bracket...to the knotters?
I am not certain how much constant tension should be on the twine to ensure good operation. From what I read, just enough to keep the flow of twine from overrunning or flopping loose during operation. Is that feather light, huge pull, or where in between?
Any help anyone will offer is appreciated. Thank You
I just purchased some Brazilian Gold Premium Sisal Twine, 9000ft, and when it feeds out of the tight inner spool opening it binds every so often creating uneven tension in the Knotter assembly so that the twine does not get swept off the knotter hook. It get bound on the hook. Nothing is wrong mechanically from my close review of the documentation, I am concerned about what is normal twine flow rate and pressure...out of the spool and therefore through the twine tension brackets to the knotters.
Anyway, should I run out a couple hundred feet of each spool of twine into a twine balls in order to widen the inner spool diameters and therefore possibly allow the twine to flow out of the spool cores more evenly, with more even pressure on through the tension bracket...to the knotters?
I am not certain how much constant tension should be on the twine to ensure good operation. From what I read, just enough to keep the flow of twine from overrunning or flopping loose during operation. Is that feather light, huge pull, or where in between?
Any help anyone will offer is appreciated. Thank You