New Holland baler Field Manual

dhermesc

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How is a Field Manual different than the Operators Manual on a New Holland baler? This will be the first New Holland baler (276) I've ever owned and its not like I consider myself much above amateur at best on any baler. Would the field manual be much more technical than the operating manual?
 
I run a NH 315, I have recently bought a field manual, Personally I prefer the Operators manual because it has more info pertaining to a specific model of baler.
 
(quoted from post at 12:11:03 07/05/17) How is a Field Manual different than the Operators Manual on a New Holland baler? This will be the first New Holland baler (276) I've ever owned and its not like I consider myself much above amateur at best on any baler. Would the field manual be much more technical than the operating manual?
I bought a copy of New Holland's Haymaker's Handbook which contains a lot of good information. and it was not expensive at $15. I recommend this because it goes into pretty good detail about various hay crops, machinery, and things that reduce yield and quality of hay.
 
IMHO more info is better. Starting with the knotters, below is a link to how they work - if you haven't seen it. Don't forget, if one knotter is acting-up, there is an identical knotter beside it for reference.

Check your aluminum feeder tines, they should be around 13-3/4ish inches long if I recall correctly. They can wear down and you don't notice it, several inches. This will cause banana bales. Feed the baler pickup next to the plunger side. JD with the auger is opposite. If you are not getting enough hay to one side or the other, move the feeder time forks opposite. If you need more hay on the left (standing behind the baler looking towards the tractor) move the tines right a little bit until the problem is corrected. Check that you have all of your haydogs and their springs are good. There should be probably 4 triangular wedges vertically mounted in the bale chamber, make sure they are there too. If you need to know what this stuff looks like, New Holland has a great website with printable exploded parts lists for free.

The plunger knife should be sharp and set about 3/32 inch (double check the manual) to the stationary. Over winter, you might pull the plunger and check the bearings, knife, etc. Run the baler at 540 PTO rpms. More flakes = a more consistent bale and you get all of the flywheel inertia too.

Don't limit your reading to just NH balers. You can read the manuals for JD 328, 338 and 348 balers for free online. Watch all kinds of YouTube videos, search and read old forum posts. Ask questions.

IMHO - the 276 is one of the best.

Hope this helps.
Bill
Video NH Knotter
 
Field Manual? Maybe that's the military version. Achtung. My favorite was FM 218, "Supply Operations from the Prone Position".
 
The feeder tines are actually steel on this baler - I know because the previous owner broke one off and welded a piece of rebar in place. That's getting replaced this winter. The knives on the plunger are extremely dull - most likely never sharpened by the previous owner - he had this baler 7 years. I ran 8 bales through it and it appears to be working correctly. I plan on sharpening the knives and setting the pickup (he had the dolly wheel set to its highest position and the only thing keeping the pickup out of the dirt was the spring. I only have about 300 bales of prairie hay to finish the year and then I have a lot of time to tinker with it.
 
i bought new hollnd knotter service manuel.. more in depth info on knotters.. tear down rebuild.. adjustments..
 

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