Ford 532 baler

(quoted from post at 15:30:57 04/03/16) Also how fast can i bail with that and how big of windrows with it handel

A common mistake made by newbies with old balers is running them too slow, which puts more load on the moving parts as it is pushing and compressing hay. Higher speed = less pressure needed. Run it at 540 and let that flywheel do what it is intended to. For well formed bales you need to be picking up a good amount of hay.
 
(quoted from post at 05:01:12 04/04/16)
(quoted from post at 15:30:57 04/03/16) Also how fast can i bail with that and how big of windrows with it handel

A common mistake made by newbies with old balers is running them too slow, which puts more load on the moving parts as it is pushing and compressing hay. Higher speed = less pressure needed. Run it at 540 and let that flywheel do what it is intended to. For well formed bales you need to be picking up a good amount of hay.

thank you
 
I can't offer much on the size of windrow for hay, but I had a 532 ford baler for straw. We would split the 35 foot windrow left behind the combine ( so roughly 17' worth of straw) and we had to go about as slow as my d-17 allis would go at times. I would GUESS that if you merged 2 7 or 8 foot windrows of hay would work ok, but experiment a little to be positive.

My baler also wasn't a fan of plastic twine. Worked GREAT with sisal. What I did find out is if I ran 170 pound plastic it worked better than the stuff TSC sells (I think TSC sells only 130 pound poly twine, my 170 comes from the local elevator, and is cheaper than the stuff from TSC), I should add that the John Deere baler that replaced my ford don't seem to like TSC poly twine either (found out one Sunday afternoon when we ran short of twine) again, I think it's the size of the twine.. (Sisal and 170 pound poly has a similar size, imo.

Last I will add is I sold the ford to my neighbor, I had sharpened the twine knives, but he wanted to replace them when I sold it to him, so I ordered the knives (if you have to replace them source them through agco.. About half the price of new holland, and they are identical) and installed them before he used the baler, he says he never missed a bale, when I had it we'd lose 2-3 bales per load it seemed like, but I think a lot of my issues was "pushing" the baler choking more in than it could handle.

Brad
 

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