Tieing every bundle

da.bees · Jun 17, 2013

When I first became interested in tinkering with cars, old timers said of a well tuned engine that idled smooth and slow"it's tieing every bundle". Arguments over who had the best car was settled by slow racing. Put them in low gear and see who's would travel slowest without clutching or breaking. Wasn't uncommon for the contest to be moved to a hill before it was over.
What expressions did they use in your part of country.

Russ from MN · Jun 18, 2013

Interesting story, I suppose the old binders in good working order would tie every bundle, wish I could see one work sometime, my father talked about them.
On the other hand when I worked in the JD shop one particular engine (350 crawler) would idle really slow. The head mechanic told me this was not good for them, but I don't remember an explanation, I thought it was the jerkiness. Recently I read on here about the need for an engine to rotate fast enough for the oil to be thrown up onto the cylinder walls. I have noted on the really large diesel ship engines they have spray nozzles to take care of that.

keh · Jun 18, 2013

I helped operate a binder. Grain was cut before it was dead ripe. You walked around and stacked the bundles in a "shock" of 6 bundles, let themdry in the field, then hauled them to the barn. Less hay handling with square bales, just more effort. Sometimes they would tie every bundle. Knotter mechanism on the one we used was very much like the knotters on a NH hay baler.

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