Posted by Tom in TN on May 24, 2010 at 17:51:36 from (4.152.159.152):
In Reply to: NH 276 baler posted by Brad Mc on May 24, 2010 at 16:17:41:
Brad,
I have a NH 273 baler that I use to make about 2000 bales of grass hay each year. My bales are not always perfect, but they are very close to being right.
If you have gone through the manual and checked all of the adjustments for bale size and shape, and are still having problems, I would GUESS that the problem might be the size of the windrows.
On my 273, my best bales are made with about 12 to 15 cycles of the plunger per bale. That will vary of course with length and tightness of the bales you're making, but you might be able to find an optimum number of strokes per bale for your size of bales.
I pull my baler with a Ford 2000 tractor, usually running in 2nd gear. The PTO speed on my tractor is affected by the engine RPM so I keep the throttle set at 1600 to 1800 RPM to insure that the PTO is running around 540 RPM, and then select my gear based on the number of plunger strokes per bale. More than 20 strokes per bale, I upshift. Fewer that 10 strokes per bale, I downshift
Good luck working out the right combination for good bales.
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