Ya'll lost sight

Now I'll tell you something the S-69 had going for it that most later NH machines did not have. NH had some of the best manual writers anywhere during the 50s and 60s. I have never seen a manual as well written as the S-69 and 460 haybine manuals were. The trouble shooting section was second to none.

By 1970 that was a thing of the past. I have never seen a NH 570 manual, but most of the later manuals I've seen from NH were very poorly written. In fact some of the poorest manuals I've ever seen. Did you ever think that 570 may not be adjusted very well?

John In Iowa

John In Iowa

So at 888.9 45lb bales an hr. thats 14.8 bales a minute I guess. I haven't followed all these threads has someone acutally claimed that many bales an hr??

How many strokes a minute is this baler doing??
The new ones are about 93 my old 278's are rated at 105 but we only run them at 93 spm. I'm thinking this old NH69 is more like 80 SPM (someone have the specs).

So @ 80 strokes per minute that would mean about 5.4 strokes per bale to make the 15.8 bales a minute. So if these are smaller like 30" bales with 5.4 flakes per bale they gonna have to be pretty thick!

I believe 4000 bales in day with one baler (NH 278) as we've done it once that I can think of. But it was a looooo ng day in perfect conditons. Unlike our typical baling days which don't start till late afternoon. Is this baler bigger than lets say a NH273??? Cause those are a small compared to a newer baler.