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beginner baler twine questions

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ranger TX

04-26-2007 09:59:25




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I inhereted a NH 68 sqaure baler from my uncle and will use this year for the first time on some grass hay fields. Is there a trick to tying the twine spools in box? when the twine gets used up in the primary spools do you move them over and put in 2 new ones tied together? any special knot? and how many bales do you get with twine? uncle's NH manual did not talk about these things.




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Randy as in Randy-IA

04-26-2007 19:16:31




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 Re: beginner baler twine questions in reply to ranger TX, 04-26-2007 09:59:25  
Hi , This topic came up last year and someone suggested a reef knot , I tried it and it worked great with 7200 in my old worn out JD 14T . Try the link below and check out the reef . It's an easy knot and doesn't take much time , just trim the tails close and go . Good luck ! ...Randy



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mn.Chuck

04-26-2007 14:54:21




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 Re: beginner baler twine questions in reply to ranger TX, 04-26-2007 09:59:25  
A farmer showed me this. Tie a half a knot-then take the loose ends and push them together as you
wiggle and sort of slide them together. While
holding them snug the assembly together. A couple
practice tries and you can have the smallest knot
in town-and won't pull apart. Chuck



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Bullfidller

04-30-2007 08:46:36




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 Re: beginner baler twine questions in reply to mn.Chuck, 04-26-2007 14:54:21  
This is what I was taught, seems to work the best.



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Tom in TN

04-26-2007 13:34:44




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 Re: beginner baler twine questions in reply to ranger TX, 04-26-2007 09:59:25  
Ranger,

I agree with Gerald with one more idea. I hold the ends of the twine in my hand and vigorously pull it across the blade of my pocket knife to thin down the twine by about half. Then I tie the square knot and roll the knot between my fingers to try to compress the knot. I still get a few snags at the knotter, but usually, the knot makes it through the knotter okay.

Good luck,

Tom in TN

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Gerald J.

04-26-2007 10:37:49




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 Re: beginner baler twine questions in reply to ranger TX, 04-26-2007 09:59:25  
A square knot is a good start. I had to corner several old timers to learn to make it work. The plain square knot will catch, probably on the fingers. My solution is to roll that knot between my palms until its hardly a lump. That takes some time but if done patiently it will pass through all the holes it must and won't break in the bale.

Gerald J.



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Don-Wi

04-26-2007 10:24:12




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 Re: beginner baler twine questions in reply to ranger TX, 04-26-2007 09:59:25  
We use a square knot. Anything else just pulls apart and then you have to rethread the twine in the baler. We use 7200 because our baler is a little worn, but if the knotters are in good shape you can use 9000 as we did for many years. We started having knots break and some misc. twine breakage while stacking. A ball of 7200 will do about 2 1/2-3 loads for us, which is around 400 bales. 9000 should go closer to 5-600 bales.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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RayP(MI)

04-26-2007 19:31:40




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 Re: beginner baler twine questions in reply to Don-Wi, 04-26-2007 10:24:12  
We use a square knot, and then take the leading loose end, untwist the twine in front enough to insert leading end into it, and smooth it out and twist it tight again. Clip off trailing loose end fairly short. Never had a problem. 278 Hayliner.



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