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Pilothawk I am not familiar with the Vermeer 504/MF1440 series, but these are some things I have learned about 605F/1560 balers. On the 605F the last bit of stroke of the tailgate cylinder moves the latch to lock the tailgate. If the cross tube on the latches is bent, they will not move freely. Shut the PTO off and Lift the tailgate part way and lock it. Disconnect the arm that connects the latches to the ear on the cylinder. Try pivoting the latches. They should move freely. If not, find the source of the problem and correct. As for sticking bales let me ask you some questions. Are you making baleage or dry hay? If you are making dry hay, is the hay dry enough? That used to be a "FEATURE" of the old Vermeer balers. If the hay was not dry enough to bale, then you had trouble with plugging, hay wrapping around rollers and if you did finish a bale, it would be stuck solid in the bale chamber. I have fought for half an hour getting one of those bales out. The bales you make like that are going to mold and are junk. You could not bale trouble free unless the hay was dry enough to be properly preserved in the bale. I do not know if any of this is applicable, but it might help. John
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