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Don Pine

10-23-2007 08:15:23

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Folks,

First, I owe a huge thanks to many of you for the previous advice I"ve gleaned thru the archives. This is my first year on the tractor side of the baler, and most of the problems I"ve encountered (due to rookie error) have been previously covered. My first trip to the field was a fiasco, but results have greatly improved thru the year. In fact, I even baled a few acres of oats around the first of OCT and got finished in time for supper!

But last week I baled some short grass (about 12") and did I have trouble. The old baler seldom ever misses a knot. But much too often it failed to cut the twine (9000 sisal) on one side or the other. It either cut it slick as a whistle, or not at all. Is this the nature of the beast in working with short grass?

I know it"s not due to dull knives. I think I could replace them now in the dark. Any suggestions short of staying out of short grass?

Thanks,

Don

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johns48jdb

10-24-2007 16:00:21

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Re: IH 428 baler problem in reply to Don Pine, 10-23-2007 08:15:23

one other little foot note here. when your bailing in thin hay and light windrows, every time the plunger comes back it packs what ever is there, of course, but if there is nothing there it will cause the wheel that determines the legth of the bale to move ever so slightly. over a period of time it will actually make the baler think its time to tie another bale off and then you start getting real short bales.

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Dubv1980

10-24-2007 13:13:47

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Re: IH 428 baler problem in reply to Don Pine, 10-23-2007 08:15:23

I can concur here. When I was baling short grass and the windrows were really small, I came out with really loose bales and knotting trouble. I think the solution is to definitely try to push as many windrows together to make a more substantial pile of hay to feed into the baler at one time. That way you get more pressure on the knotter as the bale pushes through the shute. Good luck...I'm a beginner too!

Chris

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johns48jdb

10-23-2007 17:21:41

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Re: IH 428 baler problem in reply to Don Pine, 10-23-2007 08:15:23

i use to have a lot of trouble with the same thing your having problems with. i solved most of the problems by raking more passes together in short or thin hey to make a bigger windrow. to do that you can go into a field and with a side delivery rake, rake several passes togeher by turning left each time you come to a corner or just going around the field where your always tuening left. do that several times, depending on the thinckness of the windrow and then at one corner turn back where you just came from and throw one pass to the right and then go back at the same corner to going left again. this makes it a lot easier and faster to get the bailing done because you don't make as many passes with the baler. bigger windrows keep more hay flowing into the baler at a more consistant rate and that always helped me with knotter problems. seems like that to small amount of hay going into the baler made it not tie right.

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