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New Holland 272 _What type of twine?

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Mark

08-01-2001 19:31:59




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Hi,

What type of twine should I use in my New Holland 272. I have no idea! Can you guys help me? I don't get my manual till next week.

Mark




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dave(ne)

08-02-2001 06:58:20




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 Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to Mark, 08-01-2001 19:31:59  
I use plastic in my NH 268 baler. I comes in 4800 ft spools and has 170 lb knot strength.



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smirkey

08-02-2001 06:41:12




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 Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to Mark, 08-01-2001 19:31:59  
i use both. plastic if i anticipate rodent problems or store hay outside. use sisal if you can, i think its easier on hands and decomposes easily. check your market of customer first. plastic is sometimes unacceptable. also note they have a special bill hook if you're always going to use plastic. but it's not necessary. if your knotter is adjusted well, you can switch back and forth. if using a bale thrower plastic will somtimes burn up against the belts and cause a lot of bale breakage.

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Jerry D in NC

08-02-2001 02:57:25




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 Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to Mark, 08-01-2001 19:31:59  
Mark, Go out to that baler and find out what type of twine is in it. You sound like you are in a hurry and if you don't have a manual then "tweeking and minor adjustments" may become a nightmare. Most balers need to be setup with the type of twine that you want to use and reset when you change twines. As for what the customers are looking for Horse people always want sisal but most are finally accepting the fact that you are buying the hay. For the short term see if you can get the very same type and weight of twine as has been running in the baler. Carry the label if you can if not then a piece of twine for a sample to match.

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Burrhead

08-01-2001 20:11:05




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 Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to Mark, 08-01-2001 19:31:59  
I use sissal twine cause I don't like the mess from poly twines, and older balers do better with natural than manmade twines.

They claim the new poly will decompose in 2 years, but that's a lie.



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Mark

08-01-2001 20:35:08




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 Re: Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to Burrhead, 08-01-2001 20:11:05  
Hi,

So do the older balers take the 700 poly, or are they better with sissal. Someone told me that the baler might not be able to cut the poly twine, is this true? What is the price difference between sissal and poly? What advantages are there to using sissal? What advantages are there to using poly? I am 17, and just getting into haying to pay for college. I need all the help I can get. Thanks guys.

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Burrhead

08-02-2001 19:19:59




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 Re: Re: Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to Mark, 08-01-2001 20:35:08  
Like some said you can tweek and tune til the baler will run poly twine but it takes some fine tuning and knife sharpening.

Your neighbor is right the poly is hard on the knives and tensioners on a old baler. If it's been running with sissal I would bet it won't cut poly without a bunch of headaches and grief.

If you set the tensioners tight enough to make heavy enough bales to justify the use poly twine you'll spend most of your day putting in shear bolts and patching the knotter chains on and old baler.

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paul

08-02-2001 01:23:40




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 Re: Re: Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to Mark, 08-01-2001 20:35:08  
Your baler should handle either sisal or plastic - might take some fine tuning if you are switching.

A lot of people will NOT accept plastic if you are planning on selling hay. Check with your customers.

Plastic is cheaper & lasts longer, less rodent damage. Those are the pluses.

Also it's negative tho - it lasts - forever. The darn plstic never goes away, and messes up your fields when you haul out the manure. & however careful a person is, some twine seems to end up along out there. Also the plastic can harm wool sales for sheep producers.

I use sisal 9000 with my NH 270, works well. For extra strength you could use 7200 but costs more. Never worked with plastic, wouldn't know what to get....

--->Paul

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scooterhead

08-03-2001 02:45:44




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to paul, 08-02-2001 01:23:40  
Used plastic once about 10-12 years ago , Found a piece with my chainsaw last winter !!!!! !!



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Dan

08-01-2001 21:30:58




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 Re: Re: Re: New Holland 272 _What type of twine? in reply to Mark, 08-01-2001 20:35:08  
I have a 282 baler, use poly twine. I think it has mor strength than the sissel. I use 4500 foot spools as the 6500s won't fit in the twine box. You can also get 5000 foot spools but the knot strength was less than on the 4500 at least from my supplier. You might check to see what was used in the baler before you got it. I would think the baler would work with either type twine. Might have to change adjustment or bill hooks though.

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