lastcowboy32
Well-known Member
So, we finally made some bales with the NH269 that we bought a couple of weeks ago. The one that was mothballed indoors for about ten years.
Good news?
Well...we replaced the upper thrower belt housing mounts; because the old ones were so loose that the drive belt could jump; when I either turned the PTO on or off. That was a success. We now have perfect thrower operation. No drive belt jumping... all good.
The knotters only needed a little greasing and about five bales and some will placed penetrating oil to start to work flawlessly. Where did they need penetrating oil that surprised me? The pivot for the tucker fingers... there is no grease zerk... must be a little corrosion had worked its way in there; and they are really only reset by spring pressure. They weren't resetting between bales. Like I said... after completely missing about five knots and me identifying that the fingers weren't resetting.... bam... perfect knots every time.
Bad News?
When I replaced the thrower mounting bolts, I had to rebalance the tension on the top thrower belt. It's running straight.... BUT... I must have moved it ever so slightly from its previous running position and the twine on my bales is hitting fresh belt...as opposed to the grooves worn by the twine on previous bales.
So, I'm getting perfect knots, but we broke about every tenth bale... with a perfect knot and a section of the twine burned through by the belt.
I was stacking in the wagon, so I had my wife go up a gear to ensure that the bales were getting pushed into the knotter quickly...as opposed to waiting. Helped the bales.... gave this old farmboy a workout. Bales were flying pretty fast
So... How do I solve this twine burning issue?
Switch to sisal for a while? Does that take the belt better than poly?
Try to eyeball the thrower belt to line up with the bales in the chamber and rebalance the tension to put it in line?
Just wait it out, and let it burn a new groove into the belt?
Another question...
If I can't put this baler indoors for the winter... has anybody ever considered pulling wiper arms and bill hooks for the winter? Seems like the rest of the knotter would do fine with a greasing and then a coating of some oily water repellent. (With the issue of cleaning the twine fingers next spring duly noted)
Worth the time?
Just put some heavy grease on them and cover the knotters with a strong tarp?
Good news?
Well...we replaced the upper thrower belt housing mounts; because the old ones were so loose that the drive belt could jump; when I either turned the PTO on or off. That was a success. We now have perfect thrower operation. No drive belt jumping... all good.
The knotters only needed a little greasing and about five bales and some will placed penetrating oil to start to work flawlessly. Where did they need penetrating oil that surprised me? The pivot for the tucker fingers... there is no grease zerk... must be a little corrosion had worked its way in there; and they are really only reset by spring pressure. They weren't resetting between bales. Like I said... after completely missing about five knots and me identifying that the fingers weren't resetting.... bam... perfect knots every time.
Bad News?
When I replaced the thrower mounting bolts, I had to rebalance the tension on the top thrower belt. It's running straight.... BUT... I must have moved it ever so slightly from its previous running position and the twine on my bales is hitting fresh belt...as opposed to the grooves worn by the twine on previous bales.
So, I'm getting perfect knots, but we broke about every tenth bale... with a perfect knot and a section of the twine burned through by the belt.
I was stacking in the wagon, so I had my wife go up a gear to ensure that the bales were getting pushed into the knotter quickly...as opposed to waiting. Helped the bales.... gave this old farmboy a workout. Bales were flying pretty fast
So... How do I solve this twine burning issue?
Switch to sisal for a while? Does that take the belt better than poly?
Try to eyeball the thrower belt to line up with the bales in the chamber and rebalance the tension to put it in line?
Just wait it out, and let it burn a new groove into the belt?
Another question...
If I can't put this baler indoors for the winter... has anybody ever considered pulling wiper arms and bill hooks for the winter? Seems like the rest of the knotter would do fine with a greasing and then a coating of some oily water repellent. (With the issue of cleaning the twine fingers next spring duly noted)
Worth the time?
Just put some heavy grease on them and cover the knotters with a strong tarp?