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NH 283 Baler Question

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Chris

08-05-2002 10:38:01




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I recently purchased a NH 283 twine tie baler with hydraulic bale tension. My question is - is there a way to tighten the tension on the twine? I turned up the dial on the hydraulic tensioner and it made the bale much heavier but still had no impact on the tightness of the twine. The twine is not terribly loose but could definatley stand to be a little tighter if there is an easy way to do it...Other than that everything worked great...

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will

08-17-2002 18:56:37




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 Re: NH 283 Baler Question in reply to Chris, 08-05-2002 10:38:01  
Your twine tensioner is just outside the twine
box. there is a bolt with a locknut and a spring holding a small metal plate down as the twine feeds out of the twine box and before the twine goes through the first ceramic insulator. The 283 baler was built in the late sixties, maybe the early seventies, so you may need to loosen the locknut (Be careful not to let the spring shoot off and become lost) and remove the plate to see if grooves have been worn into the plate from a lot of use. If you have these grooves worn into the plate, they need to be welded in and ground smooth for the spring to hold tension on the twine. Your baler may have seen little use, and the way to check this is to look at the two ceramic insulators the twine feeds through for grooves and to examine the curved tubing (that acts as protection for the needles) where the twine slides against before entering the eyes of the needles, also for grooves. If the insulators and protective tubing have these grooves worn into them, your baler has seen a lot of use.
These grooves also cause the twine to drag and cause a small amount of fraying that contributes to missed ties at the knotter head and bales breaking when being picked up or stacked. Turning the insulators so the twine slides across a new area and welding up and grinding smooth the grooves in the protective tubing solves this problem. With the tensioner in good shape, adjusting the locknut and spring to keep the twine from dragging on the ground is done when baling. The hydraulic tensioner on the bale chamber is for adjusting the weight of the bale, and nothing else. I realize this is probably the longest feedback you guys have had to read, but adjusting balers and combines are the most complicated (and frustrating) of all farm machinery. Good Luck!

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Rick

08-06-2002 04:04:19




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 Re: NH 283 Baler Question in reply to Chris, 08-05-2002 10:38:01  
turn more pressure,how heavy are your bales now. Are you sure hyd pressure is working. You should be able to get strings like a rubber band in tightness. I had to quit using string went to poly instead.



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Dan

08-05-2002 20:09:08




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 Re: NH 283 Baler Question in reply to Chris, 08-05-2002 10:38:01  
The way to make the twine tight is by tension on the bale. The hydraulic tensioner is the adjustable part. Other things that help are haveing restrictors in the bale chamber(like wedges on the sides) and extensions on the plunger. The 283 should make a good tight bale if the material being baled is of a good consistency. If you are baling dry grass hay or worse yet short dry grass hay there is hardly a way to make the bales tight. Tension on the wtine is controlled at the box but increasing tension there will cause tying problems. Uneven feeding can cause baales to be loose, especially to be fatter on one side than the other, feeder fork out of adjustment makes a difference as does timing. Best bet is to get an operator's manuel it helps to give you suggestions on how to improve your bales

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