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Big Bear farms were on the West side of Powell...about 10 miles South of Delaware, Ohio...now a housing development... Our Baler went to near Plain City...Don't think it is used anymore...may be available, not sure... As for the splicing...I can describe it.....pretty straight forward on the top coils...just splice after the knotter.. For the bottom coils, you have to stop the baler JUST as the needles are ready to start down, after it has tied a bale, pull out about 18" of wire from the old coil and cut the coil free and remove it. Tie the end of the wire to the bottom of the needles. Take ONE wire tie off the coil, and start it into the box,then take the other ties off, one at a time, as you slide it into the box. There is a right way, and a wrong way..watch it.!! Roll the flywheel, to run the needles down. Pull some wire thru the needles at the top, where the wire is going on the bale.( that is where you will tie the splice). Cut the rest loose and remove it from the needle. Pull the wire out of the needle ( unthread it), pull enough wire out of the new coil to rethread the needle, and tie them together ABOVE the needle. Use a knot made with a loop in each wire end, so the tail wraps around it's own wire, and BEND the end back on the twisted wire when you are done twisting, cut off the excess..then it WON'T come untied. (about 4 turns). That does it...!!!
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