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McCormick 45 hay bailer

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Mike Huddleston

05-24-2003 19:09:56




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I recently purchased a 45 baler.I ran it empty first to test it out,and everything worked fine. I started to bale with it and I broke the right side needle in two spots. I took it apart and had it welded back together. I took it out and tried it. I made about 12 bales, then broke the same needle in the exact same place. Also having some trouble getting it to tie correctly. Does anybody know why I'm breaking needles like this. Thank You

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SPEEDY GONZALEZ

05-15-2004 12:30:35




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
I HAVE A 45 MCCORMICK HAY BALER AND WOULD LIKE TO GET
A IDEA ON WHEN THEY QUIT MAKING THEM. THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THE DRUM TURNS BUT THE PARTS BEHIND DOESN'T IS THERE SUSPOSED TO BE A SHEAR BOLT TO SHEAR PEN BEHIND THE DRUM. 337-462-6127



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Rusty Woodworth

07-14-2003 10:05:46




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
Mike, I had the same problem. There is a safety stop that will come up to stop the plunger if the needles are up. What happened to me was the bracket that holds the linkage was rusted and bent so the stop did not come up to stop the plunger. The linkage goes from the needles up to the bottom of the plunger tunnel. If this is working well, the worst that should happen is the stop will come up, the plunger will hit the stop and a bolt will sheer at the fly wheel. You will not bend you needles when empty because there are slots in the plunger but when you have hay in front of the plunger the plunger is a solid wall. The needles also have a safety on them should they hit an obstruction. This most likely kicked out and that is why your needles there up when the plunger came back. Check the needle safety tension also but make sure your plunger stop is working first. .

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Gary NY

05-27-2003 07:48:14




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
have had mine for 30 years still works great!



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Hugh MacKay

05-27-2003 18:34:02




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 Re: Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Gary NY, 05-27-2003 07:48:14  
Gary: Every once in a long while someone like you shows up, and there was the odd one that worked well. The interesting part is the ones that work well always work well. 98% of them were horror stories when it came to tying. Rest of the baler worked decent. I don't think ours ever tied more than 20 bales without missing one.



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Noly

05-26-2003 07:04:25




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
my definition of a Ih 45 baler, bale hay 15 minutes work on it 45 minutes and repeat. lol Noly



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cole in mo

05-26-2003 05:02:12




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
the 45s would try your patence, we had one for 2 years finley got it where it did farely good. on breaking the needles, I don't think the timing is off, if so it would break both needles. trip the notters, role under the baler, have someone turn it by hand and look where the needles go up through the bottem of the bale chamber and see how much clearnce the needles have going through the slot. a friend of mine had a NH 273 that broke needles, and the twine was pulling them off center enough that they hit the bottem of the camber as they came up and broke.

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glenn

05-26-2003 03:43:27




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
when i was a kid, i use to have to ride on the back and tie the bales as they came out from the knotters. and the baler was not that old. went to 4h camp one summer and when i came back, dad had bought a new massey ferguson baler . wish i had gone to camp years before. the 45's where no good when they were new, why should they be any better with age.



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John Ne.

05-25-2003 22:55:23




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
I fought with a 45t baler for four years,, had trouble with a needle at first too, after I got it timed, that wasn't a problem, biggest problem with tying i think is inconsistency in the twine, I've run better balers, but try the adjustments first. John in Ne.



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Hugh MacKay

05-25-2003 14:21:25




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
Mike: Those balers have been acting that way for 50 years. They never would tie with any regularity. I agree the needle thing has to be timing. What you have is really nothing more than scrap metal.

The poster tha refers to the 37 baler is no measure of a 45. All other IH balers that were built are reasonably good balers. The 45 however was pure junk even when new.



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Tractor Dan

05-25-2003 08:54:03




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
i had a ih 37 baler i loved the size of the baler compact with very high capacity when i first got it, it worked great then it started missing and got it to stop missing only 1 in a 100 or so but then the bales would come out from 1 foot long to 6 foot long had many people look at it with no help and many people say get rid of it ih didnt make a good baler ever so i sold it now its all painted up and is a lawn orniment perfect place for it looks good i now have a jd 14t this thing is amazing for an old baler

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JD70Jim

05-25-2003 06:04:07




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
Have you timed the baler properly? You have already spent more on repairs than that baler is worth!

The needles break because something strikes them.. That "something" is usually the plunger head. If the baler is properly timed, if the shear bolts are all in place, it shouldn't brake needles.

Your easiest fix, considering the LOW value of an IHC 45t baler, is to purchase something, anything else!!

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here, try this

05-25-2003 04:27:48




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 Re: McCormick 45 hay bailer in reply to Mike Huddleston, 05-24-2003 19:09:56  
rust?



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