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Pete

07-28-2003 22:06:16

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I had my baler checked out last year at the local NH dealer. They installed new knotters. Everything works fine except I can't get enough twine tension in the finished bale. The bales seem to have generally good weight ( about 60 lbs) but the twine seems too loose when I pick them up. I've tried cranking the tension handles down to the nuts. The baler even has wedges in the chute to help with bale density. With these attempts to get firm heavy bales I've had to occasionally back off the tension when I jam up the chute.
If I increase the tension on the knotter twine holders would this help?

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Pete

07-29-2003 16:18:02

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Re: New Holland 273 baler in reply to Pete, 07-28-2003 22:06:16

Thanks Steve and Chas. I recently baled a mixed hay of timothy, brome, fescue and some alfalfa. Conditions were very dry. In an older part of the field (I've yet be break-up) the grass is finer and this tends to give looser and lighter bales. Bales are better in the recently re-seeded parts that have more alfalfa.

The baler has four pairs of wedges. I presume these are standard size with an effective depth of about 1 in. It looks like only the front ones are doing any real work though.

I checked the haydogs and the springs are all good. They are all shiney and seem to be working okay.

I don't know if it's my imagination, but the bales seem tighter if I keep up the ground speed. I go at about 4 mph.

I bought the baler used and it has always been this way. Maybe it's the nature of the beast! But it's no good if I break them loading onto my bale wagon through loose twine. A few bales are really tight - difficult to get hands under the twine. But generally, the twine lifts off about 3in when I lift the bale!

Larger wedges? Are they available?

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07-31-2003 06:40:06

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Re: Re: New Holland 273 baler in reply to Pete, 07-29-2003 16:18:02

Its probably not your imagination that the faster you go the better the bale. The baler can make tighter bales when the hay is coming in heavier and evenly instead of "some here, some there".

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Steve from New Holland

07-29-2003 04:52:50

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Re: New Holland 273 baler in reply to Pete, 07-28-2003 22:06:16

No Pete, That will not make a difference. I don't run into this very often, but I am curious, what kind of material is it? Hay? straw? Certain types of material is harder to pack in there than others. Having said that, how many wedges do you have in the chamber? You may put at least 3 sets(6 wedges) in. If none of this works, there is one more thing you should check. This should have been checked last winter, but perhaps it accidently was missed. Look at all 5 hay dogs(3 top and 2 bottom) and make sure they are all working. I ran into this problem one time and I could not figure the problem out. I happened to repair his haydogs for a different reason and from that time on the farmer could bale tight bales. Wow, what a way to learn! Steve

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Chas in Tn.

07-29-2003 14:54:38

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Re: Re: New Holland 273 baler in reply to Steve from New Holland, 07-29-2003 04:52:50

I would say the hay dogs are the problem. As hay is pushed foward and packed, the dogs are not holding what hay was packed on the stroke before.

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