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Letting go? or Breaking, is sometimes a result of bale tension too tight on slightly too damp of grass to let the twine 'slide' around the end of the bale as each 'pat, flake, slice,.. whatever your local lingo calls it' is made by the plunger. Letting go, need to tighten the twine discs/holder a tad, breaking (at the twine disc/holder), need to back off the bale tension a tad to allow the twine to slip around the bale as it is formed, (might also be the twine bracket a tad tight, not allowing the twine to feed out in conjunction with the extra tension of a 'tight' bale on grass that is too 'damp / green' -- if it is alfalfa - [don't have a clue! as I've never baled alfalfa] 3 misses out of 103 is 'rather good' or 'rather bad' depending on all the circumstances & baler/knotter conditions..... ..(if my NH273 missed that many, I would be getting 'irritated'.....if my Ford 542 'only' missed that many, I'd be smiling.. (was 'wore out' when I got it -- still have some knotter parts needing fixing/replacing -- consistantly will miss 1 out of 12 - 15, [could be partially 'operator error' though.....as I have put it in some 'demanding' situations in unknown pastures with irradic windrows & still learning it's tension settings] As for 'cured vs. uncured'(grass), with my NH273 -- [once I get some grass in it (3 bales worth - to get the bale chamber loaded & tensioned)] & it misses tieing a bale not related to twine hanging up coming out of the twine box [end of twine ball tangles usually - as I transfer twine from one baler to the other to keep from having 'left overs' if that particular baler doesn't bale again..... . & less than half a ball seems to not hold together when tussled around & continue to feed out well] -- the grass is too damp/green to bale..... ... As for best time of day to bale, [as referenced in the other posts].....myself (East TX - grass) - after the dew has dried off & before it starts to condence again..... . Ya'll be careful baling up hay that is too damp/green..... ... (seems this year esp.. as lots of folks have tried to 'beat' the weather/rain) -- green/damp/uncured hay will 'heat' -- lots of barns/hay crops have been reduced to ashes..... ....(Jerry D. -- can give a 'visual' of what I am referring to!!) Garry
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