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txblu

08-09-2004 09:35:00




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Twas cutting a field with the NH 489 Haybine yesterday afternoon. Nice breeze blowing, not to hot. Looked back over my shoulder and saw a nice clean cut, neatly piled up grass in a tidy wind row, nice and plump, chicka chikca rumble rumble whirrrrr rrr. Everything playing it's part. Nothing broken (yet). Field finally dry enough to cut clean and not gum up the equip with mud.

Life is good.

Mark

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Gary in TX

08-10-2004 06:38:16




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to txblu, 08-09-2004 09:35:00  
Hey Mark or should I say Hay Mark,
Been working hay left and right here over the past several weeks since we have got a breakk from the June rains! Could use some rain right now, forcast for tommorrow but you know Texas weather. Don't like it wait 5 minutes!
Think I finally got the wire breaking problem figured out on my Deere 346 wire baler yesterday. Looks like the twister hook is catching the loop for the next bale sometimes and twisting it with the last bale twist. Also found out I was not oiling up my wire coils enough. I had not had the opportunity till yesterday to be able to walk behind it and actually watch it at work before so alot of problems have been located. Once we got the wire coils really oily she went to tieing pretty good! Opps, I mean twisting! Gotta get out and put a couple of chains on the round baler and finish up the field I was squaring on. Customer is a real air head and strange to work for. One of those types that has no business dealing with hay. Happy haying! Oh yea, the 2280 self proppelled windrower is running good since I finally got all the final drive fixed, now to get the platform lift valve problem looked at! Joy!!!!!

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joe e-tx

08-10-2004 09:58:32




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to Gary in TX, 08-10-2004 06:38:16  
i though every one was sending all the air head customers to me. (good baling) joe



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txblu

08-10-2004 06:57:07




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to Gary in TX, 08-10-2004 06:38:16  
Guy I bought the Ford 350 from said to keep the wire wet (with oil). Must be something to it as once I got the new ram rollers in, remounted the gearbox, and replaced the finger I broke, it hasn't missed a bale.

Cut yesterday hoping to trigger the "scattered shower" forecast for today.

Good cuttin,

Mark



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Leland

08-10-2004 18:18:04




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to txblu, 08-10-2004 06:57:07  
What is this wire oiling never saw it done up here in yankee land (IL) and we would run 2500 to 4000 bales a day and we never had a problem with tying with dry wire . What you can learn here. only thing funny I ever heard of with wire was there was this guy that hada box of tangled wire so he unrolled it and rewound it. Now how many laps he ran to stretch out that mile of wire I'll never know but he got his hay put up.

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txblu

08-11-2004 06:46:17




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to Leland, 08-10-2004 18:18:04  
Other than lubricating your tieing mechanism and twisting easier, it keeps the rust off it. Seems to me that rust, being gritty, will really shorten the life of your tieing mechanism.

Since you are running a pretty good sized operation, how old is your baler? Mine's an antique. Might make the difference in you being successful with dry wire. Dunno. I'm new to the game so I follow friendly advice (from a guy that claims to have baled 1 million bales over 35 years of baling) and it seems to be working. He now rebuilds and sells used balers (www.texastwistonline.com)

Mark

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Leland

08-11-2004 20:34:16




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to txblu, 08-11-2004 06:46:17  
They were not my balers belonged to a farmer I worked for. One was a oliver don't remember model made in late 60s other was a massey #12 I belive. would start raking about 7-8 am start baling about 12-1 and sometimes go until 2-3 in the morning . He thought like larry the cable guy git r done but then he bought ,a I belive a 336 deere baler. And you could almost run in road gear never missed a bale . old jack was a work alcohic we once baled 23 days straight. then he realized it was killing us so he took a day off.you would not think there was that much hay in central ILL but there was. but to be truthful I have not touched a bale in 10 years but I kinda miss it.

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txblu

08-12-2004 06:32:36




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to Leland, 08-11-2004 20:34:16  
I've only been doin my own for bout 3 yrs now. Got into it by accident. Found I liked it so I bought some cows to feed. Havin fun.

Mark



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txblu

08-12-2004 06:32:31




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to Leland, 08-11-2004 20:34:16  
I've only been doin my own for bout 3 yrs now. Got into it by accident. Found I liked it so I bought some cows to feed. Havin fun.

Mark



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txblu

08-12-2004 06:32:20




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to Leland, 08-11-2004 20:34:16  
I've only been doin my own for bout 3 yrs now. Got into it by accident. Found I liked it so I bought some cows to feed. Havin fun.

Mark



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txblu

08-12-2004 06:32:14




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to Leland, 08-11-2004 20:34:16  
I've only been doin my own for bout 3 yrs now. Got into it by accident. Found I liked it so I bought some cows to feed. Havin fun.

Mark



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txblu

08-12-2004 06:31:57




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to Leland, 08-11-2004 20:34:16  
I've only been doin my own for bout 3 yrs now. Got into it by accident. Found I liked it so I bought some cows to feed. Havin fun.

Mark



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Leland

08-11-2004 20:34:07




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to txblu, 08-11-2004 06:46:17  
They were not my balers belonged to a farmer I worked for. One was a oliver don't remember model made in late 60s other was a massey #12 I belive. would start raking about 7-8 am start baling about 12-1 and sometimes go until 2-3 in the morning . He thought like larry the cable guy git r done but then he bought ,a I belive a 336 deere baler. And you could almost run in road gear never missed a bale . old jack was a work alcohic we once baled 23 days straight. then he realized it was killing us so he took a day off.you would not think there was that much hay in central ILL but there was. but to be truthful I have not touched a bale in 10 years but I kinda miss it.

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JDMark

08-09-2004 10:45:32




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to txblu, 08-09-2004 09:35:00  
My luck wasn't as good yesterday. I finally got a field of hay that was properly cured & lookin' good. Ran out of twine on the 24T that I just bought this year. Don't have it completely tuned in yet, but it was doing pretty good. Threaded up new twine, & a few bales later the intermittent knotter gear casting broke into about 4 pieces. I think the wiper arm roller came off & got jammed. Now I'm on a parts search...

Mark

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txblu

08-09-2004 12:49:34




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 Re: Cuttin Hay in reply to JDMark, 08-09-2004 10:45:32  
Sorry to hear about that. I'd have one to give you as I wrapped mine (right side) around a fence post last year hurriedly trying to get hay off the ground and into the barn B4 dark (after baling). Bought another baler but last winter I had some slack time and was able to fix it. Now it is a backup as customers are having rat problems and ask for the wire. Personally, I like the twine better.

Might try the archives as I recall "parting out" a 24T discussion earlier in the year.

Good luck.

Mark

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