530 Success (sort of)

Thanks,
Brad

Make sure to keep your fingers out of the way when testing tieing. The whole process takes about 1/10 a second when running at speed and can ruin your day real fast if you are poken around in there checking them out.

Might want to ping Jerry D and see if the to models are the same. I would just about bet they are. In fact I'd just about bet my 14-80 is pretty close as well where knoters are concerned.

I have a pretty good understand how they work now. I switched to BT-130. After some frustrating attempts to bale (tied perfectly going slow but speed up and it became hit and miss) I spent 1/2 day going over each step on mine. Missed mabey 5 knots in 3000, so I can help on general terms how they should work. The trick is to have someone turn the flywheel and watch the cycle in slo-mo a couple times. Then it will begin to make perfect sence.

Each spring I run a couple bales through mine just to get the bill hooks and such all polished up and ready (sets under lean-to 6 months). So do not be discouraged if it takes several bales to get it tieing at all. It helps if they are blown off & oiled after each use and prior to being put away for the season. I have had decent results with PB blaster.