Baling with my little tractor???

Anonymous-0 · May 30, 2011

Hey folks,
Just baled 80 or so bales with no problems except a broken shearbolt and plenty of sweating caused by a blond moment, but other than that......

Working in tight places and it's interesting at the end of rows because I still have to pick up an adapter for the overunning clutch that I bought for the PTO.

??? is, when I run the baler with the tractor sitting still or moving in low gear, it really lurches/lunges (lack of better words). Is this normal operation when you are working at the border of minimum HP, or am I doing something wrong?

Thanks,

Dave

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36 Coupe · May 30, 2011

Baler should have an over running clutch plus a slip clutch built in to it.Avoid tight turns.if the drive line makes knocking noises you are turning too sharp.You can break U joints in sharp turns.The motion of the plunger makes the tractor rock.

RAW in · May 30, 2011

We used to bale with an IH 45baler and Farmall Cj once in a while. Would make it lurch pretty good at times. If I remember right the 45 did not hav an overrunning clutch. C did a good job, but not as handy as the 350 with IPTO.

Anonymous-0 · May 30, 2011

Mom baled with a VAC Case and a 68 N Holland . i have baled with Ferguson Deluxe 35 ;; 1010 Massey , 210 Massey and Yamar 2222,, all of them would move forward 3ft and back up one ft

Dick L · May 30, 2011

Lurching is normal which will be greater with a lighter tractor. Hitch pins and drawbar holes being sloppy will make it worse.

If it is clattering on turns it most likely is caused from a short drawbar. I baled a few bales of grass with my Allis 5020/9523 Simplicity on level ground. It would move the tractor slightly with the brakes locked. No such thing as an over run clutch when I learned to run power take off implements. You learn when to pop the gearshift lever into neutral without the clutch to stop the tractor with baler,combines and corn pickers to keep from plugging up.

Since the last day tractors were in the fields working here we have had over 8 inches of liquid sunshine. My hay should have been cut two weeks ago but walking thru the yard leaves brown foot tracks. It is not going to make good first cutting horse hay this year. (again)

Anonymous-0 · May 30, 2011

We haven't had 8 mm's of rain in weeks. funny cause we usually get the winter weather you folks get within 2 weeks. Don't count for summer tho I guess.......

Dick W. · May 30, 2011

Do you have the front PTO shaft phased properly. Years ago the PTO shaft could be slid together with the u-joints not lined up properly and that would make the shaft shake badly on a short turn. The plunger moving back and forth makes the tractor lurch. Are you running the baler at the proper pto speed? Have fun with your equipment, I'm sure there are a lot of readers that would like to have a chance at working some good older smaller equipment.

mkirsch · May 30, 2011

You've got that big plunger rolling back and forth in the chamber... Huge reciprocating mass. Of course it's going to lurch.

Ken Macfarlane · May 30, 2011

My square baler shoves my 100 hp massey around when parked.
Goes away when baling.

Anonymous-0 · May 30, 2011

(quoted from post at 05:25:56 05/30/11) My square baler shoves my 100 hp massey around when parked.
Goes away when baling.

Feel better now....... Last year I ran in a higher gear with smaller windrows and it was good. Was afraid something went wrong over the winter.

Thanks, Dave

Mike (WA) · May 30, 2011

Favorite baling tractor was an Oliver 550, and baler would move it around a bit. The signal the hay was getting too "tough" in the evening was that it would jog the governor on each stroke. Didn't normally do that- good way to tell when to quit.

Adirondack case guy · May 30, 2011

Jim,
Thats the way I was taught to dance back in my early school days. Two steps forward, and One step back. Remember those days? LOL

evilboweivel · May 30, 2011

sure will even with a big tractor
once you get moving it is not so bad
Ron

JDseller · May 30, 2011

MY Great Uncle baled with 8N Ford and a motor driven Super 77 New Holland baler. The baler would slide the tractor back and forth if you set the brakes. HE pulled a wagon behind it. You learned a studder step when walking on it. LOL No one would dream of baling like that today. My Aunt would drive the tractor while my Uncle loaded the hay. She looked like a bobble head doll riding the tractor.

Anonymous-0 · May 30, 2011

Forget about the baling, tell us about the blond moment. Stan

Anonymous-0 · May 30, 2011

(quoted from post at 08:55:23 05/30/11) Forget about the baling, tell us about the blond moment. Stan

Flipped the bale chute up and chained it to save room when I parked it last fall and forgot to drop it back down flat. N :roll: oone was looking though.

Anonymous-0 · May 30, 2011

You can always tell if a tractor has run a small baler by the hole in the drawbar. If it is elongated front and back you'll win the bet it's pulled a baler..... because of the "lurching". If all it's ever pulled was static loads the hole will be elongeted towards the back only.

Tony in Mass. · May 30, 2011

If you were rolling around with a disc harrow or two bottom plow, I would worry. A baler, combine, choppers, even my little tiller makes my teeth rattle now and then. They are little factories on wheels back there, and some parts or mechanicisms just can't be balanced out, so there it goes. This is where the parking brake latch comes in handy, especially if you are poking around back there when it is running. Be careful out there.

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