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Just parked my baler under roof til next summer. All cleaned out so nice place for mice nests. Guy said to spray the knotter assembly all over with some kind of spray lube like WD40.... I have access to plenty of biodegradable spraylube. Guy said that be next summer it wouldn't have any oil value so wouldn't collect gunk. Think I'm safe to spray everything down?

Thanks, Dave
 
,, this is what i do.... get all the hayout of it ... easily done by loosenin the wedes and hand trippinthe knotter baling small 1 ft bales , then i spray knotter s , bale chutes sheet metal , everythin withold used engine oil thru a waner power painter , seems to be good for paint life , and keeps all the parts sweet ...
 
I clean all the hay out, air blow all the chaff and dust out, wipe everything thats shiney with an oil soaked rag, lightly grease all zerks, pack the knotters with oil soaked rags, cover the knotter area with an old rain coat, then cover the whole baler with a tarp. Sits in the shed till next year, hook it up and go.
 
I'd forget about the thing till next year. When I park balers inside, I don't even take the hay out of them. If they're outside, I do clean the chamber out, but that's it. If a little surface rust prevents your baler from tying, it isn't the rust, your knotters need work.
David
 
I generally spray them with Fluid Film or Rust Check. WD40 would be about pointless here. If this was an arid climate like the plains I might agree with WyoDave... but it's not. We get a lot of moisture and humidity. Everything rusts here.
By next year the fluid film is mostly gone. It certainly won't hurt the knotters any...

Rod
 
Dave been doing this for several years .ON THE KNOTTERS I blow them clan as I can with compressed air then spray the entire unit with spray silicone. Most times just thread it up and it ties . Clean and dry is the name of the game then if you can spray antything that prevents rust you are o.k.
 

Thanks folks.... I'll get on it before it gets a chance to collect dust. Guess I'll put some mothballs or dryer sheets in the twine box andknotter area if I wrap them.
 
All we do is back it in the shed. Take the tension off the twine, but we have never had problems with mice in our twine (we do run sisal) to make us want to take it out.

We just finished 3rd crop yesterday, and unless we make more cover hay we're probably done with it till next summer.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
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