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I have been working on this old baler for a couple of months now. I finally got it ready and tried a few bales. This old baler had been setting for 17 years. The only thing that was any good on it was the paint job. And you can see the paint job on the photo. The problem I am having now is that it does not leave a tail on the knots. Some of the strings come apart when you pick up the bale. I am not sure how to get more tail on the knots.
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Is that a 532 ? We had one for years, was not too bad, but there were times, ours had a thrower on it, what model JD is in front of it ? I used to have a '64 4000 Ford in front of ours. We did around 3000-4000 with it every year, never bought hay in those days. There were a few around here sitting a long while, I'd have liked one from our dealership, both I saw still had our sticker on them, one I think is gone, not sure of the other, novelty being a ford fan, for any real production, no way, it'd be the back up back up ! We did sell a fair amount of them, I have a plaque or award from Ford that used to hang on the wall in the office/parts counter.
 
Bob,

I have no idea what brand of baler that is, so this might not apply. On my New Holland 273 baler, the length of the "tail" on the knots could be determined by two things:

1. the "tongue" on the billhook holds the knot while the stripper pulls the knot over the ends of the twine and also pulls it off the billhook. The tension on the tongue is adjustable with a bolt/nut just to the right of the knotter frame where the billhook is located. I suppose that tension could be too low allowing the knot to slip back a bit before it is completed.

2. the stripper arm also holds the twine knife that cuts the new knot loose. I suppose that the knife could be too close to the billhook, thus resulting in a short piece of twine being available to form the knot.

New Holland has a tremendous youtube of a training movie that was made a long time ago to explain the operation of the knotter. If your baler has that style of knotter on it, it might be worth watching. Search New Holland knotter on youtube if you want to find it.

Good luck,

Tom in TN
 
This photo was taken yesterday, while putting up the front hayfield. The baler and tractor you asked about from the previous picture is a 530 and the John Deere is a 2640. We actually round baled the field, the square baler is only used to bale a couple hundred bales for the horses. For the past few years, I had a guy that would come and do my square bales for me. He retired and a neighbor 'donated' this old baler to help out. The reason he gave me the baler is that he spent a lot of money trying to get it to work and was not successful. He left it sitting for the past 17 years. He wanted to see if I could get it running.
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Must have been nice to get it working again, neighbor probably was happy to see that. My farmer friend does the same, mostly round bales, but does squares with 315 NH when customers request.
 
Tighten up the tension on the twine disc first and then see what the bill hook does. I was having trouble with the twine disc yesterday morning. Finally got it set right after I baled a hundred midsize bales. Never missed a knot today.
 
OOPS! Sorry, I read your post wrong. If you have NO tail on the knot, loosen the tension on the twine disc about one sixth of a turn at a time until you get a tail. If the knotter parts are rusted at all, that may be why you are not getting a tail, it is holding the twine too tight and not letting it slip.
 
Yes, I do find it satisfying to see the old baler come back to life. It was seized and also had rusted stiff. I hope the neighbor I got if from will come and see it bale. He had taken it to two different dealers and they were unable to get it to knot. I was able to get it to knot, but the knots have very little tail and they pull apart.

Thanks to everyone who responded to this post, Bob
 
Retired Farmer, As soon as the rain stops, we will start haying again and I will try your suggestion of loosening the tension. I had it off to replace a bolt, and I probably tightened them too tight when I put them back together. Thank you for your suggestions.
 
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