NH Baler Questions, BillVA?

Bryce Frazier · Jun 8, 2019

Hey guys, last year I was struggling getting a tight bale with my NH 68 hayliner. I made some adjustments, which seemed to help, but after sitting for a couple days, they loosen up.

I found I had a broken chamber wedge, so I replaced that, and also added a 3rd set of wedges, which I was told would help make the bales tighter, so hopefully I have that problem under control.

My questions though, HOW LONG are the aluminum feeder needles supposed to be, and how do I determine where they need to be placed on the shaft? Thanks guys, really appreciate it! Bryce

Dopp Creek · Jun 8, 2019

This is from my memory bank, not a book , but I believe they should be 14? long. I hope someone can verify.

Northvale PA · Jun 9, 2019

Why not just buy new ones? From what I have read here, those feeder forks wearing down cause banana bales and all kinds of problems. I run JD balers which use the auger and 1 set of steel forks. Never an issue with even feeding. Growing and putting up hay is too hard and involved for 1 small issue to stop the entire process or cause mediocre results. And, if you have help, they will tire of equipment breakdowns long before they tire of the work. The trouble with old equipment is it is fairly expensive to bring it up to like new working conditions. However, my strong advice is do it. Repairing and maintaining old equipment to work flawlessly is time consuming and eats into revenue big time. But breakdowns in the field are almost entirely eliminated in my operation. I did not start out that way but I quickly became a zero breakdowns operation. My only real foe now is the weather. Good luck.

Mike(NEOhio) · Jun 9, 2019

I had a bad banana problem with my 273 that was cured with three new fingers. Two straight ones in the middle and a long curved one on the chamber end. Don't try to adjust them downward in the clamp. I did that and lost one that went into a bale. I warned my customer and she returned it.

cjunrau · Jun 9, 2019

Uneven feeding or banana bale is more likely because the knife is not sharp enough or out of adjustment. If the knife doesn?t cut clean it folds the hay pulling the hay away from the far side making the knife side have more hay. This will always make banana bales. The knife must be adjusted tight to each other so when a wad of hay is between it cuts off nice and clean. I believe someone once said you should be able to cut a thread between cigarette paper if it was adjusted correctly. That is where I would start and worry about the finger adjustment later. I have ran into this more than once and people don?t believe until you do it. If the plunger can move a bit sideways you will always have trouble. Had a baler that was rusted out that would flex the side to much to ever make a good bale. The guy should have scrapped it a long time ago.

GordoSD · Jun 9, 2019

You can buy those teeth for about $25 ea or you can cut and shape three from alum round stock for about $5 total. That little curve on #3 isn't mandatory.

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