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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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Took me about 30 minutes to relax
yesterday cutting hay. Had to get used to
the new noises. After a while you learn
what's normal. First little bit I was bug
eyed and half freaking out. Same way
every time we get a different tractor.
 
Please wear hearing protection, or you will be saying what to everything when you are 60 like me.
 
Reminds of of my youth. The sounds of the hay field are unique. You?ll catch on. I had a habit of counting plunger strokes on the baler. Drop baling with a 2-70 on a #12 Massey baler was 18-19 strokes between needle trip. That was followed by a 1032 NH wagon. When Pa bought the NH baler with the kicker it was 20-21. That could have been the bale length as well. A tight bale at the right length worked better in the bale wagon. The Massey seemed a bit hungrier than the NH to make a tight bale.
 
Hi, appreciate the concerns about hearing protection but we didn't really think about that much 20 or thirty years ago. I don't think that I've been exposed to really loud noise either driving a tractor or in my workshop. Have got tinnitus now but I can live with it. Going back to your comment about counting the plunger strokes:- whilst on a training course at the New Holland factory in the UK that was part of the training to be able to monitor the throughput of the baler. Around 8 plunger strokes and the baler is working within its capacity. More than that and you're either too slow or wasting capacity. I did this with our Bamford, MF 20 and NH 274 balers. If I happen to hear a baler now I count the strokes between knotter cycles.
DavidP, South Wales
 
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