First thing- get a manual. It will tell you how far to adjust the needles together when the are all the way into the feed throat. Second- make sure the twine arms are latched. There is a catch to keep them from breaking if they meet an obstruction. You should be able to do this by pulling the arms toward the tractor when they are retracted. You'll feel a snap when they lock into place. It is pretty stiff, but they should be (at my guess) around 8' or so in front of the cutoff plated at this point. This is also the amount of twine that will dangle in front of the bale when the arms are extended into the baler. Another BIG thing you may be encountering is the twine 'bullet' on the end of the twine arm. Your baler, like mine, is getting some age on it, and therefore, wear. The twine has a tendency to run on the inside of the arm end as it retracts and eventually cuts a groove in the collar of that bullet, letting the twine retract a little bit as the arm snaps into the chamber. It's aggravating as hell, because that isn't quite enough twine going in to start the wrapping process. Try putting the right bullet on the left side, and the left on the right. It only takes one or two bolts on each to swap them. Don't forget to change the twine sides, too. Make sure you have the couple of inch separation in the needles when they're in the chamber, the needles are retracting correctly, reset your twine in the holders and try it. Mine was giving me a fit tying until I figured that out, and the CNH mechanics I talked to were no help. But, I did mine last year, and knock on wood, the machine hasn't missed a bale since. I take that back- the twine broke when a knot hung up and it missed a bale before I noticed it.......Oh, yeah. GET A MANUAL......
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