Getting hay balers ready

[sea2summit]

Bet you are real proficient at tying square knots, I know I am....lol

I changed to sheet bend a while back, seem to flow though knitters better and stay tied much better in baling twine.

 

[5030]

I changed to sheet bend a while back, seem to flow though knotters better and stay tied much better in baling twine.

Fixed it for you... Probably better with small squares. The poly I use is light weight knot strength anyway and I trim off the tails. Only place there is additional pull is through the tension plate. Other than that, it free flows to the bale. The new baler I bought has cross over twine arms instead the the twin parallel arms the NH had. Raining here again today, typical Michigan spring.

 

[sea2summit]

Fixed it for you... Probably better with small squares. The poly I use is light weight knot strength anyway and I trim off the tails. Only place there is additional pull is through the tension plate. Other than that, it free flows to the bale. The new baler I bought has cross over twine arms instead the the twin parallel arms the NH had. Raining here again today, typical Michigan spring.

Stupid phone hates hay language.

 

[Hay Dude]

Well now it’s back to the Hesston up 10’ in the are and workin on those dirty, stinkin‘, rotten knotters.

1st knotter on left had 2 leaky oil lines last summer and made a bin mess. All my manual pumpers leak a little, but not enough to replace.

Big mess, but not to worry-Hay Dude to the rescue.

One of the 90* brass oil fittings snapped clean off when I removes it. Easy to remove the threaded shaft since its oiled and soft brass.

Back over to the 270 Magnum.
Got everything hooked back up and for now, no leaks.

 

[Hay Dude]

I changed to sheet bend a while back, seem to flow though knitters better and stay tied much better in baling twine.

When you tie your square knots, you have to pull them very tight and then trim the waste down to about an inch.
As a habit, I carry a pair of side cutters, my 5” knife and my Glock if the hogs are out lol

 

[sea2summit]

When you tie your square knots, you have to pull them very tight and then trim the waste down to about an inch.
As a habit, I carry a pair of side cutters, my 5” knife and my Glock if the hogs are out lol

All of my children have knives the carry all the time, some started as young as four. When you need one nothing else will do.

tracking tails and stuff. Probably also has some relationship to the twine used. Anyway sheet bend fixed a lot of my issues with knots shaking loose and do seem to feed better, they are smaller when pulled tight.

 

[Hay Dude]

All of my children have knives the carry all the time, some started as young as four. When you need one nothing else will do.

tracking tails and stuff. Probably also has some relationship to the twine used. Anyway sheet bend fixed a lot of my issues with knots shaking loose and do seem to feed better, they are smaller when pulled tight.

I’ll give it a try!
Here’s one situation where “smaller is better”.

 

[5030]

When you tie your square knots, you have to pull them very tight and then trim the waste down to about an inch.
As a habit, I carry a pair of side cutters, my 5” knife and my Glock if the hogs are out lol

I carry a small pair of scissors myself, in addition to a Buck folder and usually my Kimber. I do prefer having my 223 Ranch rifle behind the seat however.

 

[5030]

Way too many knotters and way too much mechanical gizmo's for me. I'll stick with round bales. Might not be for you, but for me (and my largest customer) they are the ideal packaging.

Had more than my fill of knotters on the 575 and there were only 2, not 4. 4 are twice the issues. Knotters can run just fine but they can also be a hair puller outter....

 

[Hay Dude]

4? Can you count?
Try 6.

 

[5030]

6 is even worse. Better you than me.

 

[sea2summit]

4?
Try 6.

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Thanks for numbering them because it’s really hard to count that high

When are you cutting? Just finished getting what’s left of first cut in the barn, sold a shocking amount straight out of the field. It was a great hay year last year here but everyone ran out this spring.

 

[sea2summit]

6 is even worse. Better you than me.

Small square balers are amazing to me. Some guy with no computer modeling, or computer for that matter, figured out that complex machine and got it moving. Like I was telling the land owner yesterday when he was watching me grease and get ready to roll, there’s nothing but very simple mechanisms inside…the problem is there’s about 100 of them and they just all work in perfect synchronization or they won’t work at all.

 

[Hay Dude]

Thanks for numbering them because it’s really hard to count that high

When are you cutting? Just finished getting what’s left of first cut in the barn, sold a shocking amount straight out of the field. It was a great hay year last year here but everyone ran out this spring.

I did it for someone else
I wait longer for tonnage. I get paid by the ton.
I am probably going to start in ~10 days. I’m also a lot further north.

2nd cutting I will go in a little early in some of the fields I drill and get some feed hay stored away.

 

[5030]

Me, I'm ready to go but alas, I have no tractor. It needs to get delivered from the dealer. Been there for a tune up.

 

[HayDR]

Well now it’s back to the Hesston up 10’ in the are and workin on those dirty, stinkin‘, rotten knotters.

1st knotter on left had 2 leaky oil lines last summer and made a bin mess. All my manual pumpers leak a little, but not enough to replace.

Big mess, but not to worry-Hay Dude to the rescue.

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One of the 90* brass oil fittings snapped clean off when I removes it. Easy to remove the threaded shaft since its oiled and soft brass.

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Back over to the 270 Magnum.
Got everything hooked back up and for now, no leaks.

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Please get a shield for that PTO. Complete Aftermarket Walterscheid plastic shields are available from multiple sources for less than $100.

 

[Hay Dude]

Please get a shield for that PTO. Complete Aftermarket Walterscheid plastic shields are available from multiple sources for less than $100.

Sure “doctor”.
Since its so cheap, you buyin?

 

[Tx Jim]

Me, I'm ready to go but alas, I have no tractor. It needs to get delivered from the dealer. Been there for a tune up.

I thought you had previously stated that you & your Kubota dealership owner were "Good Friends"?

 

[5030]

I thought you had previously stated that you & your Kubota dealership owner were "Good Friends"?

We are. In fact I work there part time but like with everything else, they are busy and I get to wait just like the next guy. I suspect if it wasn't for the Kubota 0 percent financing program, they wouldn't be.

Been spending a lot of time helping assembling units lately. It's done and ready to come to the farm. Problem is, it will have to be physically driven here as the new bailer is to large (high and wide) to put on the roll back with the tractor attached to it.

Their Cub Cadet mowers business is booming too, interestingly. Lots of cubs in the shop for various repairs, mostly electrical issues and poor maintenance on the part of the owners. People tend to not do routing maintenance on their lawnmowers, just put them away in the fall and expect them to run without issues come spring. Don't play that way with the gum gas we now have.

 

[5030]

Sure “doctor”.
Since its so cheap, you buyin?

I bet Agri-Supply is less that the HayDr. In as much as you are running it and you seem to be pretty conscientious, I don't see you getting tangled up in it anyway.