Baler issue when baling light windrows

[Calfman22]

I have a new holland 273 baker with an attached thrower. The baler works great and seldom misses a bale. However at times it struggles in light hay. I think the windrows that are light don't push the hay through fast enough, and then the thrower belt actually burns the strings before the bale gets far enough along to be thrown. This is frustrating. It works great when there is a lot of hay but not so great when the hay is lite. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[dlrfarms]

My 311 NH does the same thing just make windrows bigger or speed up ground speed in light hay

 

[Calfman22]

My 311 NH does the same thing just make windrows bigger or speed up ground speed in light hay

I did speed up and I loosened the bales so they would pull out easier. a friend told me there was a piece or attachment you could install on the sides of the baler that would help, but i don't know what he was referring to?

 

[cat fever]

I have a new holland 273 baker with an attached thrower. The baler works great and seldom misses a bale. However at times it struggles in light hay. I think the windrows that are light don't push the hay through fast enough, and then the thrower belt actually burns the strings before the bale gets far enough along to be thrown. This is frustrating. It works great when there is a lot of hay but not so great when the hay is lite. Anyone have any suggestions?

Get a bigger V Rake and make the windrows big enough to bale good. Sounds easy doesn't it?
I have a similar problem and will have a V Rake for next year.

 

[Calfman22]

we will have to I guess! my neighbor baled the light rows for me with his NH baler, 315 i think.... with no problems.

 

[Calfman22]

Well I'm glad to hear I'm not alone with this problem..

 

[cat fever]

Well I'm glad to hear I'm not alone with this problem..

I have a 316 New Holland. It likes heavier windrows and does not like grass hay. Does real good with alfalfa.

 

[Calfman22]

my 273 works great in anything as long as there is a decent windrow. bit in real light hay it's a pain. in heavy rows, it will throw the bales out like crazy, but in 3rd or 4th cut when there isn't much hay, it's a problem.

 

[Btown]

Just make bigger windrows, problem solved. You get less hay per cut. Hence why it costs more to buy put double the hay in.

 

[flusher]

I did speed up and I loosened the bales so they would pull out easier. a friend told me there was a piece or attachment you could install on the sides of the baler that would help, but i don't know what he was referring to?

Probably referring to removable wedges that are attached to the vertical sides of the baling chamber to keep the flakes packed tightly when the plunger is setting up for the next packing stroke. The wedges install in pairs. My MF124 baler had three pairs.

Good luck

 

[Calfman22]

ok. thanks. I'll give that a try!

 

[Mistyridgefarm]

The simplest thing to do is rake two or more rows together. I'd rather run over the field mores times with the rake than with the baler anyway. If you cannot go fast enough to get 12 to 15 flakes per bale, then the window is too thin and you have to pull more together.

 

[aczlan]

The simplest thing to do is rake two or more rows together. I'd rather run over the field mores times with the rake than with the baler anyway. If you cannot go fast enough to get 12 to 15 flakes per bale, then the window is too thin and you have to pull more together.

Exactly. You can go faster with a rake than with a baler in most cases, so if you can't drive fast enough to get the right strokes per bale, you have to make bigger windrows.

Aaron Z