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.