[AT] How not to adjust your baler.

[Ralph Goff]

Walt
I guess we do take chances with machinery sometimes. Most of the time we get 
away lucky with no harm done but occasionally not. I recall a neighbour of 
mine having the same thing happen to him with a baler. No stitches but he 
had a pretty sore arm for a while. Interestingly I think it was also an IH 
baler.
Hope you make a quick recovery.

Ralph in Sask.

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Subject: [AT] How not to adjust your baler.


> Saturday we put anew main bearing in the ram on  the baler and changes the
> bale legth tool for the other one on the spare parts  baler. I guess I 
> didn't
> get it correct although it baled just nice at home. when  we got to the 
> field it
> kept breaking the string so I reached under to reset the  string and then
> trip the knotter. Well it seems as though the baler had a mind  of its own 
> and it
> went into knotter cylce with my arm in a bad place.  I  tell people all 
> the
> time not to do dumb thing I guess I need to listen to my own  advice. 
> about 40
> stitches later and a swollen had and I will be back going in  about 2 
> weeks.
> I'm lucky it wasn't worse than it was. Hey take my advice shut  the dam 
> thing
> down before reaching in where you don't belong. It was about the  dumbest 
> thing
> that I have ever done. I can't blame it on old age because it was  just 
> plain
> dumb.
>
> Walt Davies
> Cooper Hollow Farm
> Monmouth, OR  97361
> 503 623-0460
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