[AT] Big round baler?

[Landen Schooler]

Dan Folske wrote:

> Very wide windrows would make it unnecessary if you had gathering wheels 
> on the baler. Some of the newest balers have pickups wider than the bale 
> to help keep the edges full. If your windrows match the width of the 
> bales there is still more material in the center than at the edges so 
> even if you don't slip a belt off of the end (much less likely with wide 
> belts) your bale will still be egg or barrell shaped instead of cylinder 
> shaped.
> I'm not sure if Vermeer still offers it or not but they did make a baler 
> that the wheels steered. 


I have a 605k with "autoweave"' and I love it!!
First cutting I can make a wide window and don't use
it. The later cuttings that are lighter, you make the
windrow 1/2 the width of the pickup.

Landen Schooler
Palmyra, Iowa





They were controlled by sensors in the bale
> chamber so the baler would weave itself while the tractor was driving 
> straight. My CaseIH has sensors on the outside belts connected to a 
> monitor that has right and left indicators.
> 
> Dan
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> 
>> Is the weaving something that is always necessary or will wider 
>> windrows help?   Do these balers like big windrows?
>>
>> This sounds like the old roto-baler days... :-)    I'd say they had a 
>> closed throat too, they plugged reall good sometimes, but other times 
>> would bale anything, like a bumper jack or grease gun.  Don't ask....
>>
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