[AT] NH vs JD baler

[jtchall at nc.rr.com]

I'll double check them (I think mine has 2 on top and bottom) when I recheck 
the wadboard. I remembered I had a breakdown at the end of last season and 
we only baled about 30-50 bales of very tall and stemmy hay after I got it 
fixed. We had the wadboard out and I may not have it traveling in close 
enough. I know I checked the manual, but I either missed it or the manual is 
conservative. Either way the plan is to  advance it a bit farther, it will 
either help fix the problem or shear something, either way something has to 
give. I passed on 2 balers that are about the same size as this one, one of 
them looks real solid, but I could really use something with more capacity.

John

-----Original Message----- 
From: Greg Hass
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 11:17 PM
To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
Subject: Re: [AT] NH vs JD baler

Just a thought on the old baler as we have used NH for many years and me
and my brother now own a 268 and a 270 baler.  One thing to look at is
the "dogs" that hold the hay after the plunger pushes it in.  If one of
them or a spring is broken, as the plunger goes back the hay will spring
back in the bale chamber a little and the incoming hay will catch and
keep the hay from being evenly placed in the bale chamber. I think there
are between 3 and 5 of these dogs depending on model. You may already
know all this, but just a thought.
   Greg Hass
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