[AT] 276 new holland baler--first time out

[Jason]

You'll get banana bales of you have a light windrow too.

On Sun, Aug 14, 2016, 6:09 PM Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:

> As I have understood it, banana bales are all in how the bale chamber is
> loaded with the the forks, as you alluded to.  The knife need to be sharp,
> and if it doesn't cut well the plunger will drag too much hay past the
> knife.   But in my experience it has to basically non-operational before
> that happens.    I would keep working the fork angle.
>
> Are you adjusting the forks with the pivot arm?
>
> Spencer Yost
>
>
>
> Spencer Yost
> > On Aug 14, 2016, at 8:29 AM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > Yesterday I took my new-to-me 40 year old 276 New Holland baler out for
> > the first time. It did pretty well. I just got all the tine fork
> > mechanism put back in yesterday morning, talk about cutting it close---I
> > went from the shop directly to the field and started baling. The tine
> > forks had once upon a time self destructed--bent up the tracks, bent the
> > shaft the idlers fit into, bent the seperator bar that strips the hay
> > off, drive chain one tooth out of time etc. I pulled all of it out and
> > started properly rebuilding--whomever tried fixing it was doing no more
> > than emergency first aid.  If you have ever had the tube the tine forks
> > mount on apart you know all about the huge compression spring and the
> > nylon blocks the rod must slide thru. I made new nylon blocks,
> > straightend and rewelded the rod that the spring goes around, pulled the
> > seals out of the bearings and repacked them. I left the big shield off
> > the side of the baler for now so I could see if everything was working
> > as it should. To start with the baler was tight/rusty. In the shop I had
> > to use a 3 ft pry bar and lots of muscle to roll the baler over past the
> > peak of bale compression--with running that has gotten much better. Also
> > had to loosen up a couple hay dogs. I did find the slip clutch for the
> > pickup slips if you get to feeding too much---I think it just needs
> > adjusting. The knotter never missed a bale!
> >  I am having trouble with banana bales. I have moved the pair of tine
> > forks next to the chamber about as far as they will go toward the
> > chamber--thats what the book says to do.  Most of the bow has gone, we
> > have more to bale Mon. so I'll see then.
> > I am surprised how hard the baler pulls--as in hearing the back lash
> > in the tractors driveline. We are running it with a 4020 Deere. When I
> > initially tested the baler we were running it with a 454 IH. Both of
> > those tractors used to run our 3XX series New Holland---bigger than this
> > one. I'm wondering if my knife is out of adjustment---maybe this would
> > contribute to the banana bale issue--bales are long on the knife side?
> > Now that the rust is out of the inside I can better check that.
> >
> > John Hall
> >
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