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

John Hall jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sun Aug 14 19:32:29 PDT 2016


Yeah bearings are fine--too much so. If you are working inside the baler 
you better make sure that it doesn't start rolling on its own--did that 
yesterday morning!

John

On 8/14/2016 9:36 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> John:
> I assume that your roller bearings on the plunger are OK.   I had a 24W
> JD that pulled hard when we adjust ed the knife to where it cut.  What
> happened was that it had run so long out of adjustment that the rails
> were worn tapered.  I spent a lot of time with some shims and grease and
> then baled about 500 bales and it pulled better.  new rails would
> help.   If you are going to keep this baler I would recommend looking at
> Bale Skis, and then making your  own.  They are just polyethylene liners
> for the chamber. Nylon or PVC will work just as well.
> Cecil in oKla
>
>
>
>
> On 8/14/2016 7:29 AM, John Hall 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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