[AT] Turning Balers and Haybines

[Ralph Goff]

On 7/18/2016 12:37 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> As you folks may remember, I bought a NH 467 haybine at the start of the season last year and a hay baler at the start of this season.   I was always taught you can turn haybines as hard right as you need.  My NH 467 manual even confirms this.   I also was taught balers with the two piece drive shafts can be turned “to follow a windrow to 2:30 to the right and 11:00 to the left”.   I have no idea where these old guys that taught me came up with this, but that was what I was taught.
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> However, the drive lines in both pieces of equipment makes a heck of a racket when I do this.   So like the proverbial patient who says “it hurts when I do this”, I’ve taken the doctors advise and just stopped turning hard to the right and do a lot of picking-up the head and/or wide-looping the turns.  I only have 5 acres so the extra time spent on turns is not a huge issue but still a pain in the butt.   The baler in particular seems very sensitive to any turning under power.
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> Has anyone experienced this?  Is the racket normal for New Holland gear?  Am I all washed up and dreaming and I shouldn’t be turning at all?   On the haybine in particular I am pretty sure I should be able to hit the right brake and attack a square corner.
>   
> PS:   It sounds like possibly the driveshaft supports are making the noise and not the driveshaft.
> PSS:  The International gear I used to own and run never had this problem.
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My 479 haybine seems to turn sharp with no complaints either way. Not 
sure where I read it but I adjust my drawbar to the furthest forward
position on the 2090 Case. There are only two positions. Mine is the 
three joint driveline on the haybine. Maybe I read it in the manual.
I run the 847 NH round baler with the shorter hitch adjustment too, same 
as the haybine. Might be something you could look into
to see if you can adjust your drawbar length.

Ralph in Sask.