[AT] Turning Balers and Haybines

[Cecil Bearden]

I just cut my corners wide, and make a run from the middle to the corner 
and back to cut out my turnrows.  Sorta like disking.  Then when I bale 
I bale these windrows first then I have an easy turn for the baler.  It 
saves a lot of u joints...   I do this even with constant velocity 
joints.  You can do a lot of wide turning for the price of rebuilding a 
CV joint.

Cecil in OKla



On 7/18/2016 3:02 PM, Ralph Goff wrote:
> 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.
>>    
>> 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.
>>    
>> 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.
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