[AT] baler trouble and balers for sale

[Spencer Yost]

Only thing I have heard locally is the 310 does not hold together at it's rated speed.  The 311 would hold up, but the 310 wouldn't.  It supposed to be a high speed machine but can't handle it.  You basically have to run it like an older machine. The price seems high to me for this area too.  

The 276 price seem to be in line for this area.  If it's a good machine when you look at it that is the way I would go.

Closer and a bit cheaper.  

http://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/grd/5573273752.html

Spencer Yost

> On Jun 10, 2016, at 10:07 PM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> My ancient Super 66 New Holland baler is getting to be more trouble than 
> its worth. Long story short, one side of the knotter is acting 
> up--again. The top knot lets the other end of the string slip through. I 
> changed and shimmed out the disc cleaner today as it had 3/16-1/4" of 
> slop, this effectively changing the timing. Even flipped the gear over 
> as it was pretty well worn. The knife arm has less than 3,000 bales on 
> it. I may have replaced the bill hook on this side, as the chrome 
> platting looks pretty fresh. I replaced the flat spring that hold 
> tension on the 2 fingered piece that runs in the twine disc (is that 
> called the twine finger?). Any way we have adjusted the heck out the 
> baler by the book, nothing really seems to help. Its not the twine as it 
> switched over to a new ball after the problem started. I kept adjusting 
> things, the last was to adjust how close the needle was to the twine 
> disc cleaner--it was hitting the old one.
> 
> 2 weeks ago we baled 160 bales, it missed 3 bales--I can live with that 
> on a 60 year old baler. Today it started out missing 1 out of 20, and 
> then went to missing 1 out of 3. After changing parts and adjusting 
> things I got it to bale about 10 in a row before it was too damp and we 
> had to stop. Maybe its working OK now, maybe I just got lucky.
> 
> By the way, the timing appears off on the other side, but it ain't 
> missed but 1 or 2 bales  out of the last 2-3,000! And yes, I've tried to 
> copy its settings, doesn't work either.
> 
> We are baling fairly stemmy fescue that is exceptionally dry--the low 
> humidity made it so the hay will crackle. I'm making a bale about every 
> 17-18 plunger strokes. Using sisal twine--9,000.
> 
> 
> Take a look at these balers and tell me your opinion of such 
> models--regardless of fixing mine, I need to begin plans for an upgrade.
> 
> http://raleigh.craigslist.org/grd/5627641040.html
> 
> http://raleigh.craigslist.org/grd/5581835426.html
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John Hall
> 
> 
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