[AT] baler trouble and balers for sale

[Cecil Bearden]

SpencerI don't know if you guys have this problem or not...  That 273 
baler has a 4 or  5 inch wide stripper band on the pickup.  the 276 has 
a 1.5 or 2 inch..  In short and light hay like we have in the dry 
country the pickup tines will just scratch through the hay and maybe 
pick up 10% of it..  The narrow strippers are the way to go here in OKla....

Cecil in OKla


On 6/10/2016 11:07 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> 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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