[AT] baler trouble and balers for sale

John Hall jtchall at nc.rr.com
Tue Jun 14 19:33:01 PDT 2016


Found a couple older New Hollands (one is a 273) kind of close by that 
may be for sale. Time to make some phone calls.

In the meantime, got my Super 66 to bale 75 bales of hay on Sat. and 
only missed tying 1 or 2. Today I had 89 bales of wheat straw to 
bale---it missed 20 in the process. Always the same side, always the 
knot on the bottom appears to slip out and not get tied. Got a couple 
days, a knotter off a junk machine, and a service manual, time to tear 
into it and see what I can find. Open to suggestions. This would be easy 
if it missed all the time!

John Hall


On 6/11/2016 12:19 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> 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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