[AT] Round baler wont cut the net wrap.

[Cecil Bearden]

I got it fixed.......

I blew out the baler with a 175 cfm compressor and a 1/2 inch hose barb 
on the end of a 4 ft pipe. It is what I use to blow off everything. The 
baler was clean, inside behind the sledge and the duckbill. I also found 
the sledge pivot on the left side had not been taking grease, and I 
cleaned the zerk, the hole, and filled it with Kroil then greased it 
until it broke loose and the grease started coming out the side. Every 
grease zerk was greased and I cleaned all the sliding parts and 
lubricated them with Kroil. I tightened the belts about 2 turns on the 
control valve. I have no idea how much that was, but the bales baled 
yesterday were starting to squat today. I got a new roll of Vermeer Net 
wrap from the Agco dealer. That roll was the same length as the Golden 
Harvest roll, but was 3 inches larger in diameter. I also needed help to 
load it in the baler. I had to re-stuff the wrap in the duckbill on the 
first bale, and had no problems on 47 bales.   I ran faster.  It baled 
like it did when I bought it 10 years ago.

Now, my NH TS110 seems to load up when pulling it, I did an in-frame 
overhaul with a new rebuilt head last year. Maybe need to re-adjust the 
valves. It's the 4cyl Ford Genesis engine.   Engine just does not seem 
to have the governor working..

I was really concerned that I had screwed up when using the JD style 
belts. I think that tightening the belts may have caused the splice to 
conform to the rollers better and stopped the splice from grabbing the 
hay and pulling it up the front side. I only had hay on the top for 
about 5 bales and it was gone. Humidity may have been a little higher 
today also....

Cecil in OKla


On 9/22/2016 11:37 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> I have several problems, they may be related. Baler is a 648 with the
> bale command system. REplaced belts last year with John Deere style
> aggressive belts and JD lacings. Replaced gears and bearings in sledge
> roller this spring. When started up. will bale about 5 bales then starts
> having problems on auto wrap. Have to extend wrap actuator to get srap
> to start. Sometimes pressing wrap buton will start wrap. Computer
> usually errors out when trying to wrap automatically. When ejecting
> bale, the cutter knife is supposed to raise when the gate is raised.
> Sometimes it does sometimes you have to raise and lower and then raise
> again to get the cutter to raise. Or climb up on top and pull the cutter
> back into "ready" position. Loose hay builds up on top of twin arms an
> will build up until it fills the chamber under the wrap. Loose hay will
> build up on top of net cutter, then drop out when dumping bale. however,
> sometimes the hay keeps building up until it fills up the entire area
> above the cutter on top of the rubber sheet and fills over the top of
> the baler. Concerned that maybe the betst are too aggressive for prairie
> hay here in central OK.... Baler ran perfect until replaced the sledge
> roller gears and bearings. Belts worked fine for last part of last years
> balling season. Net seems like it does not go completely to edge. Had
> problem for a while with the colored stripe sticking to the counter
> roller. Changed net roll and now the opposite side splits apart about 1
> inch from the end. it splits while on the roll before it hits the first
> toller. I cannot afford to take this to the dealer or call a service man
> who knows nothing about the baler and has only been working on farm
> equipment the last mopnth. The service personnel problem is really
> terrible here..
>
>
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