[AT] Hay baling fun...

[Brian]

We are fortunate to have a guy that is timely and a little bit hungry so 
he gets things done.
Brian CO



On 2021-07-18 07:30, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> No one around here to call until they get done with their own stuff. 
> Sometimes would have to wait 2 weeks.
> Cecil
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> On 7/18/2021 8:26 AM, Brian wrote:
>> I used to enjoy cutting hay with my old Ih 230 swather.  No steering 
>> wheel just sticks just like the one I drove new in the early 70's for 
>> the neighbor.  Well Son says the crimper don't work like the new ones 
>> and Baler man has to wait a extra day to bale so I parked it. Neighbor 
>> kids use it now to cut 2 sprinkler corners in hay.  Cut some with our 
>> 1086 pulling a Hesston 1014 until the auger twisted up like a tin can 
>> from rust and age.  These aren't really antiques or are they.  Only 50 
>> yr. old.  Because of this and the problems you describe We call a Guy 
>> and say "Hay is ready".  There's still always plenty to do with the 
>> corn and wheat.  Finished wheat harvest yesterday and since I'm 
>> suppose to be retired I'm getting the Bike out.  Got a itch to ride to 
>> Walden.
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>> Brian CO
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>> On 2021-07-18 06:44, Cecil Bearden wrote:
>>> Long story.  My 648 New Holland round baler baled 47 bales and about
>>> Noon, the knife would not cut wrap.  Baled another 3 bales after
>>> installing new roll of wrap.  Climbed up on top of baler each time to
>>> try to get knife to cut.  Called my buddy at Chickasha who is a baler
>>> expert.  He had not worked on that one. Called Local New Holland
>>> dealer and baler guy said he had not worked on that model and it was
>>> to old.  Only a 2000 model.    I opened up the side covers and looked
>>> at main drive chains and they were coming apart and cutting a slot in
>>> main frame!  and had cut grooves in the teeth of the Drive sprocket.
>>> It was fine when I started..
>>> 
>>> Wife asked how much is a new one??  Just take it out of your 401k
>>> before the gov't gets it all.  I made a few calls and the local NH
>>> dealer did not have anything in a 4ft wide baler.   I have 12 rolls 
>>> of
>>> Net for 4 ft wide.  So the Vermeer dealer delivered a new Vermeer 
>>> 504R
>>> Premium at 3:30pm.  I finished at 11:30 that night.  I still like my
>>> old one better.  This one has a touch screen that drives me nuts in
>>> the cab at night.  It is so bright on the lowest setting it is like a
>>> house of mirrors in the cab.  No night setting.  It seems to run
>>> slower on the belts than the old NH, so it takes longer to wrap but
>>> bales may be a bit denser.  This one has  a hyd pickup that is a pain
>>> in the butt since I have to disconnect my loader to connect the
>>> pickup.  And with a loader on I have to drive with the loader at 7ft
>>> above the ground to see the windrow.  No fault of the baler.  I got
>>> 128 bales baled..   The monitor tells me how many bales per hour, how
>>> many minutes per bale, and the moisture.  15 % on one field and wet 
>>> on
>>> the other.  Really tells me a lot!!   I really want my old one 
>>> running
>>> again..    I bought my old one in 2005 for $10K  I baled for 12 years
>>> and spent about $3500 for bearings gears and belts.  It needs about
>>> $1500 in chains and sprockets now, and the knife problem is something
>>> on an adjustment.  The knife drops by gravity, and I have looked at 
>>> it
>>> so many times trying to figure out what raises it when the chamber
>>> opens I finally gave up.  I have not found a dealer who can tell me
>>> yet.   The new one is not better by the $26500 difference in price.  
>>> I
>>> had 30 acres of hay down that resulted in 121 bales at $50/bale, so I
>>> had to do something.  Forecast was for rain that evening and it only
>>> sprinkled for 5 minutes.  I had another baler in a shed that I bought
>>> but it needed some parts and I did not  know anything about it.
>>> 
>>> I started laying hay down again yesterday and after 3 acres the
>>> swather pitman oscillator bearing went out and during removing the
>>> collar the shaft broke on the oscillator.  I have another on a 
>>> salvage
>>> swather but the bearings seem to be frozen on the spindle.  Then we
>>> had a cold front come through and an inch of rain.  Heat and humidity
>>> and more rain today......
>>> Cecil
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