Tucker fingers have a spring , make sure it is tight to pull string over to bill hook . make sure bill hook is shiny with no rust . springs must be in good condition and not stretched .
Hello just some advice on your baler. I have an old baler and it mucks up a bit. I would suggest that you take the tractor of the baler and do some hand cranking of the flywheel and trip the knotter to check the tying cycle. Check your Tucker finger with the needles making sure it has enough gap between the needle. Another option is you may have fraid towing coming up to the notter. Check your ceramic inserts could be worn out causing it to break in the knotter. You knotter knives may be blunt causing it to pullout.
I'll certainly tell him that, Thank you so much.. We have two, the other one is a New Holland, it won't tie either, But this one is finally tieing now, we had someone come and do some work on it!.. He will be an expert soon, I'd suppose.
Make sure you do a manual tie with the flywheel by hand so you can see the knotter and Tucker fingers. Take the side guards off and use a good torch. You may have blunt knives.
Check the tails of the twine and the twine that broke its self, a broken piece of twine can tell exactly what is going on. If the tails ain’t the same size too, could be a couple of things. Easy fix. Look at the broken twine is all I can say. I’ve been doing alfalfa for 15+ years that’s my go to for a quick fix. Also broken bales could also mean the fingers ain’t completing its cycle. Check the cam roller also.
What does the end of the knots look like on the broken bales? 75 % of the time the problem in the wipe off arm I notice you are using 170 plastic twine. You will need to run at higher RPM because it is thicker twine. You will need to make sure your knife on the wipe off arm are sharp.
I can certainly feel your hope in your words. He kept his cool despite the frustration knotters all too often present. Thanks for sharing.
Yes he did, they ended up calling for a guy to come work on it, he switched some things out, and ended up saying it was to dry to bake🤦
Tucker fingers have a spring , make sure it is tight to pull string over to bill hook . make sure bill hook is shiny with no rust . springs must be in good condition and not stretched .
I'll let him know!
Hello just some advice on your baler. I have an old baler and it mucks up a bit. I would suggest that you take the tractor of the baler and do some hand cranking of the flywheel and trip the knotter to check the tying cycle. Check your Tucker finger with the needles making sure it has enough gap between the needle. Another option is you may have fraid towing coming up to the notter. Check your ceramic inserts could be worn out causing it to break in the knotter. You knotter knives may be blunt causing it to pullout.
I'll certainly tell him that, Thank you so much.. We have two, the other one is a New Holland, it won't tie either, But this one is finally tieing now, we had someone come and do some work on it!.. He will be an expert soon, I'd suppose.
Make sure you do a manual tie with the flywheel by hand so you can see the knotter and Tucker fingers. Take the side guards off and use a good torch. You may have blunt knives.
Practice makes if perfect, it took me 4yrs to work out my old baler. Do you have a manual for it?
Check the tails of the twine and the twine that broke its self, a broken piece of twine can tell exactly what is going on.
If the tails ain’t the same size too, could be a couple of things. Easy fix.
Look at the broken twine is all I can say. I’ve been doing alfalfa for 15+ years that’s my go to for a quick fix.
Also broken bales could also mean the fingers ain’t completing its cycle.
Check the cam roller also.
Looks like poly twine maybe it has to have sisal twine mine won't bail with poly
If you know someone that knows knitters would be great, otherwise you have to know the machine and once you get the knowledge you can rest easy
It's all a learning thing I suppose, Maybe he can try all of these suggestions, that's how you get experience I suppose.
Polish your bill hooks, it looks like it is not tying the knot or slipping the knot off the bill hook..
Nice video
Thanks so much Bob!
Try cleaning the knitters out
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I know th we baler is working now but next time take your phone out and Google the problem, I'm sure you will find a solution to the problem .
What does the end of the knots look like on the broken bales?
75 % of the time the problem in the wipe off arm
I notice you are using 170 plastic twine.
You will need to run at higher RPM because it is thicker twine.
You will need to make sure your knife on the wipe off arm are sharp.
Get a New Holland we baled hundreds of acres with them and never had a real problem.
JD never made a good small square baler!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Actually the first one we got was a . New Holland, same issue, so he got the John Deere.. Such a 😒 pain!
We have a manual for the New Holland!