A few baling questions

Mark in C.C. · Jul 26, 2008

Earlier is week I took delivery of a used 570 New Holland baler with thrower. Finally retired the 68 what wasn't working right anymore. Anyway, I have a few questions.

1. Which tractor should I put in front of it. Either a 885 CIH or a 686. I have to wire up the thrower distance control so I want to get the right one the first time.

2.How much pressure should it read on the guage for a 50lb. alfalfa bale. I never used a hydroformatic baler before.

3. Can you shut off the thrower and just use it like a regular shute baler? I only have one wagon so far for a thrower. The rest are regular flat racks what I used with the 68. If you can what adjustments are needed?

4. Does this baler like plastic or sisal twine?

5. Any else I should watch for? Any other tips or suggestions wuld be helpful.
Thank you, Mark

onefarmer · Jul 26, 2008

In have a NH 570 and have used in behind a MF265, MF175, and a JD4020. All run it just fine. It spends most of the time behind the 175. Mine doesn't have a thrower so that may change things. I make my bales fairly tight for pickup with a NH balewagon so I use plastic 9600ft twine but have use 7200 sisal. If I bale looser bales then I can get by with normal 9000 in either. For what I'm doing the heavier twine just has less breakage.

TractormanNC · Jul 26, 2008

Have its big brother (575) and pull it with a 656. Book says it needs 75 hp but the 656 handles it fine. We drop on ground and pick up later. Might need 75 hp pulling a bale rack on steep hills.For sure use the 686 if it has TA and the other one doesn't.

Book on 570 calls for 62 hp so you should be fine with the 686.

As far as the pressure, start out low and go up.

Never used a thrower so don't know.

I use 9000 sisal, works good for me.

BOBM25 · Jul 27, 2008

We have a Case SBX530 which is an identical baler to a 570 NH. Ours also has hydraulic tensioning. It is something you just have to play with to get the bale you want. I will say that one half turn of the knob makes a big difference. We try to make a 50lb straw bale and if we use the 9600 twine the bales will break. The knots will hold, but the twine actually snaps. We've used both the 7200 and 9000 and had no problems.

Mark in C.C. · Jul 27, 2008

I baled the first load this afternoon. Boy what a difference from my 68! I think I'm going to try and borrow another wagon from a neighbor. I don't want to get my head taken off by a flying bale. So far its worked great. Thanks for all the helpful comments and suggestions.

A few baling questions

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