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Re: Baling Question?
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Posted by RKS on May 27, 1999 at 04:32:42 from (152.204.189.140):
In Reply to: Baling Question? posted by C.C. on May 26, 1999 at 22:38:50:
Casey, you won't get the real feel with the baler until you're bailing for real. Very light hay that isn't in good average windrows will cause variation in your packing compression of each bale (really the individual hay charges) - and the density of the packed hay is what rolls the feeler wheel across the top and trips the bailer to tie. The kind of hay and windrow you are talking about are not average and your bales will be widely variable. Also, if you have cut a real mixture of hay, weeds, etc., and then windrowed it into light and variable windrows, your bales won't ever be uniform length, because of the density variation. For example, where I am it is possible to cut quite a bit of bahaia, and then go into a patch of coastal burmuda. The burmuda packs differently and if I don't lighten up on the springs, it will break the twine. So if I adjust for burmuda in advance, the bahaia will also pack ok, but the bales will be a different length. As for speed, I don't know what that baler is supposed to be, but I think probably 75 strokes per minute is a good starting place. If you are pretty confident that it will tie, then wait and cut for real, and windrow from 12-18 inches high for starters. Then use one speed going through the windrows, and you should see more uniform bales. Notice the trip lever that the wheel rotates over the hay and is connected to. There is a locking nut that you can adjust to make the wheel travel longer duration or shorter and change the length of hay bales. Also, the chamber can be compressed to form the bales and also affect the length and the tension on the twine. RKS
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