- Location
- Somerset
Hay dogs look to be working rightCheck the hay dogs first before messing with the knotters
Hay dogs look to be working rightCheck the hay dogs first before messing with the knotters
Sliding things?The sliding things aren't pushing the string on to the knotters
yep 10000ft tama.10,000 foot you want
It came with a tiny bit of a roll of yellow and most of a roll of pink, one in each side. was doing the same on the yellow.Pink twine. Use yellow. My 459 drops knots on one side with pink.
Would rather use pink string ,easier to see, but one knotter says no. Both colours Tama twine.
Chuck the yellow in the binSliding things?
yep 10000ft tama.
It came with a tiny bit of a roll of yellow and most of a roll of pink, one in each side. was doing the same on the yellow.
Sliding things?The sliding things aren't pushing the string on to the knotters
yep 10000ft tama.10,000 foot you want
It came with a tiny bit of a roll of yellow and a roll of pink, one in each side. was doing the same on the yellow.Pink twine. Use yellow. My 459 drops knots on one side with pink.
Would rather use pink string ,easier to see, but one knotter says no. Both colours Tama twine.
used the yellow up. It’s tieing most of them just missing a few which isn’t too bad when rebaling hut will get very annoying with a sledge on the back. I assume you mean the tucker fingers, both are there.Chuck the yellow in the bin
When the needles come up the half moon things hold the twineagen the knitter , yours is missing
My baler hasn't missed a knot for 5 yearsSliding things?
yep 10000ft tama.
It came with a tiny bit of a roll of yellow and a roll of pink, one in each side. was doing the same on the yellow.
used the yellow up. It’s tieing most of them just missing a few which isn’t too bad when rebaling hut will get very annoying with a sledge on the back. I assume you mean the tucker fingers, both are there.
I did just that before i did any baling with it, and everything works fine. 9 times in 10 it will tie fine, just that one that it doesnt... To me, everything looks to be how it should be. Just wandered if there was something simple i could try before getting a chap to have a look at it.Do you have the manual? that will help show how things are supposed to be set up for clearances etc. I'd guess none of us are wizards at knotters, so it's a bit of guessing going by one picture.
Get somebody to turn the flywheel slowly by hand and trip the knotters to watch it in slow motion, then see whether the billhook is catching both twine, or one's pulling out, or what exactly the problem is. Then you can concentrate on that part rather than going through setting up the whole thing.
Buy a good one... Mine ended up costing a lot of money and missed more knots than it tied once i got it in the field. If its worn, walk away get a different one. other than that they make a lovely bale, nice and even no issues there at allThought I'd resurrect this and keep everything together rather than start a new thread...
What are everyone's thoughts on a JD 342a or possibly a 359 for baling a few thousand bales of hay and haylage per year? Currently using an MF 124 but struggling with bale shape and density in haylage.