Bale Wrapping Balls Up

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DrWazzock

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Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
Looks like the haylage bales are too soft but also too heavy for the ELHO wrapper.

The bale sags between the rollers and stops turning. The rollers slip and the film goes round and round the same bit of the bale.

Never had this problem before. Usually the JD550 gets them plenty tight enough. Usually the wrapper seems to handle very soft bales, even non stringed heaps ejected from the baler.

The wrapper mechanicals looks OK and we pushed the rollers a bit closer together, but not much help.

Maybe I am just getting old and careless.

Going for some bags tomorrow to finish the job. At least they will go on the bales. Fortunately only 10 bales to do.

Any ideas why the wrapper should be playing up or is it just the soft but heavy bales.
 
Sharpy

Sharpy

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Ardrossan Ayrshire
It's almost certainly your bales. Are they moist as well? You could try lifting the bales and turning them 90 degrees so the belt of plastic sits on the belts. The belts should then get a grip of the plastic. Rotate the table slowly as the bales may now be oval and try to fly off the wrapper. Best of luck.
 
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seedman stains

Member
Location
lost in france
Had this problem twice end of last season and the other day,bales too soft, leaking ram on the baler making crap bales a nightmare when this happens only had 4 bales I couldn't wrap at the finish.
Had another problem yesterday one of the welds in the lifting arms gave way had to wrap 25 bales with 2 tractors on my own!!!
 
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DrWazzock

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
No belts on the wrapper, just two driven rollers, coated with rubber having a rough surface. Normally works well.

Bagging the bales as I write.

I think I baled them too soft.
 
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DrWazzock

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Lincolnshire
I reckon there is some problem with the pressure control on the baler as normally it works OK on 2.5 turns out from fully seated for haylage. I kept screwing it in but the bales were still a bit soft especially round the outer layers. MIddles were solid. I finally had it only 1.5 turns out which normally makes good firm bales in barley straw yet the damp haylage bales were like sponges but heavy enough.
 
Grouse

Grouse

Member
I bagged thousands of bales in the 1980's before wrapping came in. I would never, never, ever go back to them unless it was an emergency.

Bagging is also slow, tedious and needs two people at least.

In my experience a wrapped bale with a small hole = you get a bit of mould. A bagged bale with a hole usually results in a rotten bale as there is far more loose material for air to get round the bale. Wrapped bales don't flap in the breeze. Bagged do and need a net and tyres over them or similar.
 

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