Contractors baler not baling bales properly

balerman said:

There is no excuse really these days with modern machinery.Poor raking is my biggest problem,single rotor rakes the main culprit cos they take a bit to set up properly and most dont bother just crack on.All my customers want to rake their own grass,despite trying to educate a couple of poor ones,the raking is the key to good shape bales which are easier to wrap properly.

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ollie989898 said:

How does one cock up the raking? I'm interested to know.

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balerman said:

Easy enough with a single rotor rake,ending up with a narrow tall row instead of a wide flat one like you get with a twin.

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ollie989898 said:

Ah I see, you were talking about single rotor rakes, never have much to do with one of those. Of the twin rakes I've used you could alter the shape of the swath being made by extending or retracting the rotors so it was no issue.

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Wellytrack said:

RPM can do the same.

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ollie989898 said:

I was always told to run the PTO at less than 540 and go on steady rather than have the arms 'throwing' the crop about.

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Wellytrack said:

Run about 400-450 more often than not

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Huwie said:

Where should a mchale pressure density on gauge go to when a good decent bale is made?

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Happy said:

For silage supposed to set it with needle going to 130 when door closed on empty chamber.
That takes it about 1/4 the way into red when full.

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