knotter

Hello everyone :) First time posting here from Idaho, USA. I have a friend who has a Howard BigBaler that's been sitting in a barn for ages. He parked it because one of the knotters stopped working and he never could figure out why. He tried adjusting the tension of the twine, and I believe he...

Hello all, We have recently been trying to get a JD 342 working that has been laying in a shed for 20+ years. Most things seem to be going well, however she can be quite temperamental when it comes to tying knots. It will tie them most of the time but every now and then it will get a knot...

Girl admitting defeat... Bought all the kit I needed to make my own conventional bales 2019. All went well then hired out my Jones 155 baler and it all went wrong. Help needed, the bill hook is broken. Can't seem to find advice or spare. Not sure if it's easier to replace the whole knotters...

I have been having issues with the reef knot catching on the knotter causing stoppages and downtime. I am just wondering what issues operators have had and any alternative methods of joining the spools of twine together, rather than using a traditional reef knot. Any help would be appreciated...

Rececntly my markant 65 has started to bow the bales ( banana ) slightly to the left ( chamber side of baler ) , have adjusted tensioner , and bill hook spring tensions in attempt to rectify , and while it's not to bad , being a perfectionist it's getting frustrating , especially as it has...