Massey ferguson rb4160 round baler advice needed

[Jb224]

Hello , just wondering if any body is using one of the new mf round balers on silage and haulage as I'm after some advice or settings

We had the dealer come and help set it up but they admitted they didn't know much about them so I've sort of been left to work it out my self I've used a krone round baler before but every thing is completely different, the trouble I'm getting is we need bales of haylage to push about do have fiddled with the dencity some where near it's set on 3/4 depending but the bales once wrapped are shaped lime foorballs , I'm aciecveing a 120cm bale which we want but it only 120cm on the out side edges and the middle are 125cm any advice or tips would be greatful cheers

 

[ILovebaling]

Hello , just wondering if any body is using one of the new mf round balers on silage and haulage as I'm after some advice or settings

We had the dealer come and help set it up but they admitted they didn't know much about them so I've sort of been left to work it out my self I've used a krone round baler before but every thing is completely different, the trouble I'm getting is we need bales of haylage to push about do have fiddled with the dencity some where near it's set on 3/4 depending but the bales once wrapped are shaped lime foorballs , I'm aciecveing a 120cm bale which we want but it only 120cm on the out side edges and the middle are 125cm any advice or tips would be greatful cheers

Sounds like your rows are rubbish. You need a wider row that fits nicely between the tractor wheels. If you are rowing up with a twin rotor rake you need to use ALL the rake. If yu are using a single rotor yiu need to use it correctly and have the row even in bith sides. If you are using a haybob, throw it in the scrap heap and go buy a twin ritir rake.

Also just set the density on the baler to 10 and crack on.

Seriously, the bales have more in the middle than the edges because of the rows, nothing else. The rake makes the quality if the bale more than the baler. The baler just bales up what you feed it.

 

[KB6930]

As above definitely bad rows so either sort thr rows or your gonna have to weave to make the bales a better shape.
If you want light bales all you can do is back off the pressure and or drive a lot faster so it gets less time to roll it .

 

[BIG PACK]

Sounds like your rows are rubbish. You need a wider row that fits nicely between the tractor wheels. If you are rowing up with a twin rotor rake you need to use ALL the rake. If yu are using a single rotor yiu need to use it correctly and have the row even in bith sides. If you are using a haybob, throw it in the scrap heap and go buy a twin ritir rake.

Also just set the density on the baler to 10 and crack on.

Seriously, the bales have more in the middle than the edges because of the rows, nothing else. The rake makes the quality if the bale more than the baler. The baler just bales up what you feed it.

Has above spot on ?

 

[Jb224]

thanks for the advice today we opened up the rake and it made all the diffence cheers

also another matter that the boss was on about the dealer told us to run the baler on the safety chains on the pickup and use the wheels set so they have no weight on but lift the pick up over a bump which seems pretty pointless to have them on to start with running like that

 

[KB6930]

thanks for the advice today we opened up the rake and it made all the diffence cheers

also another matter that the boss was on about the dealer told us to run the baler on the safety chains on the pickup and use the wheels set so they have no weight on but lift the pick up over a bump which seems pretty pointless to have them on to start with running like that

I was told the same and chose to ignore them for the same reasons and goythr odd puncture but nowt other than that

 

[Southmec32]

thanks for the advice today we opened up the rake and it made all the diffence cheers

also another matter that the boss was on about the dealer told us to run the baler on the safety chains on the pickup and use the wheels set so they have no weight on but lift the pick up over a bump which seems pretty pointless to have them on to start with running like that

Yup if your on flat ground run on chains so your fingers fit under wheels. Prevents pickup hinge wear and pickup wheels damage. Pickup tynes last longer as well as wont drop into hollows causing pickup damage

 

[Southmec32]

Yup if your on flat ground run on chains so your fingers fit under wheels. Prevents pickup hinge wear and pickup wheels damage. Pickup tynes last longer as well as wont drop into hollows causing pickup damage

Wheels only there to ride the pickup over lumps in theory

 

[Zebbedee]

Wheels only there to ride the pickup over lumps in theory

Yea in theory but in reality we find the wheels are best on ground to actually pick it all up, I would say the pickup is the worst part of the baler as the rest is very good