New Holland 648 problem

[northernmonkey]

Hi guys .Recently bought a 648 new holland. Bales 80 bales of Hay without a problem yesterday. This afternoon Went out to bale some more and am having a problem when on a small swath the some of the hay is going up the front of the baler rather than into the chamber and accumulating in front of the duck bill so when you have a full bale and it tries to wrap the Duck bill just runs into all this crap and cant push the net into the chamber.

on a dense swath it works perfect....

 

[robbie]

It's most probably this extreme heat at the minute, balers do dunny things when trying to bale very very hot dry slick crops. I'd suggest waiting for the sun to go off it a bit so it's cooler either early morning or late afternoon evening.

I've known boys in the past on straw to start at 4 or 5 bale until 10 go home and bale again from 4 or 5

 

[del_boy]

Try shutting the pto speed down aswell. But like said above the heat can make them balers play up, the belts cant grip the crop. Try going back to it in the evening when the sun has gone

 

[robbie]

A PTO speed of 350-400 rpm can make a lot of difference sometimes

Yesterday my McHale was just trying to throw stuff back out over the top of the rotor when starting a bale, dropped PTO speed and was ok but crops are very dry and slippery at the minute.

 

[northernmonkey]

This makes sense. I had increased the PTO on the really heavy swaths to help it and did not think about slowing it back down a tad after. Will let you know how it goes today!

 

[Skintagain]

Heat this week has tested everything!!

 

[northernmonkey]

So today By being careful with pto speeds I got a fair bit done thanks guys. I did notice too when i came in and clkeaned the machine that I have lost a couple of those guide fingers so that will not of been helping. I'm done baling for now so ill service the machine and replace those all should be good next time out.

Thanks to all who replied

 

[bovrill]

Try pressure washing the belts while it's running.
If you've been on some sugary grass, it's amazing how much sticks to them sometimes, and how slippery in the wrong places it makes them.

 

[northernmonkey]

Try pressure washing the belts while it's running.
If you've been on some sugary grass, it's amazing how much sticks to them sometimes, and how slippery in the wrong places it makes them.

That's interesting... never even thought of that at all thank you