tiehog bale packer hesston 4800/4900 wated

[ilovebalingtoo]

id like to have a go at something like this but i'm looking for a 4x4 baler so i can make the packs 3 high and keep bale length. this looks really fast!
i cant find their website so i assume they're not trading anymore. does anyone know of a scrap 4800/4900? pickup real/stuffer/gearbox can be missing or a complete mess as it will all be removed anyway?
any help much appreciated!
tia

 

[Andrew]

Give Nigel Cowlen a ring (NCE Ltd). Think he knows of a few scrappers.

 

[ilovebalingtoo]

thanks @Andrew could you message me his no, cant seem to find anything online!

 

[Andrew]

PM sent.

Also:
https://m.facebook.com/pages/catego...er-Specialists-940491582767528/?locale2=en_GB

The number on FB is his lad Luke.

 

[Goweresque]

I never quite understood how this conversion worked, having watched the youtube videos a fair few times. The bales obviously get stuffed into the bale chamber, on their side, one on top of the other, but how do you get any pressure into the packs, and how is the string knotted around them?

The needles have to come up at the absolute exact moment otherwise you'd spear the next bale(s) into the chamber, so how is it timed? And can you get enough pressure in the packs to make the strings tight and able to pick the packs up without them being all floppy?

 

[ilovebalingtoo]

I never quite understood how this conversion worked, having watched the youtube videos a fair few times. The bales obviously get stuffed into the bale chamber, on their side, one on top of the other, but how do you get any pressure into the packs, and how is the string knotted around them?

The needles have to come up at the absolute exact moment otherwise you'd spear the next bale(s) into the chamber, so how is it timed? And can you get enough pressure in the packs to make the strings tight and able to pick the packs up without them being all floppy?

the whole idea of starting with the baler is all those things are already in place, may need some modifying. density, kneedletiming, done by a clever person (not me).
i recon the tiehog machine can be simplified further.

 

[Goweresque]

I'd certainly like to see one in action in person. I'm fascinated how they made it work.

 

[ilovebalingtoo]

I'd certainly like to see one in action in person. I'm fascinated how they made it work.

me too, thats why i started looking, remember looking on their website a few years ago, but cant find anything now....
it looks to be taking bales very fast!

 

[Chae1]

Like the three balers behind one tractor! Rakeman would have to pretty good to keep them at correct width.

 

[Gil582]

@Graham Grant

 

[glasshouse]

Like the three balers behind one tractor! Rakeman would have to pretty good to keep them at correct width.

Total waster of time that. if one stops, they all stop.
a double hitch on a round would work though, when one baler full, switch to the other while it nets and ejects

 

[Chae1]

Total waster of time that. if one stops, they all stop.
a double hitch on a round would work though, when one baler full, switch to the other while it nets and ejects

Looks like he's getting on to me.

 

[e3120]

Like the three balers behind one tractor! Rakeman would have to pretty good to keep them at correct width.

Maybe he has rakes that work on the same principle.

 

[Goweresque]

Maybe he has rakes that work on the same principle.

If you look at the video at about 32 seconds in you can see the towing frame is hydraulically adjustable so presumably if either of the side rows gets out of line you can move the side baler over to compensate from the cab.