14T Baler Problems again....

angel in ME · Jul 3, 2011

Got the baler out and figured that we would go without a problem and it won't tie a knot, the needles even lose the baling twine some how...we have just been running it through the cycle by hand with no hay in the baler, don't understand it was working fine when we stopped haying last year...:confused2:

angel in ME · Jul 10, 2011

Alright one side is tieing beautiful but the other side refuses to tie got about four bails out of it that tied ... hmmmm

kuboman · Jul 10, 2011

angel in ME said:
Alright one side is tieing beautiful but the other side refuses to tie got about four bails out of it that tied ... hmmmm

There are many variables that have to be right for a knotter to tie. If you can get your hands on a manual, any manual for a baler will be very helpful to you as all knotters work the same. Without more detailed information it is impossible to help you diagnose a problem.

blueriver · Jul 10, 2011

Back the tractor RPM'S down and go slow.

atgreene · Jul 10, 2011

Are the needles not carrying the twine, or are is the twine making it into the knotter but not tying?

Need lots more info and perhaps a few pics of the knotter/duckbills/needles etc....

zzvyb6 · Jul 10, 2011

In a nut shell ! JD etc knotters work exactly the same. Watch in 420P

YouTube - ‪Small Square Baler Knotter‬‏

Barry Bowen · Jul 10, 2011

That is one of the best videos of knotters out there. It has been around for a long long time, but never saw it on youtube before.

Is the twine making it into the twine disc? Make sure your needle is adjust so that it just clears the twine disc, about 1/32-1/64 of an inch clearance. Let us know if this is happening and we can tell you where to go from there.

Tx Jim · Jul 11, 2011

angel in ME said:
Got the baler out and figured that we would go without a problem and it won't tie a knot, the needles even lose the baling twine some how..:

If needles are losing twine then twine disc isn't holding the tail of the twine or twine is breaking allowing twine to come out of the eye of the needle.

Tx Jim · Jul 11, 2011

zzvyb6 said:
In a nut shell ! JD etc knotters work exactly the same. Watch in 420P

That's an excellent video. It's too bad JD doesn't have a video similar to that one. Granted all sq baler knotters are very similar in operation.

kuboman · Jul 11, 2011

Tx Jim said:
That's an excellent video. It's too bad JD doesn't have a video similar to that one. Granted all sq baler knotters are very similar in operation.

All are the same. Paint it green and you have a JD knotter.