Gehl 1850 round baler problem

[fireman4074]

I have Gehl 1850 with TDC on it. I am having trouble getting the hay to start rolling once it start feeding into it. I have it at the right RPM. I have tried to adjust the gate roller and the bale starter roller to factory setting as mention in manual. I also tried to adjust the pressure on the TDC but still no help. I haven't looked to see if platform belt is turning while trying to get bale started. Is there anything that I can look at the see what problem come be.

 

[RustyA]

Is your hay super dry? Sometimes it won't stick to the belts enough to form a bale? Is your intake chute clogging due to the bale not forming?

 

[RustyA]

Viewing a thread - Gehl 1475 Baler

Discussing similar topic on another forum. Might be characteristic of that baler?

 

[fireman4074]

Is your hay super dry? Sometimes it won't stick to the belts enough to form a bale? Is your intake chute clogging due to the bale not forming?

I guess it’s not super dry but I am in MS. I try bale it within 3-4 days. Do you mean the pickup part when u say intake chute? If so yes it clog up when trying to form bale. I also notice that packer roller have nice size gap between it and platform belt.

 

[fireman4074]

Another question of this baler, how do make adjustment to keep belts from moving side to side and twisting like in pic. I guess there’s no way to add video to this forum.

 

[Hay Dude]

You have belt tracking issues. Have you ever cleaned your steel rollers? Is there a gummy-dirty film on them?
Had similar issues with a NH round baler and that film build up was the problem

 

[MO Hay Guy]

I have Gehl 1850 with TDC on it. I am having trouble getting the hay to start rolling once it start feeding into it. I have it at the right RPM. I have tried to adjust the gate roller and the bale starter roller to factory setting as mention in manual. I also tried to adjust the pressure on the TDC but still no help. I haven't looked to see if platform belt is turning while trying to get bale started. Is there anything that I can look at the see what problem come be.

I also have that baler with the same problem. Try reducing the PTO speed to about half throttle while starting a bale. once it goes into the big chamber, resume to full throttle. That helped me considerably. Good luck !!

 

[5030]

+ 1 0n reducing the pto rpm to start a bale. Not a clue what a TDC is, but belts off tracking are a result of rolling barrel shaped bales. Both my old NH and my new Kubota baler have continuous bale shape monitors built into the in cab digital readout.

 

[5030]

You have belt tracking issues. Have you ever cleaned your steel rollers? Is there a gummy-dirty film on them?
Had similar issues with a NH round baler and that film build up was the problem

On a NH bailer the scraper clearance is critical to keeping the steel rollers clean.

He's been running too many barrel shaped bales.