need quick help with square baler

[Robert_in_NY]

Get a 15 gallon garden sprayer from TSC and hook it up to spritz into the feeder fork area. That's all an acid attachment is / does. Give it 12v and presto...

In the simplest terms that is all it does but the applicator he is looking at is basically a computer that monitors the current moisture level of the hay and applies the proper amount of preservative automatically. If the moisture rises or drops it adjusts automatically. With a simple sprayer you would have to calibrate it properly and as the field changes you would either have to manually adjust the sprayer or just toss the preservative on heavy and waste money.

You really have to bale a lot of hay though to make the computer controlled applicator pay for itself in preservative savings so it isn't for everyone and is why I don't have one I would love to have it though as it would help me get started earlier in the mornings when the dew is off the tops but still on the bottom of some of the windrows.

 

[WTA]

well I got the hay baled. I got a lot less than I expected due to it never getting any dew on it. The humidity, according to the weather man got to 60% at 4 am but it was nowhere near that where I was. I was expecting between 1100 and 1200 bales but we only got 850. The bales came out looking good and were a consistent weight of 60 pounds but super dry.

Next month it will be double the acreage on that job so I need to get everything worked out in the next 30 days. My right knotter missed ties on 14 bales the other knight. I can't figure that out. There was just one string on those bales and we couldn't find the missing ones so I don't know what happened. I caught one that hung up on the billhook and I think that is just a tension problem. I'll go through all the adjustments again next week I think.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Knotters are something of a mystery to a lot of people. That is why it is great when you have a mechanic who understands them and can fix them quickly and easily. I learned a lot from the now retired mechanic at the local NH dealer when I still dealt with them.

 

[vsteel]

To fix the knotter go through the book and make sure everything is in spec. All of your wiper arm clearances, tension from the twine bale, everything. Every spec they give. Your manual should also have a section in it where they have pics of failed knots which should also tell you what is going on.

When we bale small squares, we always baled a little wet and let the bales dry some in the package so there was very little leaf loss.

Also don't run a conditioner on your windrower. It can make your hay overdry.