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sammydwm · Jul 27, 2011

An older guy I help out bought an 855 auto tie chain baler a while back.
He believes it needs a control box but the father of the guy that sold it says there was no box and the auctioneer that held the auction says there was no box. I checked all the big tractors that were sold that day and there was no box on any of them.
I looked at the stuff on the baler and the only wire I see has 2 conductors and runs to something that looks like a sensor or switch.

Anybody have a spare manual or could somebody maybe provide a brief synopsis of how this beast works?

Thanx

BCnT · Jul 27, 2011

i got a 852 with basically same setup...all the "control box" does is signal you when bale chamber is full and when tying starts...main thing it does is keep you from getting a sore neck looking back to see whats going on.
there's a manual tie lever underneath the tie mechanism so you can trip to make smaller bale.

Allan in NE · Jul 28, 2011

Your fella is right; he'll go plumb crazy without that darned box trying to watch the little flag all the time.

When the tie machanism trips it closes the switch, which in turn makes the light and buzzer sound in the cab.

I've got four or five of the things lying about. Send me an email and I'll sell him one at a very reasonable price.

Allan

sammydwm · Jul 28, 2011

I may take you up on that Allen give me a day or so.

Another question, will a Farmall 756 gasser be able to handle this rig?

Allan in NE · Jul 28, 2011

Oh heck yeah; no problem.

Allan

Nebraska Cowman · Jul 30, 2011

Allan, I'd go crazy if I had to listen to the buzzer all day. Besides I'm watching the baler anyway. I can't be bothered to watch some stupid box. I threw mine away.

Nebraska Cowman · Jul 30, 2011

On the auto tie the full bale mechanism trips a
lever to throw the wrapper in gear. You just stop
and wait for it, then open the tailgate and dump
the bale. Shut the tailgate and away you go again.
No putting the PTO out, no backing up, no nothing.
just stop, wrap, and go. Easy as falling off a
chair. The apron chain reverses to help push the
bale out but it's unnecessary. I took the reverser
belt off mine to save wear on the chains. You can
hear the twine arms drop if you are paying any
attention at all. Otherwise just watch your bale indicator and when it gets up to the top watch
that little stop flag down below. As soon as it
starts to drop throw your clutch in. Sometimes in
light hay it helps to keep moving a little further
to get the twine started feeding in.

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