Posted by Tx Jim on June 30, 2011 at 04:48:55 from (67.142.163.27):
In Reply to: ragged bales??? posted by IOWA NORTHEAST on June 29, 2011 at 12:40:29:
DiyDave said: (quoted from post at 20:12:18 06/29/11) Maybe your hay dogs ain't barkin right! Several things to check. Wedge like pieces of metal, bolted to the left and right side of the bale chamber, under and a little in front of the knotters.(are they there, are they rusted out, and flattened against the side of the chamber?) Springs on the Hay dogs? (Hay dogs is the 2 finger like spring loaded devices that hold the last charge of hay,
I've never seen faulty hay dogs/springs cause ragged bales. They do cause tying problems but usually not erratic but continual tying problems. Hay dogs from my understanding are designed to hold hay away from the twine/wire while knotting is taking place.Ragged bales are caused from dull,poorly spaced PH knives
This post was edited by Tx Jim at 04:51:15 06/30/11.
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