Breaking A Second Baler, And One Lonley Farmer Saves the Day?!
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3 жыл бұрынWith time running out to get her hay off the field, Farm Girl agrees to borrow a baler, but was it a BAD IDEA?! Can she get her New Holland 575 square baler repaired or will she need help from a pro?
Will IT WORK?!
Stay-tuned for a surprise twist in the next video!
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@bobbyrogers2283 3 жыл бұрын
Wes pandy is a good guy . That guy is busy ALL the time , that he took time to help you out speaks volumes about him .
@11T872 3 жыл бұрын
He is a good farmer, for his personality that is another topic.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I agree, that's why I was hesistant to ask him. But he went above and beyond!
@davidgreen7108 3 жыл бұрын
That's how most seasoned farmers are. They will help anyone they can all people need to do is ask. I try to help everyone out that I can. I just have trouble explain things, it's easier for me to show people and/or walk them through it and answer any questions they have.
@onelonleyfarmer 3 жыл бұрын
i am just getting time to watch this now at least a week after the post.. i am glad i can help out.
@buffranchAB 3 жыл бұрын
Suzanne sure sounded appreciative, to the hilt
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
😄 you probably didn't know i was recording you for the video 😁
@onelonleyfarmer 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive i didnt lol
@hturbo1007 3 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you took our advice from the last time you had a knotter problem and called Wesley for advice I knew he would help because he is a genuine kind of person. And he knows more about knotters than a lot of technicians
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
He helped a few times actually, lol! He comes in for round 2 in the next video!
@TheWabbit 3 жыл бұрын
It's good to see neighbors/ Farmers helping each other out, I'm sure it happens a lot more than we see but not as much as when I was younger. You're going to be a master baler troubleshooter in no time, I'm again wondering what the next video has in store. I'm about to have a drink in your Honor! Keep up the good work and take care!
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I think you should! I was too tired to myself!
@canvids1 3 жыл бұрын
Good for you as you got a very experienced baler person Wes Pandy as he know knotters on balers like the back of his hand over the years. I enjoyed your video and will be looking forward to your hay baling.
@frankdooner8628 3 жыл бұрын
Keep your spirits up don't let it get you down . Your doing a fantastic job farming is tough machinery can be frustrating when it gives trouble. Remember all of us that follow you want you to succeed. Your videos are brilliant I really enjoy watching them .Stay strong Stay safe 😊
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Frank!
@eddiemoody8471 3 жыл бұрын
Farm girl even though you have your hands full with problems you do your best to stay positive and smile 👍💪 great to have other farming friends that are willing to help you out friends like that are priceless 🤠
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
So true!
@leomcavoy5770 3 жыл бұрын
Hooray for the Farm Girl and her band of cohorts 🇺🇸
@mauricedaniels3399 3 жыл бұрын
wes has forgotten more about knotters than most people have ever known
@grassylakefarm890 3 жыл бұрын
You sure have had your problems with baling hay this year. I tend to give you the credit for fixing the New Holland. The manual is very helpful. I am also glad that you have lifted the shield above the knotters. It really does help to keep the knotters clean
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
LOve BOTH manuals! The 275 has better pictures!
@jamesmckay9966 2 жыл бұрын
Wes Pandy is a Great Guy. He just says what he thinks most of the times.
@bay9876 3 жыл бұрын
Mount a metal pole on the front loader of the tractor. Drive the pole onto the middle of the round bale to move it by front loader's mounted metal pole. Drop the round bale to place it. Then pull the pole out. This Farm Wife Meredith Bernard shows how and to fix.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
If we ran lots of rounds we'd get something rigged up, but I only had 3 in the barn ;)
@1996turbocamaro 3 жыл бұрын
Con grads on getting the knotters squared away, isn't it a nice feeling of accomplishment!! Wes is pretty cool like that... :) now you can take what you have learned about the knotters and work on your old baler as spare and getting it working great too.... maybee... just a thought :) ??
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
welllll . . . . lol, I DID look at it last year, and while I COULD do the repairs (needs LOTS) it would take time away from something else MUCH more important . . . like finishing the horse trailer, building an office, trainigng the horses, lol!
@1996turbocamaro 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive Understood :)
@AgTalkInTheRaw 3 жыл бұрын
im glad i could help you out!!
@ikonseesmrno7300 3 жыл бұрын
Running a Gehl Bale is an art with some science thrown in for good measure. Short, fine hay is going to pack tight no matter what you use to pick it up. My first instinct, when I saw that sad little round bale fluff out of the chamber, was to use that to test your adjustments on your small square. Glad to see you got somewhere with it. Though the end of this vid makes it look otherwise. Sorry to see that. Just an update on my end, 3rd cutting kind of sucked too. The mower kept plugging in the damp hay. The ground wouldn't dry out. My inverter had the same issues due to short wet grass & an insane wind that directed it any which way but out. The day that I wanted to bale was plagued with humidity. All the hay wanted to do was tumble in front of the pickup & roll out the sides. Then I was braking bales. Couldn't figure out why the twine on the right knotter looked like it was hammered flat. Finally figured out that I was going too fast for conditions. Had to crawl along in 1st to keep them all together. Got it done tho. There were only 51 bales on a whole two acres. They are about 75 lbs & drum tight. Of course, with that weight & amount of dampness, my usual customer turned her nose up at it. Finally, got a hold of the one neighbor who was more than happy to buy what I had. WHEW!!! Glad that's over. Got my equipment cleaned off & put away for the season. Will be having a drink or two in the near future. Then I'll be ready for another round (of hay) next year. Woo-Hoo!!! Regards!
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Glad you got it done! Here's to next year, with less breakdowns ;D
@markgamble8377 3 жыл бұрын
Good to see farmers helping each other. The way it used to be is still around. Good job farm girl.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
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@quaddad 3 жыл бұрын
I stumbled across your channel this week and have enjoyed learning about hay farming. I’ve seen a couple dozen of your videos and have now subscribed. Love your positive and cheerful attitude everyday when new problems arise. Keep up the good work on the farm and KZfaq.
@robl4881 3 жыл бұрын
Those old Gehl roundbalers are good for piling up like that in really dry hay. I've also learned to run the windows as far to the ends of the pickup as I can this packs the hay better on the ends the middle will fill in as you go back and forth. For getting the twine around them I swing the twine feeder over and move so the twine drags into the windrow. Once it starts feeding stop and move the feeder to the far end and work back across. There is a lot to watch on these old balers to get good bales but once you get the hang of it their not horrible.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure you're right :) Was just a learning curve I didn't have much time to get the hang of ;D
@brendanwhite9799 3 жыл бұрын
Weve over and back a little helps to fill the bale even
@showcattle07 3 жыл бұрын
Wes is the square baler knotter“guru”, large or small @oneloneleyfarmer
@alanmccurdy5400 3 жыл бұрын
I admire the fire out of you!! You are one determined lady.
@cletaspratt9162 3 жыл бұрын
Bravo on the teaching, great effort on making it work.
@tonyburelle6633 3 жыл бұрын
That was great of Wes to help out, is he the surprise at the end I wonder?, things started looking good but by the looks you had trouble again, damn, you can't catch a break, hopefully it all worked out
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
LOts of surprise twists, lol!
@tonyburelle6633 3 жыл бұрын
Can't wait!
@chriscampbell2327 3 жыл бұрын
Great success on the knotters!
@400brian 3 жыл бұрын
Over here in Wisconsin, I was baling the last of this year's hay this last weekend. I might bale some marsh grass for bedding yet ( last year I baled 2 loads on Dec 24 ). Sunday Oct 11 was supposed to be sunny, but it turned out to be overcast until about sunset when the sun shone for a few minutes. The hay was higher moisture than I wanted, but rain was forecast, and this time of year it never really dries well. First bale out didn't tie, took a look and determined that I needed to back the pressure on the hyd tension off. Took it it down to the edge of the green on the gauge. I was baling a mix of grass and alfalfa, and I can tell by how the thrower is spitting them into the wagon, and how they bounce and keep or not keep their shape if the tension is too loose or if the bales are heavy or light. I have a spring broken on a hay dog under the chamber, and I haven't bothered to replace it yet. If I push the baler hard it will mis-tie on that side, so I was running a moderate speed with the tension backed off enough to make it happy. Baled a couple hundred bales of hay and around 50 bales of marsh grass to clean up what I had cut. I have never ran plastic twine. I am old school, and the plastic twine degrades slowly and gets into everything. So I cannot speak to the use of plastic twine. But on your knotter; this is a judgement call, but at some point you may just have to rebuild it completely. I did that 30+ years ago on an old New Holland baler that was built in the 60's, and it really cured the problems we were having. I have no idea how many bales have been run through your 575, we bought ours in '97 I think, and we baled around 6000 bales a year through it, mostly second crop alfalfa. Looking at your video, it is hard to discern exactly how worn your knotter parts are compared to my 575, so I am not going to tell you what to do, but you might consider it. In 50 years I have never had so much difficulty with a knotter as you seem to have. I wish you well.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
The more I study it, the more I realize that one small item slightly out of time can cause massive issues. When we sent it to New Holland 2 years ago, they never noticed the issue of the twine box tension being too high. Of course, they don't run material through the balers either. Had they noticed it, thigns would have been VASTLY different the last 2 years. Having to pull so hard that the string wore holes into the ceramic insulators tells me that the knotters took a heavy beating as well. The normal components that wear through such as the gears seem to be in great shape. I'm sure replacing the full knotter system WOULD be a good thing to do . . .
@buffranchAB 3 жыл бұрын
That short stem fluff hay will drive you nuts in the older style small (skinny) belt balers, thank the Lord, and let's thank Mr Wesley
@HomegrownPassion 3 жыл бұрын
I just found this channel! There’s so many guy youtubers, but I love seeing fellow girl farmers! 😁😁😁
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed! There are lots of farming channels popping up, and several channels of women helping their husbands or family on the farm. I don't know of too many that are the actual farmer running the operation 😢 Nice to meet you!
@HomegrownPassion 3 жыл бұрын
WT Farm Girl Videos Yeah you are pretty awesome driving the big tractors! I honestly haven’t, but you are making me want to get brave and try it! I do take care of the animals though are Mom and I do the greenhouse. I’m very glad to live the country life! I’m so excited for your videos and I think my family will like watching you too!
@robertpsieving4401 3 жыл бұрын
In all my years, I've never seen a round bale do that, no matter at kind of hay is in the baler
@dehavenfamilyfarm 3 жыл бұрын
It was nice of Wes to help you out. I hope you got your hay in. I had some 2nd cut get rained on recently 😪
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Oh nooo! I'm so sorry to hear that! I hope you were able to salvage it!
@MustangsTrainsMowers 3 жыл бұрын
I applaud your efforts. Plenty of people never try hard and do lots of sitting on their behinds.
@robertschoenborn8413 3 жыл бұрын
👋 Hi !! Most excellent video keep smiling one bale at a time ✌👍😉 great job.
@alkennedy1124 3 жыл бұрын
If I remember rite, it works better with square bails in the early mornings when the moister, is on the hay, on the ground, kool nice beautiful lady beautiful beautiful woman 👩👩👩👩👍👍👍💪 thanks y’all BigAl California.
@KW-qt6df 3 жыл бұрын
Good idea to call him he knows a lot 😉 he is very smart
@bombadeer8231 3 жыл бұрын
Hay Farm Girl 👧 BIG high five to you. The only thing I can add is your question of torque on that worm gear nut. Note the little square indentations on the outside of those nuts. That tells you that they are locking nuts. They should turn hard putting them on. So they are not subject to a torque wrench. All you do, and can do, is draw them up against the worm gear and then back off just enough for free play. That’s all you can do. Btw you’re awesome 👍
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm . . . I didn't notice that!
@virginiareid5336 3 жыл бұрын
So glad The Lonely Farmer was able to help you out. It's always wonderful to find a mentor willing to help, rather than pay hundreds of dollars to get the equipment mechanics to your place.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
He's offered many times, but I always feel bad asking since he's so busy! But this time I felt it was a worthy problem ;)
@andrewjirik2308 3 жыл бұрын
The problem with the older round balers is the gap between the belts. You got to cram the hay in as fast as you can and don’t let it run when your not putting hay in.
@BagwellFarms 3 жыл бұрын
Nice! That’s Bad ass you fixed your knotters be very proud I know a lot of people that have baled hay for years that cant do that! An as for the round baler that’s a inherent problem with those old gehls in short fine hay they work best in fescue or something steamier because of the belt spacing
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I kinda figured! I guess if we ever did get a round baler we'd ahve to really look into what works great for fine grass hay . . . Did you end up gettign rid of your maxilator for the Kuhns accumulation system? Or do you use both?
@BagwellFarms 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive Yes we went to the Kuhns system but I still use the maxilator for a grapple or a backup if needed the maxilator is a good steeping stone to the Kuhns system in my opinion because the Kuhns accumulator is about twice the cost of the maxilator an you still have to buy grapples so if I’d recommend something to anyone starting out with a accumulation system it’d be to start with a maxilator an grow into a Kuhns system
@mountainviewturning5319 3 жыл бұрын
Great video 👍
@davidgreen7108 3 жыл бұрын
That gehl round baler will bale almost anything when adjusted right. I set up our gehl 1400 (4x5) on lawn grass. We bale everything with it 1st, 2nd, 3rd cutting hay, wheat straw, and even some bean stubble for cattle bedding. Just wish it was a bit newer gonna estimate it was built in the late 70's early 80's. Going by the serial number.
@brian_2040 3 жыл бұрын
I know one thing, as far as a hay farm you have the best of the best for square balers
@bradolsen9981 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Lord Jesus for a little Susie she is a precious cute girl thank you thank you thank you Jesus for bringing this beautiful girl into the world
@brendonpartridge6362 3 жыл бұрын
Wt farm girl i love watching your channel alot every day u are awesome KZfaqr and the pretty one on your channel alot keep up the great work on channel say safe and healthy with your family i hope this will get better soon 😀
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, glad you enjoy it!
@brendonpartridge6362 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive i do enjoy your video keep making awesome videos on your channel u are my favorite KZfaqr 😀
@Okiefarmer 3 жыл бұрын
Short hay is an old round baler’s nightmare. Square baling your short hay would be you best bet with the round baler you have. Baling it a little tacky (dew) with a more modern baler if possible. Make short bales with the round baler cause the short hay won’t roll in the chamber as the size increases. A baler with net wrap would help as well as its quick to wrap vs string. (Less revolutions) Hence possibly hiring/rent a newer round baler. Best of luck too you.
@allanchilton6432 3 жыл бұрын
Good man, that Wes Pandy, Karma working here, thinking back to the how farms work weekend a while back.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
That was a great time chatting with all of them :D
@knowltek 3 жыл бұрын
Dump the round bail an sqr bail it back up...it’s done every day
@danielkaz6280 3 жыл бұрын
Great vids :) 💕
@arzamumma1202 3 жыл бұрын
With all the problems you had I am glad the knotter is now working !!
@glenn6448 3 жыл бұрын
Wouldnt it be nice if you could mount a truck back up camera on the baler to watch the knotters from the tractor while your baling. Just thinking out of the box 🤤 once you know those knotters you can hire out to make service calls 🤗👍
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I THINK I can sync my gopro 7 to my phone, and I had considered that for backing up to the carts, lol! Maybe I can get that rolling next year :)
@robertdonaldson6584 3 жыл бұрын
Education is expensive
@patkelly7999 3 жыл бұрын
Good job Suzanne and Wes:):)
@georgebarger3345 3 жыл бұрын
I have never seen a round bale do that.
@garynelson4749 3 жыл бұрын
yep 5 min with a "old" baler guy....im kinda wondering if your still like working on balers vs cutters as you stated in a earlier video? (even new balers have issues) ..rule o thumb fix rakes and balers first...cutting can always wait a few days hay on the ground cant....tap the stripped threads or double nut it and drill n pin it in place to finish the field then you have all winter to get parts n fix right.....fwiw round balers with big spaced between belts hate short hay......short limp 2nd cutting grass hay will bale some whooper tight packed heavy bales....short very crispy 2nd cut hay is almost impossible to get a heavy bale no matter the tension......sorry your having trouble....good luck hope you got it off the field..
@timjohnson6353 3 жыл бұрын
Pandy to the rescue..
@henryposthumus4682 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Suz if you have anymore problems with your baler let me know I can walk you through on how to fix it. I work on baler knotters all the time.
@rodgercottrill3342 3 жыл бұрын
Thank God for o.l.f he's the man
@dennisknackstedt18 3 жыл бұрын
To make decent round bales in fine hay you have rake a little different. You have to feed that stuff as fast as the baler will take it. I still remember what my first bale of alfalfa looked like--sticks.
@timwadsworth7582 3 жыл бұрын
Wtfarm girl the only way that you can rewrap it is cut it and feed it back through
@theskyisfallingagain7860 3 жыл бұрын
I have probably a dumb question. When was your square baler made? When it was made was it designed to use organic twine rather than nylon/plastic twine? Would the old organic twine even make a difference? Have less wear? More than one question...lol sorry..😀
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
LOL no not a dumb question! I'm not sure when it was made, maybe late 90's? I'd have to search the serial number. It's something I never considered that a baler could have been MADE to use a specific type of string . . . that's a good point! For us we've tried every type and color out there, and the New Holland Blue has worked the best. Our issues aren't with the string (right now) it's within the knotter itself makng sure everything is set properly. Mis-ties would be a sign of incorrect string tension on the billhook. In all honestly if the syetm is set-up correctly for the type of string it's using, it shouldnt have any issue ;) Sometimes the extra skinny string can be hard for it to hold, and sometimes the extra heavy duty sisal can be hard for it for work through as well. But in theory, if the system is set-up correctly everything should flow smoothly ;)
@johns9315 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive if its made around the 90s then it would be built to use nylon string, I worked for a farmer just after I left school in the mid 80s an he had an old NH bailer that he got from new mid 70s an that took nylon twine fine. No two balers are always the same though they can be same make model an year but one might run better on one make of twine but the other will run better on a different brand of twine lol Not sure if you can get the brand we use over there in the states but we have no trouble with Cotesi medium in our small square balers. The only other problem with the round baler is you can't easily collect them up as you bale if it looks like rain only having one tractor, at least with small sq bales you can throw them on a trailer by hand if rains looming while you continue to bale. Your doing a great job with all the problems your getting, just continue what your doing and you will get it all worked out :)
@ronwilgenbusch1961 3 жыл бұрын
Call your neighbor back, ask for his advise, I’m sure he doesn’t want the baler messed up
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
He sat with me for all of the bales. Right after he left I noticed it was struggling to roll it so I stopped. It might have worked ok with 1st cut but second is just to fluffy and easy to overpack.
@brianmullins5824 3 жыл бұрын
Anything I mean anything you want to know about big and small square balers Wesley Pandy is your man
@OutofTownwithRobinBell 3 жыл бұрын
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@davidwaddell8758 3 жыл бұрын
Hey WT Farm Girl!!👋 Hope and crossing my fingers that the balding goes well for u! 🙏😆❤👍
@davidwaddell8758 3 жыл бұрын
I meant yo say balding not balding
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I hope I don't go bald, lol!
@davidwaddell8758 3 жыл бұрын
Baling not balding! Sorry
@clarkeseymour4684 3 жыл бұрын
You could always just eject it from the round baler spread it out a bit and bale it with the square baler
@HuntGamingProductions 3 жыл бұрын
olf is one great guy and not respected enough
@stevemiller6169 3 жыл бұрын
If the twine disc seems to keep getting out of time after you reset it, it could be the pin that goes through the gear on the twine disc. The one that's driven by the worm gear.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
There did seem to be a bit of slop there, but it seemed like once it was torqued down the slop went away . . .? so to answer your comment, yes, lol,
@nickvee9468 3 жыл бұрын
Amen
@my66moparman 3 жыл бұрын
Are you missing a belt? I don't know much about it but my buddy's hey roller does not have any gaps between them. They all run close together and the hey stays inside
@ronaldfeuerstein435 3 жыл бұрын
Hey Hello.. Let me just say? I enjoy your video not cause you was having a promble but cause this happens to all farmers. We had this to on a john deere 336 baler. But there was a needle bent just alittle out of wack.. Fixed that and it worked.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
That can cause issues for sure!
@gordbaker896 3 жыл бұрын
I think it is time to seriously consider Custom cutting and Baling done by a nearby neighbour.
@glenn6448 3 жыл бұрын
@Oops Oops grow up oops oops👼
@glenn6448 3 жыл бұрын
@Oops Oops if you dont like her channel, dont watch it. Quit whining like a kid.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting . . . I have several GUY farmer neighbors who also are first time farmers and also are having issues . . . and I also have been out to help THEM out. Unless YOU are a FIRST generation farmer starting an entire farm from scratch, you really have no place to judge. That's like a 60 year old guy who's never had kids telling a first time mother how poorly she's raising her 2 yr old . . . I'm not going to sit here and judge their equipment failures, or animal failures. I knw they are doing the best they can. I also know there are farmers in my area who have spent their entire lives farming . . . and are still failing at it . . . I'm not going to judge them either for I am NOT in their shoes. And I will fully admit that I mess everything up. All the time, everytime. There is NOT ONE THING in my life I have succeeded at, so why would farming be any different? I'd probably mess up watching grass grow too. BUT, as a bonus I am NOT driving our farm into debt, we are fully debt free. And I am turning a profit. I might not be able to grow as fast as others (due to my massive tendency to fail all the time) but I am growing the farm, despite every failure.
@glenn6448 3 жыл бұрын
@Oops Oops like i said. Grow up
@gordbaker896 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive You are NOT failing Suze. You are gaining experience. Farming is very tough and then there is the Weather that beats you sometimes. You do NOT mess everything up. Shit happens. We admire your perseverance and dedication to your family, land and domestic animals. As a youth I spent many Summers Cutting and Raking hay to be baled by my cousin at various farms in the Township. We had lots of problems too. Try hand cranking a 4 cylinder Wisconson engine like forever it seemed. Don't beat yourself up. You have succeeded in many things. You even got the knotter working! The smile you had when the bales came out OK was incredible. We had a couple cranks that loosened or tightened the bale chute to adjust weight. Congratulations on being profitable. You will make it all work. (HUG)
@andrewfield272 3 жыл бұрын
🏴🇬🇧🏴 You're doing great 🙂🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
@bushcraftjoe1 3 жыл бұрын
Nice job at recording the phone call.
@scottsmith6903 3 жыл бұрын
Never drop hay on the ground thats my motto. Hay baskets don't work well with knotter issues and they cost alot of money. Good old flat hay wagons are best. Two people can bale and put up alot of hay quickly. I have six 18 footers and can get a 1000 bales on wheels in about 4 hours. Just getting it up on wheels in a short time when rain is coming can be the best option.
@greghamann2099 3 жыл бұрын
This is the best option but we don't want to give it a try I guess,
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Hay wagons out here are tough to find (hence why we bought the parade float, which still requires major repair work). Nor do we have the space to store hay wagons out of the rain. We can exactly fit 2 bale carts into the barn plus still put the hay elevator inside. The grapple system unloads hay very neatly and very quickly, so if we do eventually manage to switch into trailers we will look into getting a second smaller tractor to use with the grapple system.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Everything costs money . . . a good wagon runs about $3000-$5000 out here. In any business you look at the cost of upgrading, the different pros and cons, and how it fits your individual operation. If the same thing worked for everyone, there would only be one type of hay system made.
@scottsmith6903 3 жыл бұрын
I just live 60 miles to your east not that far away so we are working in very different conditions $, weather, and product. If I could get $3000 for any of my wagons i would get out of the hay business and go into the wagon business. Baskets cost $3000 and up. Being able to bale alone can cost alot of money and all that equipment better work well. I think for the number of bales you do you would be better off to put the shoot back on that baler and put a person on the wagon. Getting the field on wheels quickly has its advantages. How many bales do you put up?
@scottsmith6903 3 жыл бұрын
I just live 60 miles to your east not that far away so we are not working in very different conditions $, weather, and product.
@sodbuster518able 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Lord for mr Ford
@gregbird6615 3 жыл бұрын
Good job. If it was built, it can be fixed.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Very true!
@KevinCoop1 3 жыл бұрын
Suzanne, No comment yet!😊😊😊. Kevin
@rogercarl8923 3 жыл бұрын
I had a Ford round baller,same as the 1600.I just drop it and just unroll it by hand and rebale it.
@denniscarte6564 3 жыл бұрын
A big baler with a press roller is a accident waiting to happen, but it looks like the tailgate came open. And if you do get it to bale put plenty twine on lighter hay.
@denniscarte6564 3 жыл бұрын
With a big baler in light hay you need to weave back and forth, fill the outside ends.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that's what the neighbor suggested too (tricky on a smll field)
@nickvee9468 3 жыл бұрын
Goodntight, who sneezed? lol 5:10 ..the play part and not the poundage part... lol I'm obscene i tell ya. Thanks for the laughs. You're beautiful in Many ways.
@africadreamin 3 жыл бұрын
I have seen it where the pins that go through the bill hook and the twine holder gears have sheared allowing the shaft to turn slightly before jamming also I always carried a small piece of carborundum stone to dress the twine knives rather than a file so that you don't get that jagged finish on your knots.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
That's good to know! I should get some and keep it in the baler!
@davidgreen7108 3 жыл бұрын
The trick is to swerve back and forth until the core is about a foot tall then switch sides of the bale watching the belts they climb up hill as the bale grows if they are tracking to the left of the machine then feed hay into the right side of the machine until they start to track to the right then switch back to feeding the left and do it all over again until the bale is the size you want. Wrap it with twine and dump it out and start the process again. Also we go about 7 to 10 miles an hour as our baler likes to be crowded.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I was weaving back and forth, but I think the field was too small/short to adequately pack it :(
@evankibbe590 3 жыл бұрын
Suzanne I would of forked that untied big bail through the square bailer to make sure it was going to work . Just me ..
@sodbuster518able 3 жыл бұрын
Bale#1 compared to Chronicles of this farm wife ch her bale counter was over 28k for this season, that's a lot baled hay.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I re-set the bale counter everytime I bale so I know how much for each cut
@sodbuster518able 3 жыл бұрын
I,m with you on that one i would do a reset the same way
@oswaldolopez4865 3 жыл бұрын
Is there anything you cant do you the best
@bryanginder5903 3 жыл бұрын
I run 3 round balers an I can't say I've seen that problem you had with yours!? But if your hay is to fine an short try running the baler slower an faster speed, not to much of the hay will have time to get threw the belts an sit their an grind up!
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure there was some sort of trick that needed to be done, but I'm guessing my neighbor hasn't had that issue either . . . but then again, he's only used it one season :(
@randymaylowski2485 3 жыл бұрын
I think half of your problem with the round baler, is I think for one. The balts are too smooth don't have alot of grip? And two I don't think that model of a round baler is designed for small levy corps like second cutting, but probably just needs more TLC My guess is why your square bales were coming out heavy with the hydraulic tensioner you have, I'll guess it gotten more active when your RPM were up higher, but one thing I will say what you need to do is, sides that is a newer model then ours we have a 316 NH super sweeper which I'll guess is a mid 80s model so am telling you right now what we learned with ours especially in thin winwows, I'll give you a hint, we normally bale at forth sometimes fiveth gear at 540 544ish of RPM going 4 to 5 mph,;) depending on thick of winwows so you have to force feed it. So if you would speed a gear or two, they might not be as heavy, then that speed you went, sure I don't know that baler, but it tells me your tension is there maybe a bit high or just right, but probably just needs to have more hay in through it faster;) but it all comes down to how you like the wight of the bales, probably have to do lots of figurings and rejectings. Other than that good video.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
the next video I talk about why they were so heavy, and did just a you suggested (went faster) and they were vastly improved! The hydrolic tensioner wasn't tensioning at all (it wouldn't increase) so I think it needs more hydrolic fluid . .
@randymaylowski2485 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive well yer welcome for my thoughts, sorry if it was a bit long..lol but I was just explaining things;) but yeah you might have to check to see if you need more hydraulic fluid. Other than that thanks for replying back.
@brentrollins2572 3 жыл бұрын
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@MustangsTrainsMowers 3 жыл бұрын
The first thing to know when you are farming is how potentially dangerous each machine is. We heard multiple stories over the years of people and children dying by farm equipment. One of them was a neighbor during the process of trying to pull out a stuck tractor which I already posted on onelonelyfarmers channel late last winter and it was graphic so I’m not going to re post it here. It was the video in which he told stories of farm deaths. Mine was under “Boyd W” before I changed my channel name to Boyd The Goofball.
@j.b.caldwell7420 3 жыл бұрын
You might want to see somebody use a rotary rake so you see the difference in how the windrows can feed into your baler. Tiny windrows are no fun to bale
@mchl8 3 жыл бұрын
The bale that was lost , I'd take the machine and spread this back out and re-bale maybe the easiest way .
@bradolsen9981 3 жыл бұрын
I think some of those round bales Susie are supposed to weigh around 1800 to 2000 pounds in total weight
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Probably!
@sodbuster518able 3 жыл бұрын
German torque spec,gooodntight!
@ollie-lk5dx 3 жыл бұрын
Avoid having a service call, Its labor plus mileage, you can pull or haul a baler or what ever cheaper than having them come out. I believe Wes is a good hard working guy and I think if you ask for help he'll bend over backwards to help. He's a bit out spoken but I happen to agree with 98 % of what he says.
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I pulled it down last time, but it was a time issue, and would take 3 hrs to pull it down, one day for them to repair and 3 hrs to pull it back. Cheaper, but with a tech on site I can see EXACTLY what's getting repaired.
@randysimon7633 3 жыл бұрын
Hay its randy in westphalia over by lansing I wish I could help you we would find a couple wagons I could load behind baler I bale around 6000 bakes s summer load every load my self put 150 bales on load usually go 7 high
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Well we had talked about announcing that subs could come and help, but with so many breakdowns it's tough to know when it will be. But hopefully next year, that might be an option!
@fredrickkohlman9587 3 жыл бұрын
Is that hay dry enough?
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
well yes and no, lol!
@josephcarroll2824 3 жыл бұрын
I have been wondering how's your thumb after it healed?
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
It's great! Only slight nerve damage, and a permanently split nail (I now have 2) but I healed very nicely without stitches :)
@josephcarroll2824 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive that's good anytime you can stay away from the hospital is a good thing.
@DomManInT1 3 жыл бұрын
Scatter bad/broken/messed up bails back into the field and then run the bailer over them again once it is working properly.
@brittfarms2018 3 жыл бұрын
The biggest issue there is the gapping between the belts..that much gapping g will cause u problems...
@bradolsen9981 3 жыл бұрын
I don’t know why you aren’t doing cartwheels right now Susie
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
I was too tired, lol!
@jimwalker2894 3 жыл бұрын
short orchard grass is hard to round bale for anyone
@This1LifeWeLive 3 жыл бұрын
Well now you tell me, lol!
@jimwalker2894 3 жыл бұрын
@@This1LifeWeLive I shared that thought so you would not beat yourself up over, square balers love short hay, round balers do not
@countrywolf4466 3 жыл бұрын
Personally, I think the belts are too narrow. If your in short grass, end of the year probably so, its allowing too much grass to get past the belts.
@johanvantrier 3 жыл бұрын
WTFlabbergasting video.X
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