Roto baler pickup problems
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Topic: Roto baler pickup problems
Posted By: 500592
Subject: Roto baler pickup problems
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025 at 9:54am
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Trying to bail another round of hay with my old Roto baler. Having some trouble with it this around. The pickup chain keeps jumping off the drive gears and binding up. Hay seems to be getting jammed underneath the pickup bars. The roller at the end of the pickup spins pretty easily but that is not rotating so that does not help things. The pick drive belt is new The hay I’m trying to bale is not great hay to say the least I cut it with an old Mc rotary sycthe and tedded it with that as well so maybe it’s the hay itself? Any tips to help alleviate this? Gets old shutting the tractor down every bale to pull the hay out and get the pickup tracking. |
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025 at 3:30pm
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A multitude of roto-baler jam-ups are caused by trying to bale hay that is too wet for it... Lots of people have told me that through the years...  ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: 500592
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025 at 7:47pm
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I think that was the cause tried it out again and had much better luck. I need to practice making my wind rows better that was causing a lot of trouble. And towards the end it started to eject the bale without ever putting the twine on it. Need to read the manual again and keep it lubed up. While on the subject of hay does anyone have recommendations seed to plant in a small field (5acres or less) that has some well drained gravelly areas but also a lot of low lying clay field in the northeast? I have a of of knapweeed taking over and the field should be limed to improve the ph but I’d like to start getting it in better shape. |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025 at 9:08pm
Definitely true,not going to bale wet hay
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DiyDave wrote:Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025 at 10:59pm
What part of the USA are you in? ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: Lars(wi)
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2025 at 11:57pm
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I’m gonna go out on a limb here, my first thoughts are; Are your traveling at the proper ground speed for the pickup? Keep in mind, when the Roto-baler was common, alfalfa was cut when the plant was near maturity, where I grew up, the old adage was start cutting when the field was at 25% bloom stage. This was to capture as much tonnage(yield) for harvest. The Rotor-baler was designed to bale a crop that was tall at the time of cutting. Just my thoughts, maybe I’m all wet. ------------- I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science. |