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wade

07-02-2002 09:00:06




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I have a New Holland 273 baler and I just can't seem to get the slight banana shape out of my bales. Works great otherwise. I try to keep the windrows even and have pretty decent hay to feed it. Any suggestions?




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ken

07-13-2002 22:02:49




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 Re: 273 hayliner in reply to wade, 07-02-2002 09:00:06  
If any of these things work on your baler please e-mail me and let me know. I have a 275 baler and it makes bales so banana shaped they will break when picked up.I have done every thing that can be thought of and then some and nothing seems to help.The plates were mentioned, first i heard of that, will check in to it.We just had to stop using it, but really need it. thanks for any help.



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Michaelp (mi)

07-04-2002 19:06:03




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 Re: 273 hayliner in reply to wade, 07-02-2002 09:00:06  
I have used a NH Hayliner 268. The first year we had that same problem. This year, we added plates to were the bale is compacted. I think that it was a 3 dollor part. Theses plates (i'm not sure what they are called) make the bale come out right.



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Brian in MO

07-04-2002 10:42:06




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 Re: 273 hayliner in reply to wade, 07-02-2002 09:00:06  
We use a 273 to bale some costom hay. The best way to make a good square bale is keep feeding your windrow in as far away from the tractor as possible and have as windrow as narrow as possible at least this is what works for us. Brian



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Garry

07-03-2002 18:49:00




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 Re: 273 hayliner in reply to wade, 07-02-2002 09:00:06  
Have a 273. Configuration of the 6 fingers (long & short) on the feeder carriage seem to have a play in things. The ones on mine were laying loose when I bought it...the local NH dealer didn't have any immediate info on the correct placement, so I just did trial & error until I got them arranged so that it fed the hay to make a square bale. Also found that making a Big windrow made a huge difference, as it kept the pickup fully loaded so that the bale chamber would be full on each stroke, even to the point of baling in first gear to keep from overloading it. When you get it all just right, the 273 will make a really good solid square bale.

Garry

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smirkey

07-03-2002 07:19:58




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 Re: 273 hayliner in reply to wade, 07-02-2002 09:00:06  
good luck. i love the simplicity of the baler design but i think it makes a pretty crappy bale. i've adjusted my 273 feeder but generally i think you have to go pretty slow and keep RPM's at 540. try sharpening the knife too. overcharging the chamber with hay will almost always cause bananna bales. if you intend to stay in the hay business, there are much better baler models out there. an cheap too. look for the feeder system with the 20-60 chain drives, like the 276-77-78. or 311,315,316,320 etc. the design of lifting the fingers out the top of the chamber helps distribute the hay better in the chamber. i am a new holland person, but consider the JD packer fork system. it makes a better shape square bale in alfalfa or grass hay. JD's pick-up head is less than desireable.

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smirkey

07-03-2002 07:08:31




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 Re: 273 hayliner in reply to wade, 07-02-2002 09:00:06  
good luck. i love the simplicity of the baler design but i think it makes a pretty crappy bale. i've adjusted my 273 feeder but generally i think you have to go pretty slow and keep RPM's at 540. try sharpening the knife too. overcharging the chamber with hay will almost always cause bananna bales. if you intend to stay in the hay business, there are much better baler models out there. an cheap too. look for the feeder system with the 20-60 chain drives, like the 276-77-78. or 311,315,316,320 etc. the design of lifting the fingers out the top of the chamber helps distribute the hay better in the chamber. i am a new holland person, but consider the JD packer fork system. it makes a better shape square bale in alfalfa or grass hay. JD's pick-up head is less than desireable.

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RickB.

07-02-2002 14:06:48




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 Re: 273 hayliner in reply to wade, 07-02-2002 09:00:06  
Slide the feeder forks on their rail AWAY from the side you want to fill better. 2" or so to start.



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