Bruce can you set the height of the baler any higher??? On JD balers you can change the axle mounts to raise or lower the baler. I set mine so the baler is as high as it can go. The allows the pickup to have more travel up. Yes in some cases the pickup may not pivot all the way down to get some hay crossing a ditch or some thing like that. Also there are float springs on the header. I keep them set to where the pickup has very little weight on it. See if you can do any of this on your baler. It will help you if you can.
To the Deere guys saying that the "book" says to set it differently, as in lower, Setting the baler higher opens the throat up so you can bale bigger windrows easier. This is really true in shredded corn stalks. Been doing this for close to 25 years now and it does not hurt the baler any and actually saved the pickup from damage sometimes.
Bruce be glad it is only a few bent. One of my custom baling customers raked the windrow over a small stump. MY Grand Daughter could not see it at all under the hay. We had to replace the majority of the stripper bands, the rake cross bars and do lots of straightening on the pickup frame.
Making hay can be fun at times.
You need to move that lake you swim in further south for us other YTers to share. LOL We are going to be HOT and HUMID for the next few days.
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