jiskies2 said: (quoted from post at 22:48:21 08/24/09) had the same problem yesterday... just put in a new knife bar and guards. is there hay getting stuck on the ends of the guards? as was the case with me! was the field dry? as wasn"t the case with me! have discovered if the hay is wet and if the haybine is toooo low, the old dead wet hay on the bottom gets stuck in points of the guards. best thing i"ve figured out is to run a little higher and try to have it dry before mowing... also have heard about using snub nosed guards for this reason but haven"t gone to that as of yet
The field was a little damp ,the hay was getting stuck on the end of guards and stopping the cutting of the hay I would have to stop and clean out the hay on the knives,I tried cutting higher,slower,as it was thick what i was cutting. hopefully the new cutter bar ,belt ,will check out the guards to.
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