Combines baling

[carty]

My experience is that the bigger rows are better within reason. Because of the springy nature of the straw coming from the axial flows the wider row gives better uniform bale density. Also the pressure should be set quite high. Although bales may feel tight they can loose there spring and become quite soft(a particular problem with the axial flows). Small rows normally end up putting more straw in the middle of the bale and either breaking the middle strings or producing out of shape bales. If you are baling small rows then feeding straw into one side of the pickup for approximatly 4 or 5 plunger strokes and then repeateing this on the other side and so on. I'm not to sure what your exact problem is but hope this has helped. Write back if you have difficulty.

 

[Goober]

Change combine for a conventional. Just kidding. One thing that will help is take at least half of the knives out of the chopper that takes the straw away from the back of the rotor. This will only work if you own your own combine because a custom operator probably won't be willing to go through that much work.