Forming a Bale

CAUTION: DO NOT TAKE CHANCES! To avoid injury or death by being pulled into the machine:

Do not attempt to feed crop or twine into baler or unplug feed area while baler is running. The baler feeds material faster than you can release it.

Disengage PTO and shut off engine.

Prior to forming a bale, prepare the machine for baling as described in "Preparing the Baler" Section.

Set the monitor to the desired values. See "Electronic Wrapping Control Monitor-Programmed/Manual Mode" in this Section.

Operate tractor at PTO rated speed.

Move selective control valve lever to close gate, then shift lever to neutral. Check that both bale shape indicators (A)-(B) are in downward position. If not, gate is not correctly closed. Check for obstructions.

Engage PTO, then start to feed the baler as described in "Feeding The Material" in this Section. Glance back and check movement of bale shape indicators (A)-(B).

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Weaving To The Right:

If left-hand bale shape indicator (A) remains in the down position while right-hand indicator (B) has risen, weave to the right over windrow to bring more material to left-hand side of pickup.

Weaving To The Left:

If right-hand bale shape indicator (B) remains in the down position while left-hand indicator (A) has risen, weave to the left over windrow to bring more material to right-hand side of pickup.

During the bale formation, glance back on cypher (from 3 to 6) which appears in bale size window (C) and control the bale shape before the desired bale diameter is reached.

Continue to feed material up to the desired bale diameter, then wrap the bale as described in "Wrapping a Bale-Manual Mode" or "Wrapping a Bale-Programmed Mode" in this Section.

IMPORTANT: During bale formation, never exceed cypher "6" otherwise the bale will be oversized. Frequent baling of oversized bales can lead to premature failures. Check and determine cause of problem.

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