Checking and Adjusting Net Pan Pressure

IMPORTANT: Belts must be tight before checking and adjusting net pan pressure.

IMPORTANT: Always adjust belt tracking at No. 9 roll (lower front gate roll) by adjusting No. 8 roll (lower rear gate roll), before checking or adjusting net pan pressure.

Lack of net pan angle (A) and channel (C) contact/pressure may cause net not to be applied (wraps rubber roll) or partially applied to bale. Net pan angle (A) must contact both outside belts (B) and at least two of the four center belts.

Excessive net pan angle (A) or channel (C) contact/pressure, may cause net feeding difficulties, holes worn in pan angle, or channels, or net slitting if heating weakens net.

1. Park tractor and baler on lever surface. Shut off tractor engine and remove key.

2. Remove crop debris inside gate, near No. 8 and No. 9 rolls, and/or net pan.

3. Start tractor. With empty baler, gate lock lever unlocked, and gate closed, engage PTO and move tractor SCV lever to close gate and tension belts.

4. Disengage PTO, shut off tractor engine and remove key.

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A-Net Pan Angle
B-Outside Belts
C-Channels

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5. Check that net pan angle (A) is contacting both outside belts (C) and at least two of the four center belts.

  • If net pan is contacting both outside belts and at least two of the four center belts, proceed to Step 6.
  • If clearance (B) exists between net pan angle (A) and any belt, adjust crosstube (D) higher until both outside belts contact and at least two of the four center belts contact. Maintain 22-44 N (5-10 lb.) net pan pressure on both sides.
  • If net pan pressure is 22-44 N (5-10 lb.) and either one or both outside belts (B) do not contact net pan angle (A), net pan angle is bowed too much and needs to be straightened. (See CHECKING and STRAIGHTENING NET PAN ANGLE in this section.)


A-Net Pan Angle
B-Clearance
C-Outside Belts
D-Crosstube

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6. With a spring scale, engage scale hook (A) at bend (B) in net pan angle (C).

7. Force should be 22-44 N (5-10 lb.) to just move net pan away from outside belts.

  • If force is less than 22 N (5 lb.), move left-hand side of crosstube (D) up until force is correct. Repeat on opposite side.
  • If force is more than 44 N (10 lb.), move left-hand side of crosstube (D) down until force is correct. Repeat on opposite side.
  • If crosstube (D) is in lowest position and force is more than 44 N (10 lb.), adjust net pan pressure. (See CHECKING and ADJUSTING NET PAN PRESSURE in this section.)


A-Scale Hook
B-Bend in Net Pan
C-Net Pan Angle
D-Crosstube

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