He Modified His Round Baler So He Can See The Twine Better

He Modified His Round Baler So He Can See The Twine Better BALERS Balers 32-1-36 Bill Mansell, Inglis, Manitoba: He modified his 1999 model 8465 Case IH round baler so he can see the twine better. Although his baler monitor indicated movement of the twine arm, he couldn't actually tell if both twines were feeding onto a bale, or perhaps one was missing. The baler has two twines running in a single enclosed twine arm. The twine comes out of the twine box through eyelets on the side of the baler. On Mansell's model, it would normally feed behind a 4-in. pipe that wraps around the front of the baler before entering the twine arm and catching on the bale to start tying. If the twine ran out or snagged and broke, Mansell was unable to see it. To solve the problem, he rerouted the twine through two 1/2-in. washers welded to a removable bracket, which is bolted to the twine cutter arm. The twine now runs in front of the pipe for about 10 in. before entering the twine arm. During tying, the twine vibrates just enough that Mansell can see that everything is working properly. He says this visual, along with the monitor, makes twine wrapping much more reliable. "The only cost was a little imagination, a small bracket, and a couple of washers," he says. "I didn't want to weld anything permanent to my baler - that's why the guide washers are welded to a removable bracket." Mansell's Case-IH model and the Hesston 865 of similar years, are both built by Hesston, and the modification would work the same on either machine, he says.

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