JD round baler question....

[Absent Minded Farmer]

What's with the cow catcher here??

Mike

 

[used red MN]

Photo/attachment has an El-probleemoe at least on my iPhone.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Photo/attachment has an El-probleemoe at least on my iPhone.

Fixed it. I had to resize & put it into a different file format, for it to be accepted. It only happens with stuff I scan, too. Haven't figured out why, just the go-around.

Which I forget very once & a while.

Mike

 

[wore out]

Parts catalog calls 'em "pickup safety shields", probably help to prevent human contact with the belts, as well?

 

[Tx Jim]

When JD first introduced those model of rd balers IIRC all earlier models were sent back to the factory to have those shields installed to help keep baler operators from putting their arms into operating balers to attempt to unplug when baler feeding got plugged up. Also balers were lowered closer to the ground to help control baler rollovers. The first 2 rollers plugged very easily on those models that compressed hay before hay entered bale chamber!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

What's with the cow catcher here??

Keeps less-determined people from getting sucked in.

 

[SHALER]

Tx Jim can keep me honest here but those cow catchers were on 400/410s and 500/510s. Consensus by most is that they were the worst round balers Deere ever made and maybe its to prevent operators from flinging themselves into the baler in frustration.......

 

[Tx Jim]

To my knowledge there was no JD model 400 rd baler. Yes model 500 had the shields installed to help keep baler operator from getting caught while operating a baler. Compared to newer model rd balers those first balers made bundles of hay not tight bales & were very difficult to operate.

 

[m16ty]

I know I've got one of those JD balers of that vintage and they will make you cuss. My neighbor gave it to me and it didn't take me long to figure out why. It's now in the fencerow and I have no intentions to drag it back out.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Unless they have made some real changes those Deere balers were the biggest piece of junk designed to roll hay. Would plug starting a bale and would take a long time to get cleaned out so you could plug it again right away. Dad traded his for a NI and never looked back.

 

[Tx Jim]

Unless they have made some real changes those Deere balers were the biggest piece of junk designed to roll hay. Would plug starting a bale and would take a long time to get cleaned out so you could plug it again right away. Dad traded his for a NI and never looked back.

The difference in ease of operation between the JD 410/510 rd balers & all models produced after is a night vs day difference. 410/510 balers had only spring tension for bale formation & later JD rd balers had spring PLUS hydraulic tension for bale formation. Then when JD introduced the Mega-wide pickup on 467 & later model rd balers these balers became even easier to operate & make a good bale of hay.