John Deere 1525 haybine plugging

[pembinapasture]

Hello everyone.

I have a John Deere 1525 haybine that keeps plugging in
thick grass hay. Cuts good then plugs as it goes through the
rollers. I have opened the gap between the rollers and the
tension on the spring is near the middle.

Now the hay is damp and thick but I figure it should cut better
than it does. I only can cut a few hundred feet before it plugs.
Now the old new holland 488 isn’t having any issues.

Any thought?

 

[Tx Jim]

What ground speed are you attempting to cut?

 

[pembinapasture]

Some where around 3-3.5 mph. It’s 2nd gear low on my 1066.

 

[Roger in Iowa]

The rollers have to grab the grass to get it thru the machine. Opening the rollers is normally not the thing to do!

I would suspect the condtion of the cutting components for wear. If the crop is not cut off the machine cannot pull it thru.

The reel speed should be just slightly faster than ground speed. If too fast it uses too much power.

When it plugs. Stop and shut off the machine. Raise the platform and see if crop is under the reel and starting thru the machine, but is not cut off from the ground.

The other machine is not having problems as the crop is heavy and it is feeding straight thru to a swath, not converging into a windrow.

Might try going thru the field a little faster.

 

[SVcummins]

Can you speed up the reel and there should be a setting to make the reel tines pull the hay more

 

[Tx Jim]

(quoted from post at 11:57:47 07/25/20) Can you speed up the reel and there should be a setting to make the reel tines pull the hay more

Or possibly lower auger closer to platform

 

[SVcummins]

Could be .

 

[rockyridgefarm]

(quoted from post at 19:27:49 07/24/20) Hello everyone.

I have a John Deere 1525 haybine that keeps plugging in
thick grass hay. Cuts good then plugs as it goes through the
rollers. I have opened the gap between the rollers and the
tension on the spring is near the middle.

Now the hay is damp and thick but I figure it should cut better
than it does. I only can cut a few hundred feet before it plugs.
Now the old new holland 488 isn t having any issues.

Any thought?

Sorry to tell you this, but 1525s aren't good in heavy crop. Their rolls are too narrow. I had a 1525 for a very short time. It was bad. The previous owner apparently had the same problems because he had the shaft that drove it all chewed up from the teeth on a pipe wrench while turning it backward to unplug it. I don't think there's anything you can do to make that dog eat hay.