Not going to tell you the make and model, until later...
All knotters are pretty much the same, regardless of brand, so asking for a broad amount of experience here.
Left knotter works fine - knocking them out one after another.
Right hand knotter missing many ties. Only picking up one twine instead of two when it ties.
So far, everyone is saying a twine finger issue. NO - twine supplied to knotter is being picked up fine off the needle, by twine finger, and being tied and being grabbed by twine disk for next bale/knot. Both ends are cut off by knife, but only one end is tied.
However that twine (one in disk) appears NOT to be drawn tightly across the bill hook, stays loose in front of billhook, so is not picked up and knotted.
Going to see if I have another bill hook, and swap it out next. But don't think it is the problem. Hay dogs, wedges, chamber, plunger face all seem OK, although another next project is to get a inspection camera in there and look for anything not right. Tension on the rails that controls bale density doesn't seem to change knotting, although, at one time, I made a one rotation of the handles - looser, and things went better.
Any suggestions?
For those who gotta know, this is a NH 268 Hayliner.
All knotters are pretty much the same, regardless of brand, so asking for a broad amount of experience here.
Left knotter works fine - knocking them out one after another.
Right hand knotter missing many ties. Only picking up one twine instead of two when it ties.
So far, everyone is saying a twine finger issue. NO - twine supplied to knotter is being picked up fine off the needle, by twine finger, and being tied and being grabbed by twine disk for next bale/knot. Both ends are cut off by knife, but only one end is tied.
However that twine (one in disk) appears NOT to be drawn tightly across the bill hook, stays loose in front of billhook, so is not picked up and knotted.
Going to see if I have another bill hook, and swap it out next. But don't think it is the problem. Hay dogs, wedges, chamber, plunger face all seem OK, although another next project is to get a inspection camera in there and look for anything not right. Tension on the rails that controls bale density doesn't seem to change knotting, although, at one time, I made a one rotation of the handles - looser, and things went better.
Any suggestions?
For those who gotta know, this is a NH 268 Hayliner.