Hooking up your 488 Haybine and getting ready to mow
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2021
- A tutorial for hooking up and operating your New Holland (or just about any) Haybine. 488, 479, 477 Haybine as will be exactly per this procedure. Other models and brands will be similar.
Man, that looks like one very well looked after Haybine, love these machines better than Disc machines, Haybine maybe slower but does a far better job in heavy crops.
Nice machine and video ! Just one question ? Most farmers never took the shims / spacers out between the hay bine rolls...... up to one quarter inch of spacers between the rolls. The were first shipped with the spacers in.... later shipped with the spacers bolted beside the roll housing. They were meant for cutting oats so the heads wouldnt be knocked off.
Many farmers never knew this.....had the haybine cutting hay for years and never understood why the hay would not dry . Like cutting hay with a sickle mower all over again ! The last sale I went to there were 5 haybines there. All of them still had the spacers between the rolls ! Remove them and put full tension on the rolls......now the hay will dry !
No need for the skid shoes. Trap the gophers and pick up the rocks !
I see the block......... no need for it if you have the hitch greased. Slides with ease !
My first step in the process, with my 479, was to go completely around the machine with a grease gun; every zerk. Especially the zerks on the reel and the wobble, but the pullies on the far side and the telescoping drive shaft also needed a squirt. Nice machine, well cared for.
That’s what I do about every 20 acres. I take care not to overgrease as well as that can do just as much harm. A lot fewer grease points on a 488 than a 479. The reel only has 2 zerks.
Great video and nice machine. Only thing missing was adjusting the baffle for the windrow width.
Great point! I usually do adjust that too.
Your haybine is in beautiful shape!
It’s like new, and I only paid $2500 for it from a dealer!!
You have a clean mean machine.....take care of it. You dont need a block to move the machine over. Grease the grease fitting up under the tongue area. It slides with ease when greased. When your machine plugs by the wabble box its probably because of the skid shoe. You dont need them installed ......I removed mine from day one. Cuts great !
I think it was plugging under the wobble box because my springs were so loose. How do you set your height if you don’t use skid shoes?
@@TheScientistHayFarmer I dont adjust the height. I leave it on the ground. Its much more important for the floatation of the head then anything else... to prevent any damage to the sickle. With the head all the way down it still cuts at 2 inches. However many farmers dont trap gophers ( if they have them ) Thats where issues start. And pick up the rocks ! If it takes more then about 40 pounds to lift the head up ( in the center of the header)....its too heavy. The skids / shoes weigh that much alone.
Try....... tighten the springs totally..... if the header keeps bouncing off the ground its too adjusted to light. The side with out the gear box will need to be lighter. Maybe around six inches from the end of the adjustment. You can see if its too lightly adjusted. Sometimes .... on the side of the gear box ( wabble arm ) .......there isnt enough treading on the re-rods to make it light enough. Thats a problem.
I am so impressed by the process. Much appreciated
Love the haybine and your videos. Learning for when I can get one.
I want to find a resilient old-fashioned farm where I can work and die. From old age, not by work I'd prefer. I am a German dairy man, ready to move. Who wants that?
Thanks for sharing!
What's your method for inspecting the wobble box? How much play is ok (between moving drive pulley by hand and the output arm)? I'm new to haying and read somewhere there should be zero play. The 495 haybine I just purchased has a very small amount of play. I''m curious if I can still get a little more out of it before replacing or should I try rebuilding with some new bearings before it destroys itself. Thanks, great video btw.
I move the belt back and forth to see how much play the wobble box has. Mine has none. The machine has very low acres on it…almost new. I do not know how far the wobble box will go with a little play, or how much a “little” is. I think you have the right idea in rebuilding it before it gets worse though.
The carrier bearings, those that support the three shafts, usually aren't the issue. Its the bearing in the center of the wobble eccentric that is the costly one. If you can wiggle the pitman and the pulley does not move, more than likely that bearing is going bad. Best to fix it before it gets worse or it can get very expensive. I haven't seen the breakdown on the NH eccentrics, but the John Deere one uses roller bearings. The HN may use bushings, or may use rollers. One other thing to check, make sure the pulley is tight on the shaft, that can cause some play too. The wobble box is a rather cool item, the input shaft rotates in a circle, and connects to a fork that rides an eccentric which moves the bottom shaft back and forth.
Need more detail, brother. How does the yoke release in order to connect? Which hose goes where?
What do you mean by “yoke release in order to connect?”
The hoses go to the SCVs on your tractor. Exactly where they go will depend on how the SCVs are laid out on your tractor, but it doesn’t really matter. One hose extends the cylinder and the other hose retracts it. It’s all a matter of if you want to push your lever forward to make it lift or drop. If you don’t like it, switch the hoses around in your SCVs.
Does it matter which hoses go to which remote?
No, one hose will send pressure to lift it, the other will send pressure to drop it. It entirely depends on which way you want to move your remote lever to make it raise or lower. I like to move my remote lever forward to raise and back to drop, so I plug them in that way.
What model Ford is that?
4610
What horsepower is your tractor?
63 engine, 52 PTO.
@@TheScientistHayFarmer thanks
I have a 4066 jd wanted to make sure i could turn the mower with 66 hp
@@rickmaldonado418 That is a deceivingly small tractor for the amount of power it has. A haybine like this only requires 25 PTO hp to operate so you have more than enough. My 4610 runs it effortlessly. You can actually turn the entire haybine just by turning the PTO by hand. If the knife is set up correctly so there's no binding, the entire thing should be very easy running.
@@TheScientistHayFarmer thanks for the info!
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OH my.......way too much header weight !!!! Should be able to lift the header off the ground with one hand ! Adjust the springs above the tires !
I'll be adjusting these and will make a video on doing it. Thanks for noticing.
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