I Thought I Fixed You - Square Baler Acts Up Again

[@applejediknight]

Glad you got her running well without tearing it down. Love the Super 88 with green wheels and wide front. I have the SpecCast version with the narrow front, but now I feel the need to add to my collection, if I can find one.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you so much, very kind of you! I should be looking for the same model!

[@applejediknight]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris I've found an LP gas version, but no luck on a diesel so far.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@applejediknight I think I have a narrow front diesel toy as well. I don't know if anyone has made a production wide front version.

[@HughS-n6t]

I like the look of the 88 restored. The white handgrip takes me back.

[@arnoldgonzalez7377]

That's just brings back a lot of memories.

[@chadtosh6831]

Square balers can sure try a guys patience!!! Fairly certain that’s how I learned my cuss words as a kid watching dad wrench on a square baler. That and chasing hogs on shipping days. Lol 🤣👍🍻

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

😂😂😂. My mom is a sweetheart, but when it was time sort to hogs for shipping, she'd swear like a sailor. We got her a shirt that says " Sorry for the things I said while sorting hogs" 😆

[@davidmarley9471]

Same. Learned some good ones from Dad when sorting and loading livestock 😄.

[@corydriver7634]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris😂

[@donvoll2580]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Good day from Ontario. Boy I could get fairly rich with a swear jar Yes loadin pigs but we had a german shepard & he look after that Ths

[@tammygurke7482]

Love that drone footage😊love seeing all the different angles.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The scene where it got close to me, the drone missed hitting the muffler by a foot or 2.

[@tammygurke7482]

That swear jar is full…. Get another one started Chris😂😂😂😂😂😂😂thank you for starting my Sunday off with laughter😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

You are so welcome. Glad you enjoyed it

[@jamesmcmahonii8433]

It's crazy this older stuff just runs still.

[@paulkline2719]

Good video Chris. I liked listening to the governor working with the plunger strokes then the bigger shot of fuel when the bale kicks.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Running the square baler was one of the first jobs I got to do solo as a kid. Dad was very particular about his hay stacks, to the point that no one else could do them good enough. I really learned to love the rhythm of the baler plunger, it really went well with Eddie Rabbit's Drivin My Life Away when it came on the fender mount radio. Or maybe it was I Love a Rainy Night.

[@Johnshonda-ft6xo]

Always loved putting up hay we didn't have a bale thrower we had to handle each bale we cut and baled around 125 to200 acres big deal in the south during the 80s an early 90s on our farm kinda miss those days lol 90 degrees and hay sticking to the back of your neck 😅

[@markjurkovich7814]

I really enjoy watching that whole assembly do its thing. Mesmerizing.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@johnkissack5295]

Thanks!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you, John! Very kind of you.

[@mischef18]

Enjoyed this bro, the smell of hay bailing is something most city folks never get to enjoy in a lifetime. Great video too. Safe travels. Ken.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks Ken! I agree, hay is a great smell. They need to make a candle that smells like hay.

[@sgtblt0506]

Here's this guy driving, baling, fixing and filming while he's flying a drone. I'm over here and can't talk on a telephone and scribble notes on paper at the same time. 😲

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

😂😂😂.

[@bobtuckosh9870]

Great looking combination. Thanks for sharing with us, pretty cool video.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you!

[@dankreoger611]

Dad was a New Holland baler mechanic back in the 60's. When he passed in 2012 we were going through his old Snap On tool chest that he had on his work truck. He still had some knives, hooks, shear bolts and rollers for the needles in one drawer.

[@paulpochan9631]

...brings a tear to me eye.....😢

[@brianhartley4534]

I wouldn't have even known where to start much less fix it you the man Chris love watching yours and the Oliver man's video's

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@thebalerman]

Glad you got it. I was going to say usually if something improves by reducing the pto speed it's some due to wear. Good looking hay

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@kcphillips1000]

Check the brake on the knotters . If they are worn or lose the knotters can go partly into the next cycle under their own momentum ,

[@corydriver7634]

Glad you got it sorted out. Your patience and persistence paid off. I’d have filled the swear jar and thrown in the towel long before. 😂

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Next shear bolt was going to put the round baler to work. LOL I'm glad it popped in my head before that happened.

[@dennislecloux2086]

JEEPERS CHRIS IT LOOKS LIKE YOUR SWEAR JAR IS PERT NEAR FULL NOW !

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'm going to have to step up my game. LOL

[@49commander]

Nothing sounds like an Oliver 6 bailing hay! Love it!

[@robertburey4704]

Great looking tractor and baler. Good job figuring baler out.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍

[@atv55803]

bearing going on that shaft you can see the wobble in the pto shaft inside past the front edge of bailer

[@bige3473]

Nice job Chris.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@brettlamont4965]

Nice cutting of hay.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍

[@samrotheray5805]

Sounds beautiful. Good job. I'm watching you instead of getting my case 200 ready for 2nd crop. Lol. Giver hell man. Love the videos.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks! I think my mom still has one of my report cards that say "distracts others from their work" 😂

[@samrotheray5805]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris. Lmfao.

[@samrotheray5805]

@ThatOliverGuyChris . I run MMs. But I love Oliver's and many others. I just love seeing someone else do what I do. I do round bale. But the story with your dad's super88 has to be on the baler? Got me. My dad's 445 moline is physically wore out. But internally it's good. It's always on the square baler. I can't use anything else. Love what you're doing. Keep it up man. God bless.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@samrotheray5805 I occasionally put something else on the square baler, but growing up, the Super 88 was what went on the 720. I do recall dad using the 1750 one summer for straw. I asked if something was wrong with the Super 88, and he said yeah, it's more likely to get stuck. It had been a wet summer.

[@samrotheray5805]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris . Nice. Lol. I don't have a thrower. But I did recently find a buncher to drag along. The kids and wife appreciate that.

[@steverosenberger8671]

I drove my uncle's Oliver super 88 when I was a teenager to work on his farm for the summers.

[@rosstheoliverman]

“ when it starts getting sloppy, adjust your rod”- James Oliver, probably

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

"Make your rod shorter" - some guy on KZbin., probably from Michigan

[@rosstheoliverman]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris”bark means no”-southwestern Michigan PETA chapter.

[@MikeJensen-wo7oh]

Holy crap, those windrows look like you raked them for a roto-baler! Oliver is the feature at our local show this coming weekend, be interesting to see what shows up! Last time we featured Oliver it was a fantastic show!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Where is your show?

[@MikeJensen-wo7oh]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Marshalltown Iowa. Probably short notice for you to make the trip. You know some of the usual suspects that will be in attendance.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@MikeJensen-wo7oh yep. I think a tractor I worked on is going to be there

[@MikeJensen-wo7oh]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris I've got m y Herman sticker on the Dodge I tow with, we'll see if anyone comments on that!

[@paulaagaard7641]

Nice video. I have a 720 but never used it. If I ever get it out of the bushes I will know a little. I sure don't miss baler problems.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Balers are like wives. When they're new they do what you want, when they're old they throw fits, and no one totally understands how they work.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

I haven't ran an Oliver baler, but it looks pretty much the same as with most square balers. Wear was our biggest issues with our old balers, like the knotter or the beak or the twine sweep or the hay dogs, etc..... you know what I'm saying. Looked like you got is working pretty good, so congrats on that. I enjoyed watching, thanks and I hope you have a great Sunday!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks! I hope you have a great day too!

[@michaelsheeder148]

Chris, I'm not surprised you might have to make some adjustments just think of how many thousands of bales that square baler made over the years. Thanks Michael

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It's the trying to figure out which thing needs adjusted that can take awhile. It sees like the thrower is doing better now too. I didn't adjust anything on that, but sharpening the plunger knives made for a cleaner edge to the bale, and I think that lets it go through the thrower better.

[@Mad_Farmer912]

That rod adjustment was going to be my suggestion. I had similar issues with my NH 311 once with randomly shearing pins. The NH uses a cable instead of a rod and the dawg hits the plunger arm off the gearbox. I guess through wear it would get enough slack with the momentum and bouncing it would go far enough to be an issue. Its amazing how much an issue something that ended up being a 1/4 inch off can be.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Yep! I only made 3 or 4 turns on that yoke and now it works like a sewing machine.

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

Looks like the 720 was gobbling up the double rows pretty well. Glad you got the clunk figured out. Time to take the swear jar to the bank! 😂

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

😂😂😂 Time for a bigger jar!

[@WisconsinOliverNut]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris yeah, maybe get a 55 gallon barrel 😂

[@randybennett5417]

We made 18" bales, My uncle made 16" bales. He said he got more bales off his fields that way and they were lighter to handle.

[@DaleHegland]

Brings back so many memories of my youth helping my neighbor hay. Same set up only thing different was the tractor he had an 880 on the baler. Thanks for the trip down memory lane...I love it!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

Would be neat to see your Fleetline 88 on the baler. Too bad gas is so expensive 😂

[@pagrainfarmer]

Isn't it something how just one little thing wrong or out of adjustment and it makes all the difference. I have no experience with an Oliver 720 baler, but I baled thousands and thousands of bales with a model 50, which we had up until I was 21 and got the Massey Ferguson 124 that I still have today.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It's just a matter of figuring out which one is out of whack.

[@davidroberts3489]

In my life the swear jar kept me bankrupt 😂😂

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

😂😂😂

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day Chris awesome video mate

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks Murphy! I hope you and the family are doing well.

[@Murphyslawfarm]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris We are thanks mate

[@jeffstephens7958]

Good morning Chris i had to do that same thing on our new Holland 311 baler it was doing the same thing

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'm glad I figured it out before tearing farther into it than I needed to.

[@anderleof]

My dad had a Case 200 square baler that would intermittently not tie on one side. I don't know how many hours he spent watching the knotters while I turned the flywheel trying to find the problem. Finally ran out of twine.....put in new twine and the baler never missed another knot!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

There is definitely differences in twone quality that leads to knotter problems.

[@johnwilimczyk4188]

going to need a BIGGER SWEAR JAR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It got some more today. LOL

[@JohnathanBruner-t2d]

YOUz farmers got a lot of wagons. Nice video.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks 👍

[@johnkissack5295]

Baler really runs quiet!

[@49commander]

Adjustment required after only 50+ years! Ridiculous! LOL

[@bigun447]

Danged kids today. They cannot do something as concentration required as baling without playing on their video games. Balers when they are running perfectly are a thing of mechanical beauty. But let one thing get out of adjustment even a tiny bit and they will drive you nuts. At least you found the problem without having to call your friendly Oliver baler repairman. We would have killed back in the day to have video cameras where one could observe various parts of equipment in slow motion. Fast walking beside the baler while breathing in the dust from the plunger-pounding hay or straw in hopes of spotting what was out of time just was not fun. I was waiting for you to bale a skunk, raccoon, opossum, or a big snake. A skunk was the worst critter to bale. Abby's college tuition jar would have to be a kiddie pool. Even Rossquach would pass on them if you told him he could have a few free bales. Great video

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks Gary! I didn't bale a skunk, but I got one with the mower in that field. I could still smell it when I drove by the spot with the baler.

[@jaygraham5407]

OUCH!!!!

[@warrenklingensmith1241]

Super 88 that's a lot of tractor for a small square baler

[@mikemccrory8309]

Persistence or stubbornness paid off. It’s funny how things pop in your head all the sudden and you wonder why didn’t I think of that an hour ago? Never been around a thrower. How does the belts not just chew the twines right off? The bale must be clear of the chamber. Doesn’t look like enough room for that.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The theower does leave a little bit of a skid mark on the twine, but for the most part, the bale isn't there long enough for any damage to happen to the twine. Say you have one almost ready to launch and you have to turn around on the headlands, then you better think about turning off the PTO. I've had it chew through the twine and break a bale. It doesn't happen very often, but it can do it.

[@billhenning9850]

break tension, the longer you go the hotter it gets

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Maybe it would help if you switch from the jar and try animal noises like Ross. We use a 14T baler and Dad used to have trouble once like that and if memory serves it was all because the needles were slightly bent.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

😂😂😂. I don't want to steal Ross's thunder.

[@davidvogel2592]

Them square balers can be really temperamental.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Lots of places for things to go wrong. The trick is figuring out which one it is.

[@tpfromcentralpa1692]

When your bored this winter and its zero out, maybe you can make a video that explains the line of Oliver balers over the years. I find them fascinating with the feed on the later ones but never seen one work in person, and only seen a 520 that was half missing at a sale once, there just was not any around me. Mostly all NH, later on some Deere's, not much else.............unless you were a contrarian like my grandfather and bought a Massey.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for the suggestion

[@mickdog2]

Chris did you see the Squatch253 video with the tiny Oliver crawler and blade?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I saw the thumbnail, but haven't watched it yet.

[@bigfoot4515]

Great video. You may have mentioned this before but did Oliver make that baler themselves or license the design from another manufacturer given a New Holland part fit on it? Also looks like there may be more money in swearing than hay making. 😂😂😂

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Oliver made their own baler. It goes back to when they bought the Ann Arbor baler. They did use the Deering patent for their knotters, just like New Holland, Deere, and almost everyone did. The exception would be Massey Ferguson, they had a knotter that was unique. Oliver still made their own knotter parts. They had Oliver part numbers cast into them and had some minor differences. The Oliver knife arm has a longer finger on the end compared to the New Holland one I installed. The main drive gears look nearly identical, but Oliver has their keyway 180 degrees off from the New Holland. I think a guy could swap in a complete set of knotters, but you'd have to do both sides and re-time them to make it work.

[@paulprillwitz9901]

😄😄👍👍👍👍

[@danw6014]

I'm betting your brake on the knotters is out of adjustment. I ran into a similar problem with my 336 John Deere. As the kicker ejected the bale it would cause the knotter to cycle again, tieing one flake of hay. It was also allowing the needles to creep ahead just enough for the stop to make contact with the plunger crankshaft. It took a few sheer bolts to figure out what was happening.🤣 At one point I was probably covering 80 acres with that 336 and use 327s and 348 balers with great success. One thing your baler and my 336 suffer from is theheadistonarrowitis. It's a lot harder to bale straw behind a 9500 ect than it was to bale behind our old 6600.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I did tighten the brake up some. It wasn't until I adjusted the link for that safety dog that I had sucess. It worked flawlessly after that.

[@danw6014]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris good. I'm glad you got the baling done. That was some nice looking hay.

[@loganbeedy5950]

Your one of 2 Oliver KZbinrs to be having Oliver baler issues. Oliver66farmboy is having trouble with his 60T baler

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Got mine all straightened out, running like a Swiss watch now.

[@michaelhalfman9844]

Now don't forget to re-pin that gear or you'll be refilling the cuss jar next season.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Yeah, nobody needs a headache like that. I'm going to look for parts right now.

[@larryklostermann5779]

Love bailing videos, thanks Chris.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you for watching!

[@Ham68229]

I used to have an old JD 14T, was a solid baler, just the floor rotted out and the cost to replace, just wasn't worth it. Ended up selling it. Do you clean out your bale chamber every year or no? Great video as always, cheers :)

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks! No, I leave the chamber full. If I'm concerned with the hay in the chamber, I'll feed some straw bales in to get the hay pushed out for the winter.

[@randallvos]

I'd probably still look into why that sprocket is loose on the shaft, if nothing else for peace of mind..........

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Definitely. I don't need it breaking and causing damage to the knotters.

[@garybridger6707]

That was a good problem find and repair, can you apply for a swear jar refund??

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

😂😂😂. I could send the daughter to a community college this fall.

[@leeingraham825]

There's a winter project rebuild the baler

[@3madeamps]

what was running in that field at 27:00 minutes ????

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I didn't see anything but me and the tractor. Was it in the background?

[@3madeamps]

@ThatOliverGuyChris yea look I think it's a deer at 27 minutes

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@3madeamps probably. They're everywhere around here.

[@johnwarren-649]

Them dog locks can be very deceiving on adjustment. I've fought them adjustment for hours before getting them 💯 right

[@randybennett5417]

Yah a slower RPM is probably warranted being that baler is over 50 years old.

[@leepassmore88]

Interested square baler 45 was junk

[@jamieebersole6755]

I got a few acres of hay to bale tomorrow with the New Holland Super 69 baler the was my grandpa's. I gotta decide if I'm gonna use the s Super 88, 66 or show the true power of an Oliver and use the 60. Looks like you got the baler figured out

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Full send! Put the 60 on there!

[@jamieebersole6755]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris not having live pto sucks but I just might🤣

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

@@jamieebersole6755 yeah, I forgot about that aspect. Better go with the 66.

[@jamieebersole6755]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris you pick a gear and go for it 🤣 this is 2nd cutting so it won't be that heavy

[@jamieebersole6755]

@ThatOliverGuyChris we started with the 66 and it decided to mess up like it wanted to go visit Ross or something so my dad got out his 77. He doesn't like running my Super 88 because it's a little clumsy without power steering

[@KCAATV]

You are pushing that baler too hard. Slow down a gear.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Too late, I'm already done baling.