Spent half a day last week trying to figure out why my JD round baler kept stopping mid bale and throwing an error code. Belt tension looked fine, all the chains were good, hydraulics were working, I called the dealer and they wanted $150 just to send someone out to look at it, but I said no way. Finally got ahold of my neighbor who has the same model and he asks if I accidentally bumped the moisture sensor override switch and turns out there's a little toggle under the monitor that I must have hit with my knee getting in and out of the cab. It was set to auto stop if moisture went above 18%, and we'd had some dew that morning.
Lost four hours of prime baling weather messing with it, plus had to re fluff a section I'd already cut because it sat too long and all because of some sensor I didn't even know existed and isn't mentioned anywhere in the quick start guide they give you
Old NH baler from the 90s never gave us this kind of headache, you could fix anything on it with a wrench and some common sense
Lost four hours of prime baling weather messing with it, plus had to re fluff a section I'd already cut because it sat too long and all because of some sensor I didn't even know existed and isn't mentioned anywhere in the quick start guide they give you
Old NH baler from the 90s never gave us this kind of headache, you could fix anything on it with a wrench and some common sense
