If Baling Hay Was Easy, Everyone Would Do It! 

After looking at farming videos, I am convinced a farmer is 5% farmer and 95% mechanic, welder, electrician, economist, futurist, and overall handyman.

The repair kit you bought will save you money over the years. Thanks for showing us how that works.

We use a 100 y.o. splicer from threshing machine days. And since you didn't have to take off the belt, you didn't have to Donkey Kong up into the baler to rethread it!

You are the handiest person I've ever seen. Way to go !!

We use truck mudflaps on the drawbar. Have several found along the hiway. They work great!

Been there, done that. I even learned to pull a new belt in with the broken belt. And yes, I thought the splicing tool was expensive too. But it is cheaper than having a repairman to come and repair a broken belt in the field.

How awesome of you to share your tricks/talents at patching/fixing your farm equipment. Surely that will grow your YT channel exponentially ♥️🇨🇦♥️

Happy Belated Mother's Day to Mrs FTR🌺 Great repair job Tyler. That is a major pain to repair! I can't wait to see your next baling video!💙👏

Wow! Tyler you are the man! Thank you for showing the ins and outs of farm life, really appreciate all your efforts!

You put out really good video's.

I bought 2 new belts maybe 3 years ago. Changed 1 out right away. So hopefully since I have a spare belt now. It will never break

Thank you for taking us along. God bless.

Bailing hay has come such a long way. I remember riding on the tractor with my granddad and the hay would come out the shoot looking thing and there would be your bail. I remember him telling me his grandfather would do it with horses.

Way to go Tyler! Looks like money well spent. Hope it holds well...

Hi, i am 15 years old, i started making hay 2 years ago, i love it. 🤠

Interesting fix on the round baler, but a heck of a lot cheaper than buying and installing a new round baler belt! Thanks for explaining the process…may come in really handy some day too.

bailers can go up like a roman candle

Oh dear, title leads me to believe you had a little trouble😀. If you weren’t so blasted handy that could have been a real pain the the rear!! Thank you so much for showing how that splicer works. So glad you were able to find the repair kit somewhat close to you…just one more “tool” in your stash. Great video.

Farming... It's a process! 😁

The hay rake ;I called it little rays of sun shine.

Smart Tyler Ranch

people are gonna freak out when food doesn’t magically show up at the store. Takes a lot of guys like this to make it happen.

Your videos are always educational and interesting. Keep them coming and I will, too.

Very true statement Tyler

Awesome splice job Tyler

A few hints if you don't have instructions: 1. The leading or dragging edge of the belt needs to have one more clip than the the following edge. 2. On the following edge, nip the corners at a long angle so that the following belt has @ 3/16" taper on each side. Keep your retaining wire through the lace tight, and fold the ends into these nipped tapers so that the wire is not wider than the belt. It keeps the edges from snagging if/when belt goes slack, like when just starting a roll or you pick up a heavier wad on one side of baler. Definitely prolongs life of the belts!

Hi to Farmer Tyler Ranch and all others too. The repair kit will help you out a lot of saving money. Great on bailing the hay 😄😄

That was really neat how you were able to fix that. Man, everything is so expensive, liked the rooster crowing .😎

Hello nice repair hope to see it working next time. Have a great day

I have my fingers crossed for you that the repair works 🤞🤞Best wishes from the North Norfolk coast UK 🇬🇧 Stay safe and well everyone.

Keep up the good work sir

Great video. That little piece on your new laser is a clench to finish with. After the original install run that across the lacing to ensure a complete fix

Interesting repair. Farm equipment gets a lot of wear and tear. Hope this repair lasts a good long while.

I am constantly amazed at how you can back up onto a hitch and line up the pin holes. Spot on. Amazing!

Sure glad that didn't fall on your foot. So glad it's working so well.

Excellent repair! In my case, "If Baling Hay Was Less Expensive" everyone would do it....

I have never seen how they bale the rolls of hay! Very interesting!

The windrow size looks just about right. I enjoy you showing the problem and solution. VERY glad this didn’t happen in the field. No entirely sure how the two ends interlock. Better google it, lol. And google my spelling!

I like this bailer it seems to do a great job! Looking forward to more!

Hope the belt repair held, no further issues and the bailer cooperated to finish the field. Nothing more frustrating than the bailer breaking down in the field with 100 acres to go and unexpected rain coming in the next morning. Makes for a very long night.

got the same $200 lacer & fabbed up a portable vice rolls on casters stands about 3 1/2ft high when it tears next to the lace like that i just cut off the bad off re-lace it can get 2 repairs per belt before having to add length back. laced belts many times my baler they only tear if i overload im always in a hurry there's ALWAYS ALWAYS rain coming

I have a JD 458 baler, I learned the hard way to keep the baler as clean as possible. I had an error code I could not get rid of until I washed the baler with a pressure washer. Had some shorting accros one of the sensors just because I blew a hydraulic hose and didn't wash the oil off. Hope that will help you. Good luck with hay season.

Seems like a guy could come up with some type of air powered Vice/crimped. 👍👍🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🤘🏻🤘🏻

I enjoyed the hay video part 1 of bailing the hay can't wait to see the next bailing video is it yielding better then last year do you thank thanks for sharing farmer tyler ranch. 😃

Keep up the good work you have everything to make work 👍

Great job

Necessity is the mother of invention. What did you do to correct of the additional length of the splice?

Thankyou Tyler , good one cowboy .

I appreciate your good learning attitude. You teach us so much. Thank you.

Looks like you did a good job! When you brought that vice out and sat it down, I could just see disaster coming...but it stayed put!

Good job mr farmer!😎

We use alligator belt clamps jig. A little more money but they’re pretty strong and don’t need a vice just a hammer to smack in the pins put a new pin in and go. But those laces you did look good and clean

You really did get lucky finding that belt splice break before it came apart. Good job getting that spliced, I commend you for you technique and tenacity. I think it looks good, good luck on it. Thanks

Really enjoyed this video. Thank you !

When we would bale we always put the hitch pin in from the bottom, this way if the baler ever were to catch fire you pull the hitch pin and the pin just falls out and if there is tension you rock the tractor then it drops out and you don't have to unhook the pto if you have a longer pin.

It sure is fascinating to watch your problem-solving brain at work! Being able to do your own repairs has saved you a considerable amount of money over time! That big round baker is one mean looking green machine. At 10:50 point in the video, when you opened it up for belt repair it almost looks like green jaws that are going to eat you up 👨🏻‍🌾🦖! Amazing piece of machinery! All the best with your haying season. Up here in SW Ontario, Canada, the farmers have just got on the land! Fall wheat is coming along well and is a lovely sea of green. Take care, stay well and safe Farmer Tyler and family. Greetings from Canada 🇨🇦

you make everthing look so easy!

Good work as usual Tyler

Great work young man.

Amazing!! Nice job

New to "you" equipment always has potential issues. Glad you saw this belt before you were knee deep baling. Repair equipment is never cheap but like you said, you have it for the next time. Hope this weather is not causing problems for you. Good post FTR!

Good job on the belt repair now ready to go.

I noticed when you were putting that pin in the drawbar, you were using the hammer strap. If you have hilly ground you can shear the pin or ruin the hitch on the baler. is does allow for angulation over hilly ground. You should only have three points of contact. Hammer strap and a male attachment on your implement. or a single male point from tractor and a double point on baler. What i do on my pickup because I think we both hired the same welder to make a truck draw bar is put the pin up from the bottom and stop and put the hair pin in before it goes through the top hole. Good Luck.

It would be so cool to hear how many bales you get out of that 40 acre field.

We always used a hammer on those clamps. Most held up, a few didn't but we usually had the same trouble you did - no vice handy where we needed it🙄 . That tool does seem like the way to go though IF you can get to a vice. Thanks for sharing.

Love to watch. I farm alone too about 50 acres. 55 cows. Gets real hectic at times. But I enjoy the challenges

I think that slider thing is supposed to be a guide to help you make sure your belt is square in the machine.

ok you have done a good job maKING STEEL FENCES LOOK GOOD PAINTED

Nice video good luck Baling.

They Wilton makes a vise that goes in a truck hitch that you could possibly put in you side by side’s hitch if it has one or just back your truck up to the bailer. Or if you have an older vise you can just make one by buying some square tubing and welding it to the vise. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Excellent

Shoups sels a portable splice vise. I had one for couple years now but luckily not had to use it yet.

Thanks for the video 👍

Nice repair in the baler. I always pull the belt. It's not too much to rethread, but very creative repair.

Well Tyler I am new to your Channel and do not understand but I heard you say your DaD was helping you I am glad., because Man how you have time to have 2 Children I would be so tried I don’t know., you have to please the Wife also. Some are more blessed them others. Thanks for sharing 6-9-2022👍🏽👍🏽

Those are alligator splices.......I first used one about 40 years ago...the splice set was a cam over lever operated used to splice flat belts in a cotton gin....

Nice shop never seen it before

I am imagining that taking the belts off and on must be a HUGE PAIN. I don't think I would like to try to wrestle with a vice like you did.

That's pretty kool! Good job, now let's hope it works for you.

Nice repair. A suggestion, why not get a hitch mount vise to do those repairs. It would be a lot safer than a clamp. Thanks for sharing.

Alligator lacing tool makes a stronger connection

Tyler… I’m surprised you did NOT watch any RU-vid videos on this repair!!!

I used to run new Holland balers up until a few years ago then I bought a John Deere and now it actually is easy, in fact it couldn't be easier. I didn't know there could be such a difference

To this day, I hate belt balers. My old NH846 just works........no drama. Chain balers are king as far as I'm concerned. Not the tightest bales, but no downtime. Drawbar pin doesn't make a bit of difference. It will only drag so much hay. It doesn't mess up the windrow. I put up Haygrazer. 10 bales to the acre on 2 cuttings...........tall crop(high as the cab on the tractor), lots of long stems in the windrow.........no problems with the pin. The only problem with Haygrazer is the drydown. Takes 8 days..........no exceptions. Has to be turned at least once during the process.

Never saw that fix in a video till now. 😀

Good video good job

Consider this )the way we do it) Cut the damaged belt. Lace another (old) belt on the one that needs repaired. Pull the damaged belt out while you let the old belt feed in. take the belt to be repaired to the vice and clamp the zipper. Connect the repaired belt to the old one pull the old one back through and the repaired belt is in place. Old damaged belts can be found in a lot of places and are generally free My2cents

Hi Tyler thanks for sharing., and you also have a brain and are smart & teaching yourself what your DaD didn’t teach you yet 6-9-2022👍🏽👍🏽

Should be OK 👍, good luck 👍

Never ran a round baler but looks pretty much like repairing conveyor belts. Need to get a vise mounted on your side by side for repairs like that

Just was baking with my JD baler today and noticed some teeth messed up on a belt. Hadn’t seen the splicer before I may try one if I can find one. Baling without a cab tractor, you are tough!

FTR , very efficient method..

Your neighbor would have been the first to know if your vice had fallen on your foot!

thx

Way cool.

хорошая работа!

yea all that stuff is very expensive! but you gotta have it or a spare belt one

It all looks so dry from the get go. Is that really the most beneficial way 10 months from now? IDK, I am not a farmer and have never had your level of responsibility to a 80 herd. So I think you got it in the bag. It just seems like if I were a cow, why would a dry bale me more nutritious and/or desirable to me? I am sure there is a good reason, I would just love to understand it. Thank you😄! BTW, I live in SoCal, so I am super excited to know that we have a huge farming community upstate that really matters for us to get great, quality beef!!! Thank you on that count too!!!

Would an arbor press have worked in place of the vise?

I am inspired by your channel. I am in my third year of a small Hereford operation in Tennessee. RU-vid has been a wealth of information and I would like to contribute when I have figured something out as I learn. What software do you use for video editing?