Posted 4/17/2011 23:02 (#1730071 - in reply to #1729976) Subject: Re: HESSTON 4570 INLINE SMALL SQUARE BALER
WY, OK
Only time we change tension is on different types of hay, windrow thickness has no effect. Technically you should be speeding up and slowing down to maintain your 12-16 strokes a bale anyway but I've baled many with 30 strokes and as few as probably 6 without breaking a shear bolt. The tension is just a cylinder that pushes the top middle of the chamber down to slow the bale movement out of the chamber.