Bale Band-It - Model 210 -High-Capacity Hay Baling Machine

No one allows you to bale faster!

The Model 210 Bale Band-It™ can handle a bale consistently every 5.5 seconds through the tie cycle. This is a rate of 654.5 bales per hour, which is 100 bales per hour more than the Model 100. However, this would be difficult to attain in the field due to turning at the end of rows and the baler not consistently making a bale every 5.5 seconds.  However, it can be approached in short intervals.

A common question is asked “Will the Bale Band-It™ slow down my baling?”.  This depends on a couple of factors.

• The first factor is whether or not the tractor being used has enough hydraulic capacity. If it has at least 25 gpm (gallons per minute) on a closed center system, then it needs to be hooked up to the Bale Band-It™ properly to prevent flow restrictions.  The speed of the Bale Band-It™ is directly related to the hydraulic flow it receives.   Lower gpm from your tractor will limit the Bale Band-It’s™ speed.

• The second factor is whether or not the operator is currently baling a decent quality bale.  For example, most baler manuals specify that each stroke should not exceed a 3″ slice in the bale.  So if you wanted to make a 36″ bale, the baler manufacturers recommend a minimum of 12 strokes per bale. If the operator puts at least 12 strokes in each bale (for a 36″ bale), they will have consistent bale lengths and very uniform bales. On a high capacity inline baler that has 100 strokes per min, this would produce approximately 500 bales per hour if baling was non-stop. On other balers the strokes per minute are less, around 92 strokes per minute which is approximately 460 bales per hour if baling was non-stop.

The Bale Band-It 210 gives you a lot of buffer room for operators wanting to bale even faster.  You can see from the above numbers, the Bale Band-It is 140.2 bales / hour over the baler’s highest rating.

You can help your baler’s capacity by your raking techniques.  Consistency in the windrow allows you to drive consistent speeds and helps the baler to put consistent strokes per bale.

Bale faster, bale better, that’s what the Bale Band-It allows you to do.

* Bale capacity assumes a 25+ gpm hydraulic supply from a closed center (piston pump) hydraulic system. Lower gpm means lower capacity.

• Available for any Model 210 Bale Band-It™.  (Pickup option can always be added later.)
• Switches from Pickup mode to behind the baler in minutes.
• Great for multi-baler operations where baling window is small and bale pickup window is larger.
  • Allows you to be most efficient during baling time by pulling the Bale Band-It™ behind your baler, then
  • Switch over to Pickup mode to bundle remaining bales from additional balers, keeping capital investment to a minimum.
  
  
  Features:

  • Robust ground driven design
    • Geared so that you drive the perfect speed, whether fast or slow.  Giving you a smooth pickup without damaging your bale.
  • Floats over rugged terrain
    1. Ground drive wheel is positioned so pickup height is perfect over wide range of slopes.
    2. Skid plates will carry weight of chute if crossing over ditches, while tube extensions float and direct the bale to center of chamber.
    3. When encountering large ditches or end rows, the pickup attachment can be hydraulically raised.
  
  
  Transport Hitch:

  • 3 available positions:  2 field positions + 1 in-line transport position
  • Pull pin and swing entire transport hitch to dock alongside the frame.

  
  

  Chute Changeover:

  • Watch how you can easily change from one mode to the next mode in less than 10 minutes!

  The following videos show how the Pickup Unit changeover can be completed without the aid of hydraulics.

• Rotation maintained by self aligning bearings to ease long-term maintenance and replacement.
• Mounting location positioned to prevent inverting of cylinder even with significant pin wear.
• Using a non-rotatable, greaseable pin in a hardened drill bushing eliminates wear in cylinder yoke and in rotating arm.
• Design provides a long service life with inexpensive replacement to a high cycle cylinder.

• Re-engineered with a streamline approach, eliminating parts, opening up clearances, increasing strength, and making it easier and less costly to maintain.
• The poly wear strips have been replaced with Large Surface Poly Wear Discs that give fine tune adjustability.
• This allows us to maintain a tighter gear and rack throughout the season, and instead of replacing wear parts (@ 40,000 bales) we now adjust them.
• With the EZ-Lock Wear Holder, adjustments are quick and no-tools required.
  • Remove the two clip pins.
  • Use the built in wrench to adjust to desired setting.
  • Position and clip wrench back in place.
  •  New cushioned swing cylinder takes the shock out of a quick moving assembly.

• Incorporating the drive system within the chassis structure reduced complexity, opened clearances for functionality, and made long-term service a breeze.

• Revolutionary new design gives 100% more clearance between Strap Guide Arm and Fetcher. Greatly increasing time between required maintenance.
• Eliminating carriage derailing possibilities.

The fully automatic Bale Band-It™ ties on the go and unloads on the go.  The electrical system requires no operator input for operation. Keep feeding it small square bales and the Bale Band-It will keep bundling 21 bale bundles.

1. Outputs: Energizes solenoids to drive hydraulic cylinders and motors.
2. Inputs: Waits to receive information via. photo eyes, reed switches, and Hall effect sensors. –  These sensors track bale status & cylinder / motor position.
3. Communicates with operator via Wireless Bluetooth^® Monitor.

• Learn more about the Wireless Bluetooth^® Monitor

Robust V.6.08 circuit boards are a key component to a proven electrical system.

• Wireless Bluetooth^® module plugs directly onto board.
• Simple LED indicators give you quick in depth troubleshooting information.
  • Green LED’s indicate outputs computer is sending.
  • Red LED’s indicate inputs computer is receiving.
• Utilizing Solid State switching components.
• Mini automotive fuses protect outputs circuits & input devices.
• Rocker switches utilize the functionally rich features:
  • Easily switch from 18 to 21 bale bundles.
    • 18 bale bundles used for the 16″x18″ small square bale.
    • 21 bale bundles used for the 14″x18″ small square bale.
  • Easily switch a board from the front electrical box to the band electrical box or vice versa.
    • Boards are completely interchangeable.
  • Option Switches provide additional adjust ability to fit your operation.
    • These boards work on any monitor.  Old style or new, switch sequence tells computer what monitor it is communicating with.
    • Monitor can beep or stay silent when unloading a bundle onto the ground.  This is helpful when hay is light and ground speeds are high.
  • AA Lithium Battery maintains bale count memory.  Lasts approx. 3-5 years.
  • Decals strategically placed to give you informative electrical layout information.
  • Manual overrides to manually eject bundle.
  • Switch to turn on flashers.

• High pressure filter ensures that the Bale Band-It™ system stays clean.
  • Filter designed to not bypass and allow contamination to enter system.
  • Filters incoming pressure side of hydraulic system, therefore the system is continually being cleaned.
• Industrial electric over hydraulic valving.
• Each circuit is separately flow controlled to allow multiple operations to occur without competition for flow.
• Common O-ring to JIC fittings are used to provide ‘easy to find’ replacement parts.
• Well placed decals highlighting the functionality of the 3 manifolds.

Upper strapping arm now has a wider bolt pattern with additional support by Main Rail mounts.

Its easy no miss-thread design, makes this part more functional and user friendly.

Cross brace design now has UHMW replaceable strap guides providing an easier flow for strapping.

• Upper and lower mounts have far superior design
  • Designed for strength, alignment, and longevity in the field.
  • Upper mounts provide increased leverage and shock capacity back to the chassis.
  • Lower mounts remove clearance tight spots and countersunk hardware that can back out. Now replaced with standard 5/8” hex cap screw and secured with a nylon locknut. Maintenance in high shock area – eliminated.
  
  Now nickel coated
• Provides excellent corrosion resistance even when not in use.
• Slicker surface reduces wear on Poly Wear Discs.

Bales are fed directly from the baler into the Bale Band-It™.  The Bale Band-It™ takes the bales and turns them on edge and stacks them 3 high in the stacking chamber.  When the stacking chamber is full, the horizontal plunger pushes these 3 bales into the main chamber.  This process is repeated until it has 7 tiers of 3 bales high.  The horizontal plunger then compresses these bales against the back gates, while it ties the 21 bale pack with 2 steel straps.  Producing a bundle measuring approx 3.5’ wide x 4.5’ tall x 8’ long.