Vermeer 505M Classic Help

lundi 10 août 2015

I have recently bought a used 2007 Vermeer 505M Classic. It is twine only. It only had 1100 bales on the monitor and the belts, bearings, tines, everything looks great. It was not used at all last year and obviously not much at all. Overall I am very pleased with the baler, but it does have a couple of problems that I can't seem to correct.

After each bale is complete and the twine arms are back in place (twine has finished) I continue to get the message 'applyingtwine' for about 30 seconds, and then I get a E53 End Wrap message on the bale monitor. This message stays on the monitor until I power the monitor off and back on, and then I can continue baling. I have check the wiring and cannot find any problems (but that doesn't mean I don't have one).

Sometimes the bales look great, but at other times they look like the ones below. This may be because I have a rotary rake and haven't gotten use to making a 2.5 ft windrow (unless I have real thick hay I can't make a 5ft windrow).

Does anyone have any suggestions on what the problem might be? I have talked to the dealer that sold the baler originally and he has been helpful, but we just can't seem to get the problem cleared up. Fortunately I don't do very much round baling so it's not a major problem.

I have attached a few pictures of the error message and some of the bales from the baler.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

Tim