Baling on Hils Approach

For the past 20 years, I have baled with a Gehl 1465 that made a 4x5 bale. I upgraded this year to a New Holland 4x6 baler and all is good on the flat ground. The Gehl made a nice bale, but it is soft, whereas the NH makes a bale that is tight and firm.

 

Now for the hillside fun!

 

My son did the baling on the first hillside, and when he opens the gate, the bale hits the kicker and takes off down the hill. I had to stop the bale with the loader tractor, or we would have flatten fences and anything else that got in the way.  It was like catching a bowling ball on a ski run.

 

Some ideas I have are as follows:

1.  Try to turn sideways to the hill before opening the gate, but even that has not always worked on the first hilly field he tried. They stilled rolled too far.

2.  Stop after the wrapping is done, and drive down to the bottom of the hill.  Less fence damage this way, but more time.

3.  Take bale kicker off. Have to go back to backing up on every bale.

4.  Out of ideas.

 

What do the members on the forum do?  Any Help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Dale

Baling on Hils Approach