New Holland BR7060 / BR7070 round balers service schedule

1. Stop the PTO and engine, take the key out and apply the park brake.
2. Oil every chain, preferably when they are warm after work.
3. Run the baler at idle for a few minutes to let the oil soak into the pins and barrels.
4. On a baler with the optional chain oiler, a pump works each time the tailgate opens: keep its reservoir topped up.

Tools: Oil can, Rags

1. Stop the PTO and engine and secure the baler.
2. Wipe the nipples clean and grease each one on the 8-hour chart in your handbook (25 points; not every baler has all of them).
3. Oil the sledge roll drive chain and pick-up drive chain with SAE 10W-30 at the end of the day.
4. Grease the pick-up stuffer tube nipples on 1.8 m and 2.1 m wide stuffer pick-ups once a week: there is a big cavity between tube and inner shaft.

Tools: Grease gun, Rags

1. Stop the PTO and engine and secure the baler.
2. Belt drive roll chain: set the spring to 375 mm inside the end hooks.
3. Wide pick-up chain: spring length 130 mm.
4. Rotor pick-up drive chain: spring 117 to 123 mm. Jackshaft idler right-hand chain (rotor cutter): 0 to 16 mm deflection at the centre of the span.
5. Sledge, floor roll, dimpled roll and starter roll chains have spring-loaded idlers: set the spring to the length of the plated guide (64 mm for the sledge, 188 mm for the floor, dimpled and starter rolls).
6. On non-rotor units the long span of the roll drive chain should deflect 0 to 1.5 mm without pre-load.

Tools: Spanners, Rule

1. Stop the PTO and engine and secure the baler.
2. Grease each point on the 50-hour chart. The wide pick-up radial pin clutch may need grease more often if it slips.
3. Use a wrench to remove the gearbox dipstick. The oil must be between the two marks. Add oil through the same hole.
4. Check the Auto Wrap gearbox plug hole: oil should be at its bottom edge.

Tools: Grease gun, Wrench for the dipstick, Rags

1. Check the belt condition, lacing and cable every week.
2. If belts slip, increase the initial tension by tightening the density springs. For more, remove the tension and move the upper rear tailgate roller.
3. Store spare belts rolled up, in a dry place above ground and not on edge.
4. Keep the baler belts under tension except when doing maintenance.

Tools: Lacing tool, Cutters

1. Park level and stop the PTO and engine.
2. Drain the oil from the gearbox through the drain plug, then fit the plug.
3. Add 1.79 L of Ambra Hypoide 90 gear lube and check the dipstick: the oil must be between the marks.
4. For the Auto Wrap gearbox, take off the end cover by removing its six bolts, drain, refit and reseal the cover, then add oil to the bottom edge of the plug hole.

Tools: Drain tray (5 L), Wrench for plugs, Funnel, Gloves

1. Stop the PTO and engine. Clean out the pick-up (easier with the wind guard removed).
2. Turn the latch and pivot the shield open.
3. Use a wrench on one hex to turn the pick-up until a pair of shear bolt holes line up.
4. Fit the bolt from the inside through the big hole in the inner sprocket, seat the head against the keeper and put on the lock nut.
5. Close the shield.

Tools: Wrench, Spare shear bolts

1. Mark the bolt heads. Loosen the bolts three and a half turns.
2. Engage the tractor PTO at low rpm for five seconds. Let the clutch cool for two minutes.
3. Engage the PTO again for five seconds and let it cool two minutes.
4. Tighten the bolts against the ring to 54 to 61 Nm.
5. If the clutch slips too easily, check the bolts are tight and there is no grease or oil on the plates. Changing the friction discs is a dealer job.

Tools: Spanners, Torque wrench

1. Cut the twine near the balls, take them indoors and leave the twine end threaded.
2. Take the operator's manual out and keep it safe. Clean the baler thoroughly including belt rolls, wrapper area and twine boxes. Remove twine wrapped on the pick-up tines.
3. Lubricate the whole baler as in the lubrication section and put lubricant on the adjusting bolt threads and hinges.
4. Oil all chains and run the baler a few minutes. Check the bearings for heat, which shows a failing bearing.
5. Put a light coat of oil on bare metal, especially the inside of the bale chamber side sheets.
6. Clean oil and grease off the belts and store the baler with the belts at normal tension, under cover if possible.
7. Check the twine and net knives, V-belts, chains and sprockets, hitch, bushings, wrapper, pick-up tines and cam bearings, belts and lacing, and tailgate lights, and order parts for anything worn.

Tools: Cleaning equipment, Grease gun, Oil can

1. Make the repairs found at the end of the last season and check the wiring harnesses for damage.
2. Check hydraulic lines for leaks, fit the net or twine and check for proper rotation.
3. Check tyre pressure and chain tension and alignment.
4. Burnish all slip clutches and check the twine tube travel and timing against the knife.
5. Check the tailgate hydraulic lock valve: raise the tailgate, set the valve to locked and try to move the tailgate with the tractor hydraulics.
6. Check the hydraulic pressure setting and that all indicators work. Run the baler and check the belts track properly.

Tools: Tyre gauge, Spanners