Tube-Line TL5500 2004, Owner'S Manual

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Use Of The Operating Brake
The Model TL5500 is equipped with an operating brake. It is essential that bales be packed tightly together to ensure
that the silage is sealed and will keep well. If the bales are not securely packed end to end, air can enter between the
bales and cause spoilage.
It is best to choose a wrapping site where the wrapper operates on the flat or slightly up hill. If the ground is very
hard and causes very little rolling resistance, or the wrapper must be operated down hill, then the brake must be used
to pack bales.
The brake is operated by using the brake hydraulic valve. Moving hydraulic lever will cause oil pressure to apply
brakes on the rear wheel. Increase pressure to the point where the bales are packed firmly together. Close brake ball
valve to maintain positive pressure on brakes.
Open ball valve and RELEASE BRAKES WHEN THE ROW IS FINISHED AND PRIOR TO TRANSPORTING
THE WRAPPER.
Completing The Row
-When the desired row length has been reached, place a bale bag on the bale to seal the end.
-Continue to apply stretch wrap until the bag is completely wrapped.
Pushing off the bales from wrapper
-The automatic wrapper will have to be switched to manual position for pushing bale off.
Caution: The use of automatic setting when pushing off bales will increase the risk of injury.
-To push off the bales
Open the bale pusher
-Remove the lynch pins from the front of push plate arms, unfold the arms to extend the push plate.
-Remove the lynch pins from the top of arms and swing the X bars onto the pins, replace the lynch pins to secure the
X bar.
#1 Push bale through wrapper by using the forward button and wrap button with automatic machine or with manual
machine with lever in “both” mode until you have enough plastic on bale.
Continue pushing bale through wrap chamber until you have reached the end of stroke.
#2 Retract the bale pusher.
#3 Refold the push plate arms and secure with lynch pins at front of arms.
#4 Pull the pins out at the back end of ram guides and insert them through the holes in bracket at rod end of ram
cylinders.
#5 Open the safety doors, Remove 2 x 3 tube from engine side of wrapper and lay across the top of pushoff channel.
#6 Close pusher a second time to push bales off the wrapper.
#7 Open the pusher and move 2 x 3 tube to the next set of hooks and repeat until the bales are pushed off.
#8 Open the bale pusher, store 2 x 3 tube in bracket with lock pin.
#9 Remove push channel pins at rod end of ram cylinders and reinsert them at the back end of ram guides.
#10 Fold up tail end of roller table using the “tail” valve and secure with tie bar.
#11 Undo steering, unfold tongue and insert lockpin.
#12 Check to make sure the brakes are released before driving away.