[AT] Tractor talk, Baling hay

[Ralph Goff]

My memories of the New Holland baler, a 270, was that you could not push it 
or the knots would hang on the bill hook and then break the twine. Or else a 
shear pin would break at the flywheel. It got so you drove by the sound of 
the engine. If the old Cockshutt sounded to be opening up the governor a 
little , then I knew I was  getting close to the limit.
Your uncle must have had a mighty strong shear pin in that baler.

Ralph in Sask.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor talk, Baling hay


> Back when my grandmother bought a JD4430 they tried to bale on occasion
> with it. Finally it was decided the transmission wasn't set up for it so 
> we
> went back to using the 4020's. Funny thing the guy who bought that tractor
> when it was sold has been baling with it for 15 years! I guess the size of
> the baler matters a bit as well. We had the biggest baler New Holland made
> in a "standard" size bale. My uncle believed in pushing it to capacity. 
> One
> year it was damp while baling straw--he twisted out 7 U-joints that 
> season!
> Remarkably the rest of the baler held up very well. As the old saying 
> goes,
> if I had a dollar for every bale it baled.....
>
> John Hall
>
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