[AT] Tractor talk, Baling hay

[John Hall]

I can't remember what model the baler was but it was bought in 1979 ,I 
believe. We used standard NH shear pins--and a bunch of them at that! After 
about 5 years they found some pieces inside that were left out at the 
factory. The mechanic put them in and it would feed a lot better. The most 
you could put out was 7 bales a minute. In a decent size field, so you 
weren't turning around too often, you could bale about 1,000 bales of straw 
in 3 hours. We found it was easier to drop it on the ground than to tow the 
wagon. Of course when you ran a crew of  7-8 loading , hauling and packing 
in the barn, you had to be productive!

 The 4020 dad has pulled that baler so much that the constant jerking on PTO 
finally twisted the output shaft of the tractor in half. We saved it for a 
conversation piece!

 By contrast I have a New Holland Super 66. You can't get quite 2 bales a 
minute. You definitely drive that one by listening to how loud that 
Wisconsin barks. You know to back off if you hear the belts squeal. I don't 
think we have ever sheared over 2-3 bolts. Probably baled a total of 5-6000 
bales with it. They did a great job of matching HP to the size of the 
baler--enough to run it but not enough to hurt it.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, November 27, 2009 10:26 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor talk, Baling hay


> 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.