[AT] Tractor talk, Baling hay

[Cecil Bearden]

I hooked up the New Holland 1033 stackliner today and tried to pick up 
some bales.  We tried to dump off a short stack of 60, but the bales did 
not slip down the bed while the bed was tipping, so they fell off and 
bent the moveable rack.  I spent about 2 hours welding it back up. Then 
I went back to the fiield.  The biggest problem is some bales are light 
and others are heavy.  The bales are also not really consistent in 
length.  This causes some problems with stacking when it catches a long 
bale.  However, in 2 hours in the dark I picked up 105 bales, and only 
had to get out of the cab 2o times or so.  The bale chute is not right, 
you have to be within 4 inches of center to pick up a bale...

Cec il in OKla

John Hall wrote:
> 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.
> 
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