[AT] IH 440 Baler

[Cecil R Bearden]

My old IH 440 baler has given up twisting wire.  It should be noted that 
it probably had a million miles of wore run through it.  It is the Lok 
Twist wire knotter.  I can find parts listed from IH, but it would cost 
about $1500 to rebuild just the cutter parts of the knotter.

I tried out the Hesston 4600 baler in place of the IH I was trying to 
get some hay baled for a customer who had to have small bales.  After an 
entire day of trying to get it to bale without shearing a pin, it 
appears it needs about 2 days work and an additional $1000 of parts.  I 
bought this baler 2 years ago while Dad was bedfast and I bales about 
100 bales with it and gave up because the bales were bowed terribly.  I 
have a former baler mechanic working with me for a few weeks, and he 
found the problems with this newer baler that were never taken care of 
by the dealer I bought it from.  I was assured by the salesman that this 
baler had been through their shop and was ready to go to the field.  
Looks like tI have a different definition of ready to go to the field.

Does anyone have a source of parts for a 440 IH baler?.  Used or New.

Cecil in OKla