[AT] NH vs JD baler

[Herb Metz]

John,
I assume the great big 3xx series NH hayliners are too big for you to 
consider finding another one today?
I know nothing about recent balers as I have not baled anything since 1947; 
only exception is approx ten years ago  I pitched enough loose hay into an 
old stationery baler in Springfield, MO to say I had done such and to get a 
couple photos.
The local market is many five and ten acre horse farms.  Locals refer to 
them as 'horsey farms'; I certainly prefer them to most all of todays farm 
land that is growing shingles.
Herb




-----Original Message----- 
From: jtchall at nc.rr.com
Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 7:36 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] NH vs JD baler

Another season of baling has begun with my extremely worn Super 66 New 
Holland baler. At the end of last year I had a small breakdown and believe 
the wadboard may be a little out of time, either that or I need to adjust it 
more. Long story short the baler has always had a tendency to make banana 
shaped bales and the knot will sometimes fail on one side. I read, 
researched, printed out, adjusted, filed, polished and lubricated 
practically everything on this baler----I think it is just plain worn out—we 
won’t talk about all the new parts I’ve installed in recent years either. No 
hard feelings against it, it was worn out when I got it 20 years ago and I’ve 
run thousands of bales through it.

Looking at getting something a little more reliable and hopefully larger. 
Looking at a Deere (either 14T or 24T) or a 2xx series New Holland. 
Opinions?

If I had it to do over that great big 3xx series NH hayliner we had would 
have never been sold at auction.

John Hall
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