[AT] new to me baler

Spencer Yost yostsw at atis.net
Sun Jul 17 05:21:29 PDT 2016


Nice baler!   

I know you have been getting the rain like us.   5.68" here at the farm so far in July.  That's not a very unusual summer total here in the humid south where a thunderstorm can drop 1-2", but definitely falls under "wet".  In June we only had 1.5" 'cause the storms always skirted us.  I guess that's how our 3.36"/month  summer average is born. (-:

Next dry spell and it will be time for the second cutting.

Good luck with the new baler!

Spencer Yost



Spencer Yost
> On Jul 17, 2016, at 7:35 AM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Finally bought another baler. I've been running a Super 66 New Holland for the last 25 years. Long story short I needed something larger, faster, not so worn out, and that parts are more readily available for. In the last month I looked at two 272, a 282, 76 (or was it 78), a compact 65, a big Deere, called about an older small Deere and another 272 (forgive me if I am off on some of my model #'s). This baler has been for sale on Craigslist for about 2 months. Price was a little more than I wanted to spend, but the guy has been dropping the price--he was selling the baler for someone else. I had to go to basically the middle of nowhere to get it and tow it 50 miles back home. You'd think the middle of nowhere would have no traffic--but I was in the vicinity of a large lake--lots of traffic. Anyway made it home without incident. Only had one idiot driver to contend with. About 5 miles from the house he decided he wanted to ride 15 ft off the back of the baler headed down a twisting road across a bridge-- I just drove slower and wider.
> Pulled the baler in the shop and greased everything I could find, tightened one chain idler, sprayed the bill hooks with penetrating oil, threaded it and decided to run some straw through it. Grabbed some bales out of the barn, tripped the knotter often--it never missed. Baler has practically new needles and knife arms--I think i need to slightly adjust the needles as they are hitting the twine disc cleaners. Need to order manuals for it. Gonna test it in a some hay pretty soon.
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