[AT] new to me baler

[Cecil Bearden]

Nice Baler
It has the narrow bands on the pickup so you can get the short hay in 
the drought..
Cecil in OKla



On 7/17/2016 6:35 AM, John Hall 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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