[AT] new to me baler

[Mike M]

Interesting Cecil, we buy our hay, and usually put up 1st and 2nd 
cutting to be used at different times. It's been so dry here in 
Michigan, that I filled our whole order with 1st cutting, which will 
take us to this time next year.  I was afraid the 2nd cutting wouldn't 
yield much and would be very expensive.

Mike M



On 7/17/2016 2:00 PM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> Nice Baler
> It has the narrow bands on the pickup so you can get the short hay in
> the drought..
> Cecil in OKla
>
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> 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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