[AT] Allis Model C handle a Rotobailer

[Greg Hass]

I think a C would run the roto-baler. Not as fun as with live power but 
possible. My dad ran an IH 45 baler for many years, including a lot of 
custom work, with an IH Super C and that did not have live power. My 
uncle, who was a little behind the times, ran an AC Roto-baler for 
several years with a Farmall F-20 and that for sure did not have live 
power. I was not aware that an engine option was available for the 
Roto-baler, but about 60 years ago my uncles on the other side of the 
family put a Ford engine from a Model A on their Roto-baler and ran it 
that way. My uncles on my mothers side were always careless and did 
stupid things and I was little but remember my dad being mad at them. He 
did not have his own baler yet and hired my uncles to bale 20 acres that 
he had cut and raked. Being careless they had lost the gas cap and 
instead of getting a new one they stuffed an old rag in the tank. Well, 
it fell in and got sucked into the fuel system and they spent all day 
trying to clean it out while my dads hay sat and it was to ran that 
night; I was too little to remember if it rained or not. I always 
thought roto-bales were neat so 5 or 6 years ago I bought one. A guy my 
brother knows had bought it at auction for junk price; he already had 
one but did not want to see it scraped. One day he was talking to my 
brother about the baler and my brother mentioned I was looking for one. 
I bought it for the same price the guy paid for it as he just wanted it 
to be used. I no longer have any livestock so each year I bale about 50 
bales of straw and give them to a neighbor for his horses. I don't 
charge him because as I told him I do it for fun and just want someone 
to get the bales off the field.
              Greg Hass