I had a cousin in the Fairfield Iowa area in the 80's one of his neighbors was still using one, Al said it was a well built baler and the neighbor was still picking corn had a very nice wire Corn Crib. Good quality hay and ground earcorn great for happy fat cows....
Hello! Thanks for the interesting video! I would like to use a small part of your video in my film about the history of hay balers. Can I do it? Link to your video is required! Thank you!
Wish you were closer. I’ve wanted one for several years. But all the decent ones are far off. And trucking those are nigh impossible due to width. I can unload anything under 8 tons. But I’m told they’re 6+ inches wider that flatbed semi. Oh well I can wish.
Interesting to see close up operation. Not having any experience with these I heard that you end up with a bunch of "baseball bats" because the center of the bale is so tight. Any truth to that? A lot of stopping and starting. I heard the bales would weather well but so well a lot would be still in the field when the next crop of hay needed to be cut. But that's not the balers fault.
It could make bales with or without a hard center, that’s up to the operator. Yes, the bales weathered very well, but how long they sat in the field was totally up to the farmer. Allis made a round bale loader that would pick up the bales and 3rd party companies made attachments that would take the bales from the baler right up to a wagon.
