Baling Hay with Old School Equipment 

I love to see small operators are still in business 👍🏻

Love this. My brother and I still do with a 1940s Farmall, 1965 New Holland baler, 1970s haybind and rake. We had a 1920s rake but it is long gone for use.

That's life on the farm

Old school would be cutting the hay with a sickle bar mower, then crushing it with a crusher. Love the rake…..that is old school😊

Brings back memories good old days

That's one hell of a tractor it looks huge,,,,, great vlog well worth watching, 👍👍👍

I can tell you from experience because we have two 560 tractors and have been farming for 30 years that the end of the shifter is rounded down. Make sure you get the shift rails in line "neutral" and unbolt the shifter and build up the tip and square it up with a grinder. Also when you push in the clutch, if it's going in and out of gear hard pull the TA lever back. This causes the torque amplifier clutches to release and help with shifting. The correct thing to do is eventually adjust the clutch and torque amplifier linkage.

I love working with old equipment.

Horse gear designed to travel at horse speed, less breakage at that speed.. Good to see small scale farming, best of luck.

at least im not the only one using equipment thats about to just stop working any day. i use a new Holland 478 haybine, that thing loves to make noises that i dont think are supposed to be made. i think a 690 john deere hay rake. and a new Holland 268 hayliner small square baler, this past year the twine kept getting hung on the bill hooks i believe they need to be filed down cause i think theres rough edges on them. i love it when people still use old stuff, great video.

Awesome video.

Good job keep your dream going don't stop

Its sure hard working with old equipment , however no shame in being frugal and getting by with what u have ! At least your out there getting it done ! LOL !

Had a 560 diesel wheatland. Mowed with a jd 1207 motor. A lot of memories.

Make sure you GREASE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS GREASING...that always helps too!!

I was trying to make some little bales one time and spent 3 days trying to make the baler work and make 3 bales. Day 4 I make about 20 bale.

I've mowed alot of hay with old hay bones we used 1207 and 1209 john deer and a Heston 1110 23 feet at a time with 3 tractor all under 53 engine horse power

Your problem is all that new equipment! But my rake is newer than yours. I love yours! Yesterday I finished up 5 tons of grass in 5 hours total time over 28 hours start to finish. 90°F 15% humidity mow without windrowing, dry 24 hours, rake and ready to bail. Using 1941 Farmall H, 1939 JD #5 7' sickle mower, 1973 Farmhand hey rake and 1974 MF #12 baler. But you do have to spend some time servicing and repairing equipment to keep it top running condition. Never drag an implement out of the fence row and start working without service, lube and check out first!

If the knotter is actually tying knots 'part of the time', the first thing I would check on a baler of that age is the knives that cut the twine immediately after the knot is tied. Even a tiny bit of rust will dull those knives over time, and wreak havoc on baling day.

not one piece of new equipment would still b working after that many years. that old horse drawn hay rake still does a good job. a new rake would never last that long. always carry a pitch fork and feed the baler with a fork not ur hands. forks r a lot cheaper than hands.

Hay baler can be dangerous. Nice video by the way 👍

NH super 66 that was my first baler

Pull the torque amplifier back before you shift that thing from one gear to another and it will shift a lot easier

I would make a thicker windrow and after you get baler smoothed out extend the ramp at tail n hook a trailer behind baler make loading easier

I couldn't farm with that equipment I would go bunkers

Get an old John Deere 14T baler and you'll never look back

My experience with baling is: If you drive too slow and not pushing enough hay into the baler, it will cause loose bales and bales which will fall apart. Watching your video it appeared you were driving too slow and not pushing the hay hard enough into the baler.

Your roller chains are badly kinked. Take them off and soak them in a bucket of used oil until almost time to bale again. Be sure they are flexible at every link when putting them back on. That, and sharpen your twine knives as someone else suggested. That will help your blown bale problem a LOT!!

Is that rye grass you're baling

Did you grease it??

You just need to do some good maintenance and rebuilding

Good Job, just be careful. Force yourself to think before move. Things can happen so fast. I'm guessing you are just starting out, if you can have someone with you to watch out for you when working on equipment. Don't become a member of the "hung club".

What horse power is that old tractor?

Why is he driving the tractor in the standing grass? Not the way I was taught!

Upgrade

I am far from a safety nazi, but sticking your hand in any moving farm equipment is just dumb... Had a few friends growing up literally ripped apart doing that dumb shit. please use common sense when operating that machinery, especially the older stuff with no shields/guards on a majority of the moving parts.

omg that baler needs to be taken to the bone yard

Think it would be a lot safer with the guards on that tractor covering those back wheels , Hey ? Your life is worth alot more than that bloody hay !

That’s not farm music at all. Very disturbing

I was watching until that stupid music started then I quit watching