Back in 1968 & 69 Dad did custom work putting up a 1000 acres of alfalfa in Eastern Washington. H e had three John Deere 214 WS wire tie balers and put out bales @ 125 pounds a piece for sale to Dairy farms on the west side of the mountains. I enjoyed the video
I did a small amount of work bailing haying for Joe Little in Sussex, N.J. back in 1957-58, 14 hours a day, I asked him why he paid me $1.25 an hour instead of $.85 and he said, "Because you work". He paid my SSI and I will always be thankful for that and the can of beer he gave me at the end of the day.
I started working full time in 74 at 13 y/o earning $1.35/hr. That was the big time for me! Saved every penny and today I own my own small farm outright!
If you guys don’t mind sharing I have a couple questions, so i recently purchased 82 acres of land and I plan on starting a small business of maybe hay, crops, or perhaps a nursery for the town I live in. I’m your opinion since you have been doing it longer than me what would be the most profitable in the beginning so I can expand later on?
Great video. I enjoy when someone takes the time to explain the workings of old farm equipment, as a collector/restorer of antique farm equipment and maintenance tech for over 40years you did a fine job of talking about the importance of maintaining the equipment.
Have a lot of memories with my grandparents working a Ford tractor and a New Holland baler. I’m in the process of reviving those old memories and make some of my own
This was the best farming video I’ve watched. This young man is so informative, articulate and personable. I really like the smaller operation and tried and true machinery he showcases and explains... true farming, not like the corporate, industrial, operations where they don’t even steer their tractors anymore. We’re in for a rough time and these smaller machines are gonna be needed.
Brings back memories. Grew up baling with a DB 1200 and a New Holland baler. I still have the tractor. Bought it off my dad when he sold the farm. It was the first new tractor and the first diesel on the farm. Still runs great.
Just found your channel, I love that you farm with the antique iron still, I grew up on a 9N Ford, the old Fords hold a special place for me. Beautiful 601 you have
I just love seeing vintage tin working on a farm! I also agree with your lubrication addiction and have had people with a grease gun allergy fired. Grease is cheap, parts are not.
@@zebwalton979 I guess you must be old. In the mid 80's I tried to find a carb kit for a 59 Ferguson (not Massey Ferguson, just Ferguson) TO 35, I heard a lot of laughter over the phone. Where I live a 1997 vehicle can be registered as "antique".
Very nicely done. I have a New Holland 68 and do the same with it. It took a learning curve, but I finally figured it out. I also started out using a Ford model NAA. Now I use Kubota M5700 and have a 4 bale Kuhns accumulator attached. I use a grabber on the front of the tractor to pick up and stack the bales--a one woman operation.
Good video! In our nation we have a relatively-new class of semi-disabled people; the one-armed youtube farmer. But hey (or hay) thanks for doin' what you do, and for carryin' all of us along!
Nice Video. Here in the UK, I fondly remember My Dad had a (1966) Ford 5000 Super Major and a new Holland 360 baler. I would row up using an "haybob" with a small International Harvester Tractor. The I would stack the bales in 8s, whilst my Dad did the baling. (The haybob was pretty neat at rowing up, compared to the previous "Acrobat' - 4 vertical wheel rake) When my Dad had nearly completed baling the whole field, I would hop back onto the International+ haybob and row diagonally up and down the corners to create rows of the corner apexes. Great Times, but hard work, when it came to Hay carting those bales back in to the barn.
I almost lost a finger to a New Holland square baler... not a fan but love the David Brown. I had a 1210 2 wheel drive. It was the best tractor all the way around. My Uncle referred to it as Charlie Brown. He was a big Case fan.
I just now caught your video and it brought back a lot of very good memories. I used to help my grandpa on his farm back in the 50s and 60s and we didn’t have quite the modern equipment you have. Thanks for a great video.
I used to help my Grandpa in the early 70's with old equipment like this. Best time of my life was helping on the farm. I'm old myself now, and I still remember haying with Grandpa.
Oh man,,little square baler..... Brings back some good memories... We used to do about 80 acres with one... And drag a bale sledge behind it too.. Great video. Great content. Here in the UK 🇬🇧..💯👍💯👍
@@AutoCrete We never stacked by hand if that's what your referring to?? We always used a flat 8 grab.. And same to unload.. When you have 80 acres to do or equivalent to 8000 Square little bales on average.
@@markb1487 Yes, stacking by hand. BTW we had two really wet years back to back and had 11,000 the first wet year followed by 10,000. 8,000 to 9,000 was pretty average from a 100 acre hay field.
I always broke lots of shear bolts whenever I baled hay. Used to tick my dad off. The guy we rented the farm got sick of my dad yelling at me told him we were baling hay too late into the night when the hay was too "stiff". I worked a regular job, then worked for my dad until football started then my two brothers and mom drove tractor. My dad started out with a couple small Ford tractors that were made around 1950 or so not quite antiques in the late 1980's.
Hiya, Great video, thank you. Knowing when not to do something is very valuable information, well done to you sir for knowing when to and when not to, and knowing the difference too. Love your set-up, small is perfect, I watched machinery like yours back in the 60s working fields near where I lived here in England, nice to see them still in use and making hay. Stay safe, Steve...
Geoff here in Australia your 3pt link setting is akshaly Ferguson Ford stoel it from Ferguson most of your tractor is Ferguson with Ford badges on it .
Gives me some hope guess still are a few young men willing do manual work out there, old ways worked then still work today we don't all have to have mega farms and machinery keep up the good work my friend.
I did squares for 50 yrs, for the last 10 i went with a bale thrower and wagons it sure made life easier and faster ,if you couldnt get them in or unloaded in time ,just tarp them outside .I tip get a clamp on the muffler on the 990 those manifolds wear and crack,you wont be happy.
Thanks for sharing. I was really impressed with your video making skill. I may or may not do some square baling on my channel this year but at any rate I did enjoy this video.
Nice video! Thanks for sharing your haymaking. I had a massey 3 point rake, similar to your NH. It was handy on the smaller fields - and I know exactly what you mean about corners with it. Mine was in worse shape and had bearing problems, and yours looks like it has better width. Hope it works well for you! Also, I’m with you on single windrows. Dries better in my climate, and if doubled I have to go so slow with my baler it doesn’t seem worth it.
Enjoyed your video. Last time I saw a David Brown was about 10 years ago when a friend of our's was raking with it. Forget what model it was, but 990 sounds familiar. Keep up the great work on the videos. God bless - Everett
oh my . (Greets from Denmark) that tractor .. it brings a smile on your face everytime you drive it. . i just bought an old Fordson Dexta .. she's like brand new looking at and to operate.. oh the joy of these old machines that just continue to run if taken care of.. thank you for sharing, i hope to see a lot more of it .. (subbed)
Reminds me of my youth. Old JD sickle mower on the back of an 8N Ford; then raking it with an old New Holland 56 rake behind a propane-powered 600 Case tractor; then baling with a stubborn old JD 214T motor-driven baler behind the same Case tractor. The baler had a Wisconsin motor, which you started with a hand crank. That motor was one of the few things on that baler that ALWAYS worked right.😁....We were always busting flywheel bolts. If you didn't make sure you had the flat belt (ran the flywheel from the motor pulley) on "just so", the moment you tried putting the baler into operation, it would kick that belt off; even with brand new twine knotters and cutters, from about age 8 to 18, I would have to "ride" (stand on) the rear drawbar as we went around the fields, so if/when a bale didn't tie or the twine didn't cut I could wave/yell to my dad to stop so we could salvage the bale/hand tie it......Ah, those were the days! At the time, I hated it. But now, in retirement, I look back on things like that as fond memories.😎
@@lambfarms7894 shear pins. That's what I meant when I said flywheel bolts. 😁 My old brain couldn't think of the correct terminology.😁 Hopefully that's all the problems that you have. 👍👍
Try polishing everything with rust on it from the front to the rear of the internals of the baler. If the chamber, the chute etc has rust...you have far more friction (therefore resistance) than the normal amount you have after a few bales have wiped the metal to a bright shiny finish.... You may find reducing the tension on the bales may work for that short time from start until polish....then retension?
Hi like your video, I have a international 445D balers and it has given me some grif but have sorted it out. Keep the video coming and do some on repair work. Australia down under.
I have had a 311 here on my place for years now (I bought it new ) it's a good dependable baler ,some years ran up to 13,000 bales threw it ,all hand bucked bales ,sitting in the shed for awhile now , had switched to having the hay baled by a custom operator making big squares for many years ,because of time constraints Now retired I wanted a baler with a wider pickup ,so bought a New Holland BC 5070 and set it up with a Kuhn's /Norden accumulator system
When I saw "old school" hay making, I naturally imagined swinging a scythe and using a pitchfork to throw the hay into a horse drawn wagon followed by storing the hay loose in a barn. Still, looks right nice!
Now, that is the way my great grandpa done it! We actually tore down a barn that had a trolley system in it for loose hay. We kept all the trolley parts and put in our garage.
Hello good video sir enjoyed this. Turning the tension on the back adjusts the weight of the bale you may say. I always clean the baler after using so I dont have shaft buildup but that's a suggestion. Yes loading would be fun to watch but that's the way it goes. Once again great video looking forward see more. Have a great day.
@@martingardener90 I’m gonna say you’re correct. I know my neighbor bought his new at an International Harvester Dealership. It could be one of those deals where they may have been sold at either.
@@martingardener90 Back in 1969 or '70, the farmer across the road got a new David Brown 990. A cool tractor! I drove it once. It had a 4 speed transmission with 4 ranges for a total of 16 forward. At that time, DBs were just being introduced into the US. The local repair shop / used equipment dealer became a DB dealership. Some years later, Case made an arrangement of some sort with David Brown and Case dealers then sold tractors badged "Case David Brown". I'm not sure how long that lasted, but I suspect it stopped about the time Case bought out IH's farm equipment line to become Case-IH. Last time I checked their web site, David Brown was still in business but no longer manufacturing tractors. It's sad to think of all the tractor brands that are no longer manufactured.
This looks like what I just went through, little bit different equipment, quite a bit older than Y'all, love doing this work here in Mizzurah, my buddy blows equipment off with gas leaf blower.🤠🚜🐎🐮🐓🐖
When I baled hay, I used a wire New Holland PTO baler. I started with a Heston 500 swather, and graduated to a New Holland unit (both were 10' with auger not draper). Tractors were JD 720D and 730D, and a 1040 hay wagon. Hay was alfalfa and up to 100# bales. Now I just have a Ford 631 tractor converted to 641 (PTO) with added power steering and a front end loader. For a mower I use a JD 39 7'. Have fun
@@jefferyashmore6477 It was a little wet, I was told to bale wet enough to keep most of the leaves from falling off. My average was likely just under 80, but I didn't track it that well. I also had a NH wire baler set somewhat tight. I mostly went by scale weight on the trucks. Around ten tons a load. Have fun
@@adiamondforever7890 into had Heston swather and NH wire baler jd 70 diesel then went to case 830. Started out with sicle mower on a case DC. Moved on to case 1070 and ih round baler made by Heston. Nice to talk to you. We had 20 cows built up to 50 at one time.
I'm with you, pistol grip grease guns are the best. I don't understand how the hardware store can even sell anything other than electric or pistol grip.
Useful tip if you start missing knots check the brass rollers on the knife arms THEY WEAR, and get flat spots ,they can be turned over and used ,we greased under the slide point and you dont need a wood block to move the toung. The plunger stop is to protect the needles, incase they drop if you hit a hole in the field or he baler gets out of time .
Nice video. Next time before you unhook that disc mower, put the pin on the spring/tube in the other hole. that keeps the spring from affecting the level of the lower 3pt pins. Also recomended for transport.
Love your videos do you have cows on the farm you have the hay lol. Like to see the whole farm . Maybe a farm tour would be good. Have a great day looking forward to more videos
Best hay video I’ve seen so far. Just bought all the equipment I need to start baling hay myself and I’m a virgin at it !! Thanks for the video very educational and also what horse power tractor is that?
Ok Correction..... When the Bale length arm walks.up the spool it goes into the Notch at the bottom Tripping the release on the Knotter clutch to rotate activating the tie cycle....... It drops down so as to lock the knotter clutch preventing a double tie.........
Try polishing everything with rust on it from the front to the rear of the internals of the baler. If the chamber, the chute etc has rust...you have far more friction (therefore resistance) than the normal amount you have after a few bales have wiped the metal to a bright shiny finish.... You may find reducing the tension on the bales may work for that short time from start until polish....then retension? And don't leave hay in any part of the baler for over winter storge....clean it before storing it.