Getting in the hay using Allis-Chalmers 77G rake & Allis-Chalmers 302 7 303 balers. Implements being pulled by an Allis-Chalmers "D-15" Series II tractor.
We had a D17 Diesel. A tremendously powerful tractor for it's size. Only real problem was keeping it in head gaskets. Too bad for AC. Some of the best equipment they made was for the average family farm. Seemed like they could never make the transition from the family farm to the factory farm.
Thank you for watching this video. The bale chute was set at a height for loading a wagon, It could have been lowered to let the bales slide to the ground. The con to lowering the chute is that if its to low and you need to backup to chute could dig in the ground and cause damage. No bales where harmed in the making of this hay.
Nice tractors. Love hearing them work. Agree with a few comments below that you should keep the wheels off the windrows, will make the raking much easier. Also, while raking make your windrows straight and it will make baling a lot easier too. I bale 20 acres of hay and our fields are goofy shaped but raking is the time to get things tidy and baling goes much quicker. Less wear and tear on the machinery too. Nice video and tractors. Thanks for sharing.
OK, our D-15 had a wide front end, our Allis rake was older, and our Allis little square baler was probably older, too. But it all sure looks familiar. :-)
That was a nice demonstration. I am planning to purchase an Allis Chalmers 272 with which I want to use it for cutting and baling hay too. Thanks for your video. Happy farming.
Thanks for watching! The right wheel was set out so that the driver would be forced to run the hay in to the right side of the baler. By doing this the hay flows in the chamber very well.
Cool. I did not know that. I spent many hours baling with a WD45 and New Holland 270. Was a good combination. We baled a lot with wagon behind. Stacked bales by hand. Dropped some on the ground at times too. I still have the WD45. Dad purchased it new in 1954. I want to bale again with it. Maybe this summer!!!
The left wheel is in all the way. The left wheel should have been placed all the way out so that the windrow would run between the front wheels on the left rear wheel.