Y'all are the most patient couple I've ever seen... Ida taken that baler, dug a hole, put the baler in the hole and filled the hole with concrete... than I would have contacted a priest to perform last rights upon it.

Always make hay while the sun shines. Can always eat when it rains.

Despite your equipment problems, you take time to record it for us. Thank you so much.

Don’t give up on that old square Baler. I have one like it and had problems but tinkered with it and with a very few new parts it bales great. May loosen the tension a little and check the hooks in the knotter for groves. Also, for reseeding check your local soil conservation district for a no till drill, some districts rent those for reseeding hay and pasture fields.

That's why tractors have lights and sandwiches are quick dinners. Never stop just because you're tired and hungry. Always finish if rain is coming because now you just have stuff with all the nutrients washed out and probably mold.

you should have taken the round baler back in the field and bailed till it was done.

Sorry you two are having trouble with the baler. If anyone can solve the problem,it is you! Reason you are the best channel, you don't let setbacks,stop you, from going forward! And you teach,so well!

Evan, you need to check and see how many strokes of hay it is taking your baler to drop a bale. If you are baling too slowly, this will cause banana bales because the feeder fork cannot get enough hay in front of it to push it all the way to the left side of the baler. I always liked to make a bale with around 16 to 18 strokes per bale on this model of baler. If your windrows are too thin to make this happen, unless you are going across the field in road gear, just rake more windrows together so you can travel around 2 mph to get the strokes per bale you need.

Man that sucks Evan. Just keep at it, be positive and push on things will get better soon. At least you got plenty of hay for the year and were not in a drought this year. Great video, be careful, stay calm, don't worry and thanks for sharing.

Hard days work under your belt, still a win!

Ah yes, weather and the life of a farmer!

Even though it got rained on a couple times. Flip the a few times to get it dried out. It will still make good cow hay

I bought 2 of your shirts and I think they have super powers in them because I get 2x as much work done on my little farm when I wear them! Your a hard worker!

the bale tie part is incredible. the engineering it took to get it right

Evan I must stay I know you I truly happy of how Rebecca handled the tractor. Hats Off to you Rebecca if you read this

You have the patience of a Saint and the mechanical skills of a pro.

I would consider round baling all of your hay, both cuttings next year. Keep how many rounds you need and sell all the rest and use the money to buy the square bales you need.

Like the video Evan , Rebbeca .

Good afternoon guys and girls, this is the first time I have ever heard of wire bailing hay. Been around hay all my life, I am 64 years old. They always said you can learn something everyday if you listen. Thank you. Steve from N.B

Evan,Evan,Evan....This brought back some memories and not good ones...... We used to do around 60/70 acres of small little bales...(roughly around 6000-7000))) small bales....Don't miss this one little bit....Great great content. 💯👍💯👍💯👍

Evan-you need to get some hay hooks.One in each hand will change your life when you learn to use them.Don't forget the lotion on the forearms tonight.you'll need it.

Evan glad you got a large portion of the hay in. Sorry you didn't get it all.me and my brothers would help the farmer down the street bring his hay and straw in every year. We unofficially adopted them as our grandparents.

The only other option to save grass hay field is to use a wick wiper summer grasses weekly before it seeds out and pull seeds off .a ton of work .

Hello from the Netherlands and thanks for the video. Sincerely, Hollandduck

Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!

We had a Deere wire tie when I was a kid. Two men rode on it and tied the bales.

It's awesome that you guys work together like this. 👍

Should have pull long day and finished baling. Farming, can’t put off tomorrow what you could have done today!

finaly someone that puts the bottom layer on its side!! saves on the twine being rotten and chewed we put the rest on its side man have i had days like that have to bite the bullet and bale at nite

GREAT job Rebecca and Evan!

I enjoyed the video. I started watching your videos when I was thinking of starting bailing myself a few years ago. Don’t get discouraged, if you don’t I won’t either. Thanks to you for helping me learn some of this stuff. Also thanks for showing that learning and doing things in life is hard but can also be rewarding!

My wife would follow me while square baling and check each bale and hand tie if needed. Yes, we fixed it but my wife walked quite a bit to get it baled.

You are either very patient or you hide it well▪I was getting aggravated just watching when the baler would miss tying a bale! 3 things: 1) We made backstops for our wagons to have a good base to start with 2) Have you considered no tilling some Orchard Grass into that field 3) As bad as that hay is now; you still got to get it off the field to prevent future problems▪Farming stinks sometimes!

Rebekah the Superstar comes through again!

Let's hear it for the real MVP here, your spine.

Great driving Rebecca 👍

Ha ha, we always had a wire baler. No one ever wanted to work for us because the bales were much heavier than twine bales.

Back to the shop and get them fixed. Stay safe and catch you later. Fred.

Hang in there! Evan and Rebeca! Good teamwork! 👍🙏🏻

You both are very inspiring! Thank you for sharing as you do, keeping faith to complete daily challenges you face. Wonderful examples of what life is truly about. God bless youzzzzz and keep youzzzz in the palm of His hand...

Awesome patience’s Evan . Be well! Roger

Evan and Rebecca you guys make a great team. I know you will figure the baler out,you have the patience more they anyone I seen on the shows. Great videos keep up the great work

That was hardship, the Bailer not tying. Better luck next time. Well done guys.

loving the videos we are trying to build our own homestead to be like yours one day!! just been here a couple months youve got so much!

,a good lesson learned never leave for tomorrow what you can do today

That was really a neat Baylor, the square one that you used and I enjoyed getting to see it!! I am so sorry it malfunctioned on you just at the last end of your field especially now that your field is now all wet for several days it will cause three times to work! I was very impressed with Rebecca‘s driving, Yes she didn’t miss anything that I can see yeah she picked up that hay!! You guys make a nice team and I always enjoy watching your videos. I’m glad you’ll have enough hay though for the animals as so many people don’t so that’s a blessing❣️❣️

Your video brings back the memories! We used to bale and stack on wagons like that. When you have one side tied and one not out of the baler, run twine/wire from one end of the tied side around the bale edge and to the other end of the tied side. We called those 'suitcase ties' as you'd pick them up with the side tie and they looked like suitcases. Sometimes that's faster to fix than re-baling but you've got to catch them right out of the chute (and tractor driver needs to pause). Tie the new twine on the top face of the bale and yank it around to the end. Second end thread on the face, yank it to the end, pull tight and tie off quick. If you raise the lower chute plate on the baler you can put the upper/end chute plate at a lower more gentle angle onto the wagon so untied bales get up in once piece. Knotter problems were a big issue for us and taught us some work arounds. There are some good videos on youtube for correctly setting knotters, I think one guy was called the knotter whisperer or something..

Hay at best is a pain in the ass. Hard work, never enough help and then there’s the rain gods. When hay goes good, rejoice!

I can't imagine how frustrating that is to see a bale come up and then fall apart in your hands. I've always purchased my hay and moved to round bales just to save on the labor. Load, unload, move, stack, unstack, etc, etc. Hope your round bailer keeps working great for you. Good luck! Love the channel.

Neat trick with the wood block to swing the arm - major lightbulb moment for me, thank you!! My first year baling this year, with a Massey ferguson 10-8 baler, I *could* not figure how to get the dang arm to swing!! Thank you so much 😂😂🙏

I love my super hayliner 69 string/twine baler, it works amazingly for its age. I couldn’t agree more however that some days it works flawlessly and other days it mis-ties every other F’n bale!

Great video,thanks

Yep that’s haying. Don’t give out on that old square baler I have a NH 67 string and normally easy to fix. Y’all make a pretty good team buddy. Thanks for sharing

Love the farmer in flip flops.

Wow, a lot of tough comments here - these wonderful people have full time jobs! Anyway... good comments about obviously checking the wire first, then the knotter, perhaps the speed. But if the weather really doesn't come good, would you consider making it into silage? (haylage, or baleage). I'm in the UK where we make a clamp and feed silage, and I'm not sure how common that is there. But it would be one way to rescue wet hay and make it into good winter feed.

Evan, if I were you, I’d find find a new home for that square baler…or I’d hire an expert to go through and tune it up for you if you really need those small bales. You’d be effort ahead and and a much lower frustration level.

Here in eastern Okla crab grass can cause fits...it can look and feel dry but still have moisture...love seeing the baler...growing up we had a 78 super hayliner..it had a 4 cyl Wisconcin...sweet sound to hear the governor open when the plunger went back....also good to see yall getting it done...my wife racked many a rd bale...lost her in 02 ..

A small tip that may help you and your stack problems on the hay rack,,, 1 bale long ways on the side of the rack,,, 4 short ways, start long ways with one on the other side and repeat,, bales will be less likely to fall off and are tied together,,,,,

If I were you I' d have bailed the day before. We here in Germany work in the fields up to the very dark if the weather forecast is not sure and we sometimes miss supper! First priority always is to bring the harvest in because there is so much effort behind. Maybe this is anorher learn lesson. Many greetings an be safe!

Hi Evan, we had the exact same baler when I was young . We found you needed to keep the chamber full for it to work and knot better. So in a lighter crop you need to drive faster to force the grass in more .This probably explains why it knotted the burst bales better.

New Hollands are top line balers. Don't give up on it.

Rebecca did a nice job operating the tractor. 👍🏻

I always found that when I had my farm. That it took a few bales to clear the rust out of everything.

Anyhoo..... back to the pond!?? Update vid? The clean up, which fish would be great for fertilizer, or the smell...peww!

We bailed hay until 10 o’clock at night to keep it from getting rained on and 15%

That left over hay will be a great mulch for your garden.

Always a bright side to look on..😇 I have had vary good success with a New holland 273 square baler. Twine tie.)

You need a better plan Evan 'cause the weather (and machines) seldom co-operates. Suppose you square bale the number of bales your friend needs, stop and unload them in place and cover with a tarp. Then, continue square baling and drive the wagon into the barn for later unloading. Have the round bailer greased/oiled and ready to go. Hook up to it and go back out and finish with the round bailer. Those round bales, if rained upon, should shed the rain much better than square bales

Rebecca Jean (that's a pure guess on my part) put some gloves on! That wire will eat your hands! Lots of folks liked the wire balers because the wire was useful around the farm for quick fixes, but we always used twine. It had it's uses but could be burned if an excessive amount collected over time. Yes, definitely need to figure out what is causing the tie issue. It's a royal pain in the butt when balers don't work properly. Put a short hayrack on that wagon, Evan.. Even a three footer would help out immensely!

I don't know all the mechanics of the square bailer, but maybe try new wire, and check those pinchers or wire cutter.👍👍💛💚

Hello Evan sounds like your knotters need some oil. You may try spraying them with wd40 let it sit over night. Nice work have a good evening

I don't miss stacking hay at all but it is nice to watch you two great people good job

Wow, I worked on my uncle's farm in Minnesota one summer about 1962 and we used this same basic rake and 2w bailer...I remember the hay wagon coming detached and crashing at the end of the field. We had a reciprocated saw to mow on a little Ford Ferguson

It could make life a little easier if you build a back stop on that wagon

WE HAD THE SAME MODEL a little older ,my grandfather bought it new ,it came with a wisconsin engine, the IHC H didnt have enough power to run pto and get up hills , battery start never worked ,you had to hand spin it, when dad took it over we switched it too twine tie ,and pto drive, we had a larger diesel david brown 990 then, and then i ran it until 1991,we baled 25000 small squares every year, so in its life with us that was 900,000 , no 1 likes it because the bales were to large and you could not get help to throw them that big, straight alfalfa was 80+ pounds and those balers no matter what tended to make banana bales or not tie on the left side, the only cures was 10000 twine and ram the hay too it , i was so glad when i switched to a 310 with a thrower and wagons ,you only needed 2 people then, i could bale all day and then mow when it was cool in the evening.

One of the first jobs I had as a 13 year old was tying the wire on a hand tie baler, the late forties.

Those old square balers sure can be frustrating. Small bales are nice for feeding in the winter and there is not as much waste but round bales are way easier huh? Good work y'all, stay after it

Dump a bucket of used oil over the twisters after the the season and before the start of the season next year, also the wire so it doesn’t rust and pulls easily,red clover is a annual and the grass will come in time

Rent a seed drill and replant the hayfield it will save you time and money and fuel from having to disc the feilds

The most patient person in the world can loose their cool dealing with a square baler that won't tie. I'll be cutting hay and pulling out the old JD 336, wish me well. Way to hang in there and keep going even when things don't go your all's way

the weather fights you every year my neighbor had nh68 hayliner he always manually tied every bale took entire day to make 1 load for me this year worked out good week ahead scheduled 2 days off from off the farm job to round bale then a forcasted 1 3/4" rain actually held off until i finished made shit ton good quality hay no major breakdowns but pushed myself hard got super dehydrated took week to recover everyone at work still pissy mad i took 2 days off

Sometimes if it wasn't for bad luck you wouldn't have any at all . But you two work very hard .

I may be late to the party on this one but are you sure there's not a rusty section in your tie wire? If you haven't used it since last year some moisture may have found it's way on to the wire. I have a NH 311 twine tie, used it last year working beautifully. This year first time I used it would break about every 4th bale and twine built up on the knotter. Looked at almost everything except the twine itself. Moisture had run down one side of the twine ball and it was rotten in that spot. Replaced the twine no more problems. I know yours is wire but it's just a thought. Keep up the good work and positive thoughts.

Ahh now I see the hay hook. Lol

Even, you might consider using hay hooks for that work on the trailer. They can be a great help once you get the hang of it.

I’ve seen some of those hay wagons with a removable stake panel on the back. That might help with bales falling off and give you something to stack against.

i have not seen a wire tied bale in 40 years

Evan, if you find the time you can fix that wonky tacho on the Case by removing the inner cable and greasing the whole length as you re-insert it into the outer cable. You are welcome.

Hard to work with Mother Nature sometimes; especially while having a regular job!! I’m in the same boat as you are. I work in an office most of the time, travel for work for a few days at a time and then try to fit in what I love to do the most- working on my farm. Life I guess.

My allergies 🤧 was starting to mess with me jus and buy watching this video but I hope you get the bailer fited soon

I make my best money on small square bails. And I use small square bails for the horses

My advice on the last field is rent a no till drill reseed that way ! Wire balers are a pain !

I always preferred wire tied square balers over sisal grass bales they hold better usally. You just need to fix a barrel by your manger and pop rivet a holster made of an old inner tube to hold a pair of diagonal pliers on the barrel the barrel is used to put the baling wire in. A good set of hay forks are good for handling those wire tied bales.

new seeding always take a year or so to establish a good stand. i know you don't really need a lot of alfalfa but an alfalfa grass mix would work perfect and if you cut at right times you will get 4 cuttings a year. good to plant that new seeding with oats to help establish it. the bad side about just grass fields is slow regrowth. usually only get 2 cuttings a year and 2nd cut tends to be thin.

L@@ks good! You guys have it going on!

Too much on tractor , not enough on bailer …. Don’t get a wire bailer this late in the game , but that beautiful round bailer will take care of you . Borrow an old tractor for the day to shuttle the hay wagon to the barn so you don’t have to make the trip with the big one . Good luck guys ! Live your videos .

I chopped my 2021 second cut into the ground. Had same problem, rained on serval times.

How many rows has that old machine done over the decades,and it still goes. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

I was hoping to see you work on the square baler.

In Farming, never leave for tomorrow what you can do today.. 🍷