Low cost equipment is the best!

I found out who sold crappy twine real fast with our 46. The new baler has been wonderful. I still need a new home for the 46.

We could use another person on the wagon.

I'd leap at the offer if you weren't 200 miles away from me. :(

Thank you. I think the old stuff can be more entertaining to use. No one likes when new stuff breaks,

Until we bought it, it sat in a barn most of its life.

Dad had to find some knotter parts once, ya have to know the right old guy at the parts department who can go beyond a computer to find parts.

that's the problem with our 47 ih. no dealer around the Sioux falls SD area can hunt knotters down

Are you gay

Yes, It's still kicking. It needs a new home though.

id love to potential buy it

Any day baling hay is a good smelling day, except for when you smell your sweaty self. mmmm B. O.

That's wild alright! You've a better start than we had; we don't have any books. Keep it well greased, and use the best twine you can find; something with consistent thickness. I have never tried plastic twine. Always bale dry hay!! If its wet or dewy, you'll struggle keeping the bales together. We run ours about 1600 rpm on the fords. Don't get in a big hurry, but its a comfortable pace for stacking. I have baled 150 bales in 45 minutes in a very thick field. With the fords, I bale mostly in first or second gear. The pickup is narrow, so keep the windrows tight. For second cut grass, rake as big as a windrow as possible. The tine spacing on the pick up is wide, so the fine leaves can fall through. After a bouncy road travel, check to see if the needles are still fully retracted. I have broken the shear bolt at the flywheel because the needles came unlatched from a rough ride, or a long time of running empty and no bales being tied.

Thank you it sat in a barn 6 years and came with 12 bundles of twine two days of washing 2 tubes of grease 6 quarts of oil I think it's ready to go if the rain ever stops I'll be ready. wish you were closer we'd get this old iron together for pictures

That's alot of twine! I wish I had the time to touch up the white paint on ours.

$550 worth of twine really sealed the deal lol

mine is red in the same shape as yours. before I had washed 2" of barn dust of it I had big plans of painting it but I washed it and all the original stickers are there I cant hurt them idk what it is I really like em

We sold it last fall.

Boehm Farm well shoot. Oh well

He is a friend from college.

2810 Ford

It has spent quite a bit of its life in the corner of a barn. My guess is that some brand new New Holland balers see more hay in one year than this machine has seen its whole life.

Boehm Farm - I’m glad you put her to work, I’m sure she was lonely in the corner

IH did it with the letter series tractors. I wouldn't try a thower on it because I'm having trouble finding good twine; many bales would bust on landing. I still haven't tried any plastic through it.

Great, thanks for the info.