A friend of mine has an Allis Chalmers roto-baler that he is interested in selling. Is there a market for this? It is located in N.E. MS under a shed and looks to be in good to very good condition. What would be a fair price on it?
 
Give it to you would be the right price. I give mine away when bought my first big round baler. To enjoy them balers you need to be small enough to sit on the tool box of a WD and watch dad run one. They was a great baler in there day.
 
Typically a few hundred dollars. There are those who wouldn"t take one for free. They probably never learned how to make a correct windrow for them. Mechanically, they were very dependable. Dad broke the same piece twice in 17 years...got it welded each time. Handling/stacking little round bales is different than little squares. They did shed water very well...just like today"s big round bales. Here"s a pic of the loader Dad made in the late 50s....
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Those balers put up top quality hay,didn't beat the leave off like square balers do.Also as you say they will bale a bale that will keep outside,can bale a bale so tight its hard to get a hay hook in one.A real understanding of adjustments and how the baler works is needed to use one for sure and raking the windrow right is very important.
 
Here"s the front view....(I have trouble posting multiple pics in one msg)...left front has a disc blade, right front has a push lawn mower wheel...to turn the bale to align with loader chute. Upper drum holds the bale down so it won"t tip....drum is check wire wheel from an old corn planter. I"m the stacker on the wagon....
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