A/C Roto Baler

Wheat47 · Feb 21, 2017

Also in my travels I acquired not one, but two A/C Roto Balers. One is going to be a parts machine. The other appears to be usable. I lashed up some belts from both machines and got it running. I took it over to the neighbors and we made three barley straw bales. (IMHO, if you can bale barley straw, you can bale anything!!) Apparently the trip and all for the wrap mechanism is all corroded and such. It would stop the feeder, but not activate the twine arm. Also had to manually trip the "eject" cycle. But that was OK!! I didn't even put any twine in the thing. I figured one Catastrophe at a time!!! But it made bales!!! So one of these days, I'll drag it up to the shop and go through the clutch/wrap mechanism. One of the neighbor kids is in FFA and drools over that machine when ever he comes over. Guess I'll give him a call when I start working on it. Any one out there familiar with these machines? Any tricks I should know? It's one of the early versions, not a white top. Thanks for listening!! Jon K

Thomasthetankengine · Feb 21, 2017

There was an article years ago in American Agriculturist or New England Homestead that told of a guy who liked that baler. Trouble was curiosity seekers poking and prodding at the bales. He posted burma -shave like signs in the field next to the road. First one "this is a bale of hay". Second; this is another bale of hay" Lastly; "All these things are bales of hay. Now leave'em alone!"

JMS/.MN · Feb 21, 2017

The key to making a good bale is a good windrow....twin curls side by side...not a single curl like for a square baler. You want the conveyor full, full width. Google the Upper Midwest AC Club, they had a pamphlet regarding windrows, the baler, and how to make adjustments on it. They"re in Hutchinson, MN.

hd6gtom · Feb 21, 2017

Make sure you use plenty of oil on everything under the hood. Standing behind the bailer looking at it--Make sure the tension adjustment, looks like a brake band, on the right rear of the baler is not stuck to the drum. You will need to loosen it up every spring. I used to loosen mine up every fall after the season was over and readjust it on the first round in the spring. Do not grease the slip clutch on the left side of the baler. If you do you will be fighting it for the next 2 or 3 hours. Good luck with it. Once you get all the joints loosened up if your hay is dry, you will find it us very easy to use.

Traditional Farmer · Feb 22, 2017

We ran one for years,sounds like the spring on the gear that rotates twin arm is missing.

JimIA · Feb 24, 2017

Most of the balers were set up that the twine wrap mechanism will NOT engage unless the baler starts wrapping twine on the bale. If you didn't have any twine in the baler it wouldn't have been able to start the wrap cycle.

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