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charlie n

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I bought this last Friday at the annual Hamal Illinois sale.Went thru the knotters and pickup today.Everything seems to be tight and timed.It belonged to a family 6 miles fom me its whole life .Always maintained and kept under cover.My 269 don't like it but that's life.LOL.Other than barn dirt it should cleanup pretty good.The applicator was for vinegar and not acid.They only used it a couple of times.
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I see it is a 'long tongue' model, a big plus in my opinion. Isn't that a Super Sweep pick up also? The hay carriage/feeder system has plastic covered bearing/rollers running in the guide tracks. The plastic caps are replaceable and snap over the bearing. I guess it makes the feeder system run a little less noisy. The one I help a neighbor maintain had a lot of side play in that hay carriage. The rubbing blocks can be shimmed/replaced. That carriage is easy to get out. Looks like your 269 has about the same type of feeder system on it. Neighbor's had about 250,000-300,000 bales on it though. His feeder carriage sounded like a bass drum in a high school marching band on every stroke!

Old NH dealer said that the 310 had a bad reputation around here for not putting the twine in the center of the bale on fescue hay. NH actually bought some back from farmers and resold them in another part of the country.

I am not a baler expert by any means by have learned a lot more than I did know about them in the last few years,especially from that 'high mileage' 310. Looks like you got a really nice one. If it is not too nosy, how much did it bring at auction.

Garry
 
Used balers like that in NY don't bring a whole lot
of money.....maybe $1000-1500 on a good day. I hope
it serves you well.
 
A lot of those parts look a darn lot like my old 268.... Just covered with a little different sheetmetal. And yes, that is a super pickup. Guess they are supposed to do a little better job of picking up hay. I have no complaints on my regular pickup.
 
If that baler is anything like my 310 w/super sweep, then you've got yourself a darned good baler. Just my thoughts, Keith
 
(quoted from post at 14:22:31 03/21/13) The applicator was for vinegar and not acid.They only used it a couple of times.

What do you think vinegar is?

That applicator is a KemiFlo sold by Kemin Industries from Des Moines for the application of FrechCut Hay preservative. The holder is made for a 5 gallon jug and it used a shurflo type pump to spray the preservative through the nozzles in front of the pickup reel.
 

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