Allis 303 baler

Lazy WP · Oct 6, 2014

Anyone run one of them? Are parts available? I need all the pertinent info I can get.

Mike (WA) · Oct 6, 2014

I had one about 20 years ago. Very low capacity- the fingers that pushed the hay into the chamber were only about 4 inches long- might as well have not even been there- so you had to almost stop whenever you got into heavy hay to let it clear. Seemed to bale OK, other than that. I was happy to see it go.

That baler is probably pushing 50 years old, and wasn't very popular at the time- I would imagine parts are scarce. Best way to find out is to call your nearest AGCO dealer.

JOCCO · Oct 6, 2014

Major parts probably are scarce there was a 404 also I would pass unless I had one for parts.

MoMike · Oct 6, 2014

I still use mine, don't make a huge number of bales annually but have very little issues with it. Most parts seem to be available still, at least the ones I've needed. have a hay dog spring on order right now. We are lucky that the local dealer was AC before the buyout so that may help somewhat. If you buy it I might be able to help with used parts as we have a couple of salvage yards in this area.
I'll agree that it won't keep up with the newer high capacity units but if that isn't necessary
they do OK

Loren in MN · Oct 7, 2014

I currently use a NH269 and do like it, butI had a very nice AC303 and it was the best sq baler I've ever used. I've always used New Hollands before I bought the 303 and found them good but I do miss my AC303! (only sold it cause someone offered me 3 times what I'd paid for it, after I'd used it for ten years)!!!
I had it adjusted well and it always made perfect bales, I could stuff more hay into it than I can my NH269 with no troubles. It would spit out a bale every 8-10ft if the winrows were large. It didn't miss a bale and the feeder system was stronger than the NH269. Parts were not a problem here in central MN.

Mike (WA) · Oct 8, 2014

I'm curious- were the feeder fingers (that push the hay crossways into the chamber) on yours similar to the ones on a New Holland? About a foot long? Mine were very short, but it looked like they were not original, and were "jury rigged" later. I can see how that baler would have been much better if it fed the hay in faster.

Loren in MN · Oct 9, 2014

It had long one piece flat iron feeder fingers (two side by side) that couldn't break at the mounting area like the cast clamps on a NH are prone to do if over tightened or worked too hard. Finger -spikes were one piece end to end about 18" long and would have to break to be inaffective. I found them much stronger than the alloy feeder fingers on a NH.

My favorite and first baler was a NH 65 compact baler. Was very low capacity but was still very interesting to use, it made 3/4 size bales. Still have it stored.

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