Something rare on Craigslist.

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TimWafer

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• Apr 30, 2016

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At least I've never seen one before

http://rochester.craigslist.org/grd/5563452861.html

 

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tiresntracks

Member

• Apr 30, 2016

• #1

There was a guy here that had 2 of them, with cabs. I haven't seen them for a few years now. I wonder if they were scrapped.

 

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oc-18guy

Member

• Apr 30, 2016

• #1

they are pretty rare.that one looks like it is based on a model 68 baler. some used cockshutt narrow front ends, that is not one of them though.

 

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tim s

Well-known Member

• Apr 30, 2016

• #1

They are rare around here, but this one comes to our local show.

 

RBnSC

Well-known Member

• Apr 30, 2016

• #1

I know nothing about baling hay
but why wouldn't self propelled
balers be common?
Ron

 

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Case Nutty 1660

Well-known Member

• Apr 30, 2016

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I own a NH1282, and also had a NH 1283 with cab and air when I did lots of those square idiot cubes

 

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Hayfarmer

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• Apr 30, 2016

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I haven't seen that many NH self propelled balers. There are a lot of Freeman self propelled balers here. You can bale faster than a tractor puyll because turns are shorter.

 

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paul

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• Apr 30, 2016

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Because they came out without cabs. Look where you are sitting and think of the dust......

The. They added a cab, but they didnt have air conditioning. Think of the time of year and the common hay making temps.....

By the time a dust free and working air conditioner cab came out, balers took a fair amount of hp, and the farmer already had a paid for 100hp cab tractor with air conditioning, why pay for all that again when you already have the tractor......

Paul

 

rustred

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• Apr 30, 2016

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i sure would not want to sit on that thing in a hot dusty day! no wonder there is only a few.

 

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David Snipes

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• Apr 30, 2016

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Must have been real hot seat sitting over the engine and muffler.

 

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730virgil

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• Apr 30, 2016

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he must be proud of it for the money he wants

 

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coonie minnie

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #1

I'd think you'd want the volunteer fire dept real close if you used that thing...

 

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charlie n

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• Apr 30, 2016

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Neighbor had one in the Sixties. Hay makin machine. Not his but one like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THl71ZM1-Tc

 

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Hoofer B

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• Apr 30, 2016

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I have one like it only with much better paint, and no bale thrower. I would sell mine for that price. It takes two men on the wagon to keep up to it.

 

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retired farmer

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• Apr 30, 2016

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Friend has five of them with cabs that he still uses to bale with.

 

showcrop

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• Apr 30, 2016

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Two years ago there were three of them lined up at the threshermen's reunion in Kinzers PA.

 

RBnSC

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• May 1, 2016

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Makes sense to me. Thanks Paul.
Ron

 

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George G

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• May 1, 2016

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That was my bailer up til last fall. I used it a couple times. It worked good. But! like I told the ol"lady, It would be a
lot nicer if you could bale in the winter, gets kinda warm in the seat. Here's a picture of it when I first got it. That's
my daughter driving it around in the back yard. It just sat in the garage for the last 15 years. I sold it to him for twice
what I paid for it. Looks like he's trying to do the same.

 

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jturbo10

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• May 9, 2016

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Would love to have one to play with in my hay fields but I can think of other things I'd sooner have for $8500. I also don't have the time to keep two Wisconsin engines in good running shape. I can remember my dad had a baler with a Wisconsin motor that they would not shut off during lunch as it was hard to start if hot. Had to be really hot and dusty if you were baling into the wind on a 100 degree day in Texas.