Didn't want to hijack your auction post. I read where you had purchased a MM Bale-O-Matic from the owner previously. I have one I have been trying to give away, and finally think I found a home for it. Curious if you still have yours, and if it is operational? I have never seen one in my neck of the woods except for the one I have. Thanks.
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fastfarmall
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Hi, so you got a self propelled MM Baler,the only one i ever seen was at the MM convention about 20 years ago,[at Lennox SD]they had a Uni there it looked good, but they said it had a dead load on the two row picker
Heres the MM Bale-O-Matic sitting on the farm where I bought it...Its sit out too long to ever make it operational...Walt bought this farm in 2005 and this baler and a bunch of other machinery had sat unused there since the early 1950's...There was a 15-30 McCormick tractor and a Harvest Brigade 21 Massey SP combine sitting there..
I saw a never used always shedded MM Bale-O-Matic sell on a sale in 2012.
Mine looks similar in appearance now. Guy that owns a bunch of MM tractors, a Uni, and some equipment wants to take it on to try and get it going. He is a mobile tractor mechanic and says he has taken on similar condition tractors and got them going. I have been trying to give it to somebody to try that, as I will never do it. I sure hate to scrap it, so am happy he is willing to try.
Eric in IL
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I'm guessing from the picture that it was an automatic tie baler. I wonder how dependable they were?
My Dad told me stories of him and his brothers doing custom baling with an Oliver Ann Arbor baler. It was a block baler with hand tie. He said the customers wanted the bales heavy because that was cheaper. The Oliver did not have a problem producing 100 pound bales according to Dad's stories. They drug it up the hills with a Ford Ferguson or similar tractor. He said the baler was heavy enough that it slid the little tractor when going down hill.
My Dad told me stories of him and his brothers doing custom baling with an Oliver Ann Arbor baler. It was a block baler with hand tie. He said the customers wanted the bales heavy because that was cheaper. The Oliver did not have a problem producing 100 pound bales according to Dad's stories. They drug it up the hills with a Ford Ferguson or similar tractor. He said the baler was heavy enough that it slid the little tractor when going down hill.
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