AC rotobaler

Glenn D

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A friend called the other day. His cousin has 2 of these Allis balers I could have for about scrap price one working one for parts. Is this worth the investment in time to get them working? for about 20 acres
 
If you have a tractor with live power I suppose you could still bale with one. No knotters,that's the good thing. I don't know who you could ever get to work on one if it doesn't bale right. For scrap price I guess it would be worth the risk. You could always haul them in yourself if you can't get one to work or you don't like it.
 
(quoted from post at 19:47:05 11/14/14) If you have a tractor with live power I suppose you could still bale with one. No knotters,that's the good thing. I don't know who you could ever get to work on one if it doesn't bale right. For scrap price I guess it would be worth the risk. You could always haul them in yourself if you can't get one to work or you don't like it.

I think I could make most of the parts myself. There's nothing very complex on it. Mostly pulleys belts and shafts
 
Next door neighbor used one from about 1990 up to 2012 to
make several thousand bales each year. Simple machine
overall. I think you could do it just fine.
 
Dad bought one new in "48/49. Did lots of custom work with it, with non-live power WC til he got the WD45 in "56. Had it til he quit in "65. Broke the same piece twice in all that time- a small casting which locked the arms. Had it welded each time. Key to making a good bale is make the proper windrow...two curls side by side. No weaving- just drive straight.
 
(quoted from post at 14:41:11 11/15/14) Dad bought one new in "48/49. Did lots of custom work with it, with non-live power WC til he got the WD45 in "56. Had it til he quit in "65. Broke the same piece twice in all that time- a small casting which locked the arms. Had it welded each time. Key to making a good bale is make the proper windrow...two curls side by side. No weaving- just drive straight.

Good news, thanks. Can the bales be tied? Or rather can they be handled much coming out of the machine?
 
There is no tying mechanism on the baler. They use cheaper binder twine, lots of it, with multiple turns at each end of the bale. Multiple turns are the result of a delay in moving the twine arm after the string "catches" the bale, and a delay in the twine moving a rod out of the way at the end of stringing, exposing the twine cutoff plate. You should have bale hooks for handling the bales. Dad made ours in the forge, using horse rake teeth.

AC provided a pointed, notched tool with the baler to poke the end of the twine into the bale if desired. There is a bracket on the rear of the baler to store that tool. Up high, near the roof.
 
google Upper Midwest AC Club. They had a booklet explaining all of the adjustments needed to make a good bale. Maybe I could learn to scan and post. Really a simple machine.
 
(quoted from post at 11:35:48 11/17/14) google Upper Midwest AC Club. They had a booklet explaining all of the adjustments needed to make a good bale. Maybe I could learn to scan and post. Really a simple machine.

Thanks I was able to track that document down. it will be helpful.
 
Don't bet on it as they have several key adjustments that are critical to its operation.Also ALWAYS hit the brake to make sure its not stuck that controls how tight the bales are made even if you baled the day before try to bale with it stuck and you'll do some major damage.
 
Please post back after you bale with it one day and see if you still think the same way about it.(LOL)Far more complex than any square baler we used one for years and have several I got basically for free after the owners gave up on running one.Also bring a good sharp knife if you're going to bale anything but completely dry hay.
 
(quoted from post at 10:21:14 11/25/14) Please post back after you bale with it one day and see if you still think the same way about it.(LOL)Far more complex than any square baler we used one for years and have several I got basically for free after the owners gave up on running one.Also bring a good sharp knife if you're going to bale anything but completely dry hay.

I sure will. Plan to be baling at the end of May. I also picked up a New Holland 56 bar rake that's in excellent shape so I should be good to go.
 
When you get ready to feed them get a sharp ax and split them lengthwise, they will open like a biscuit.
 
To bale with non live power takeoff did you have the model that they brought out that was supposed to start next bale in another chamber while putting string on ? Dad bought one of these new, but according to Dad dealer could not ever get it to work right, so set it up to stop for every bale like his old one. I was just old enuff to use this baler for a couple years before I finaly convinced dad to switch to squares, but I have no idea how you could ever use one without live power?
 

After making 1000's of 4 ft X 5.5 ft 1000# rd bales stopping/starting approximately every 2 minutes for baler to wrap hay it amazes me anyone would want to stop/start for every 40 or 50 #s of hay.

Not me Vern. :wink:
 

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