Re: allis chalmers round baler

Posted by John (MO) on April 14, 2005 at 07:07:15 from (198.209.172.95):

In Reply to: allis chalmers round baler posted by mark tucker on April 13, 2005 at 20:01:10:

I put a few bales through one when I was a kid. Several thousand a year I'd guess. Now mind you, that was 2 or 3 years ago. A lot of those old balers have been setting outside for years and they usually sell for $50 to $150. I have no idea what new belts would cost for one but wouldn't be at all surprised if someone said $500. In that regard, one that was stored inside and that didn't need anything before being put to work might be worth several hundred dollars.

I don't think the balers were hard to run. Yes, you did have to make a good windrow to follow, it can't be a little one the size of a 5 gal bucket around, or a big one the size of a 300 gal tank around. It needs to be about the width of the bars that carry the hay up the deck, but not too heavy. And the hay has to be dry, you can't bale green hay with them or they will plug up bad. But we all knew these things back when... You do have to stop for each bale to tie and kick out of the baler. There was some sort of adapter that AC tried to work out that would allow you to continue, but I never saw one, and can't imagine that they worked very good. The baler was designed for the hay to stop going up the deck while a bale was tied and kicked out.

For the amount of hay you say you are going to bale, any baler is quite an investment, but if you want one as a toy to play with, then money isn't really that big a factor. The roto baler will do a good job for you if the belts are good and it is properly adjusted.

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