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It's got a 2cyl Wisconsin alright but it's not a V block unless somebody has upgraded it. That Wisconsin is a PITA to operate. You can convert it over to pto drive and I would do that ASAP if I bought it. If you can't find a used pto drive line cheap tho a new shaft would be worth more than all the eqipment he has combined. I don't want to sound like a smart alec but I think Mr Haney is trying to get to you Olivah. The 66 is a good baler if it's not wore out or rusted down. If you go to look at it, trip the tie trip and roll the plunger all the way to the back of the stroke, now reach in through the feeder tines and shake the plunger. If the plunger moves over 1/8" side to side or 1/4" up and down he has'nt been baling with it anyways, so don't pay any attention to what he says about baling 5,000 bales last year with it and how pretty the 75# bales were. Now go back and check the bill hooks. That's the deal that opens and shuts to make the knots. In the lips of the bill hook there should be no twine wear groove, and on the other end of the bill hooks the brass roller on the shaft should be smooth and perfectly round. If it's a wore out twine baler or a wire tie in any shape with a Wisconsin on it I would jump back in the car and keep looking somewhere else for a baler. As far as the $700 for everything, if the baler and both rakes are in pretty good shape and you're happy with it I still would only offer him $450 tops if the rakes are the same vintage as the baler.
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