Robert (ID)
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Well Saturday I was Custom cutting for a guy 4 miles down the road. I've cut for him off and on for a few years now. I stopped and helped him move the last of the sprinkler pipe out of the way so I could keep cutting.
He looked at me and says "dont you run a NH little baler?"
"yes I have a couple why?"
"Have you noticed the one on the canal bank on the other end of this place?"
"Ya if i hadn't seen it id of hit it!"
"well its been sitting there for a while and we have no use for it.. It needs a tire on the pickup side.."
"OK so what are you telling me"
"Well are there any parts on it you might use?"
" lots of parts are common on those little balers"
"Ok you can have it, get it out of there.. We want to put a new pump in that general area."
So I finished cutting and took the swather home.. I found a tire that would bolt on, a handman jack and cordless impact, had the wife fallow me with the pickup. I grabbed the closest tractor (dad's ford 841) that wasnt hooked to anything.
less than an hour from starting the tractor to being back to the shop and hosing the mouse nest out of the tool box.
Its a 268, not an exact match to my 277's, but the knotter and needles will interchange so it was well worth dragging it home. Who knows I may even grease it, oil the chains, throw some twine in it and see if it will bale..
He looked at me and says "dont you run a NH little baler?"
"yes I have a couple why?"
"Have you noticed the one on the canal bank on the other end of this place?"
"Ya if i hadn't seen it id of hit it!"
"well its been sitting there for a while and we have no use for it.. It needs a tire on the pickup side.."
"OK so what are you telling me"
"Well are there any parts on it you might use?"
" lots of parts are common on those little balers"
"Ok you can have it, get it out of there.. We want to put a new pump in that general area."
So I finished cutting and took the swather home.. I found a tire that would bolt on, a handman jack and cordless impact, had the wife fallow me with the pickup. I grabbed the closest tractor (dad's ford 841) that wasnt hooked to anything.
less than an hour from starting the tractor to being back to the shop and hosing the mouse nest out of the tool box.
Its a 268, not an exact match to my 277's, but the knotter and needles will interchange so it was well worth dragging it home. Who knows I may even grease it, oil the chains, throw some twine in it and see if it will bale..