Earliest automatic square balers

Evan350

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History & baler buffs: I've posted this list every couple of years to see if people are able to add to it or correct dates (stopping at 1955). Let me know what you know about these early balers!


[list:749a9ccdf4]Early square balers up to 1955 that both pick-up and tie automatically

1938-1940 Arthur Young Automaton Baler
1940-1943 New Holland 73
1944-1945 New Holland 75
1944-1952 IH McCormick 50-T, 50-W
1945-1953 Minneapolis-Moline Bale-O-Matic
1946-1958 IH McCormick 45
1946-1948 New Holland 76
1946-1956 John Deere 116w
1949-1953 New Holland 77
1949-1952 Oliver Ann Arbor Junior 8 (and model 16?)
1950-? John Deere 114w
1950-1955 New Holland 80
1951-? Case NCM-T
1951-? Long 60 (there also is a Long 50 but can't find dates for it)
1951-? Massey Harris 1 (701 in UK, 801 in France)
1952?-? Roanoke Junior
1952?-? Roanoke Senior
1952-? Ford Dearborn 14-49
1952-1954 New Holland 66
1952? New Idea W-5
1952? Turner Twinematic 52
1953 Case NT
1953?-? Case 130
1953? New Idea T-6, W-6
1953-1959 IH McCormick 55
1953-1957 New Holland S77
1953-1958 Oliver 100
1954-1958 Case 140
1954 Ferguson Tractor-Mate (side-mount)
1954-1961 John Deere 14T
1954-1956 Oliver 50
1955-1958 Ford 250: 14-71, 14-76, 14-80
1955-? Massey Ferguson 3 (703 in UK, 803 in France)
1955-1957 New Holland S66
1955-1957 New Holland 87 [/list:u:749a9ccdf4]
 

According to JD part catalog #138 both 114W & 116W ended being manufactured in same yr which was '56

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Did Ann Arbor have one that tied prior to Oliver buying them out? I believe they were the first to have a pick up.
 
(quoted from post at 11:03:39 09/28/20) Have you ever seen/heard of one of these hand-tie balers with pickup attachment. I haven't until today

That looks like an Ann Arbor to me.
 
(quoted from post at 10:41:57 09/28/20) Did Ann Arbor have one that tied prior to Oliver buying them out? I believe they were the first to have a pick up.

I don't think so. From what I've read, Ann Arbor was the first to have automatic pickup but for some reason didn't have automatic tying until years after others did.
 

Check out this thread titled ""Never seen one of these before""
on JD Forum about a hand tie sq baler.

https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=1457565
 
I read an article about the Ann Arbors and I think most were hand tie. Most any old guy over 90 will tell stories about riding the baler and hand tying or wiring bales.
 
There was a Case wire tye, hand tyed , hand blocked in 1949 or 1950, Perhaps the NCM. Drove an F-30 on the front of it.
 
The first volume of Don Macmillan's John Deere book mentions a pto powered windrow press made in 1942 that looks similar to this but it doesn't mention an engine powered version. The 1936 machine was much heavier and had a 4 cylinder engine on it from the factory.
 
Ill second that on the Case.. I was young when we sent one to scrap..

Had a seat on both sides of the chamber so you could ride and tie..
 
(quoted from post at 21:50:50 09/28/20) I don't see this baler on your list. https://www.farmcollector.com/equipment/implements/self-tying-hay-baler-zm0z18augzhur
Innes baler

I don't think this was considered a practical baler even by mid-1930 standards. It basically formed a round bale in a square shoot. If anyone has the years it was produced, I can certainly add it as a footnote.
 

I've searched and I can't find info on their earliest models. If you know Freeman model numbers and years of mfg before 1955, please let me know.
 

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