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deereman89

09-26-2004 15:50:44

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I am looking at a ford 542 square baler, it needs tires,has surface rust on knotter! tin is in good shape but the paint looks like a walmart spray can paint job!the man said he would take $600.00 is it worth it? also it does have some surface rust on the tin! also what year did ford make the 542 baler? thanks

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Jim.UT

09-27-2004 17:03:25

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Re: 542 ford square baler in reply to deereman89, 09-26-2004 15:50:44

I got my 542 for free and had to put about $300 into it (so far). It bales better than my MF124 but only if I'm careful to make my windrows consistent. If one of my windrows is too skimpy, the baler doesn't pack well and I wind up with a very loose bale. It seems to like a big mouthful!

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justplainjim

09-27-2004 11:45:24

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Re: 542 ford square baler in reply to deereman89, 09-26-2004 15:50:44

great baler! you 'll be happy with it.

the packer arms run in nylon/delrin/plastic blocks and mine are sloppy now, will need to get replacements made by a machine shop.

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Jerry D in NC

09-27-2004 07:47:19

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Re: 542 ford square baler in reply to deereman89, 09-26-2004 15:50:44

The 542 was the last generation of baler that Ford made. The 532/542 was an improved version of the 530 that Ford started to manufacture in the early 60"s. The 542 came out in the early 70"s and was built until Ford bought New Holland in 1986. After that they discontinued the Ford line of balers for the New Holland line for obvious reasons.

The 542 is a good baler that will work well with small HP tractors. It uses the same style of knotter that JD and NH use, the Rasspe style. It is a fairly high capacity baler that fairly simple to work on. $600 is not that bad a price for one in this part of the country. I saw a 532 in perfect shape sell for over $1600 at a sale earlier this summer. It has not been a factor yet but it is a step child of the new CNH and I don"t know how well they will continue to support.

Here is the FBBA website that has a couple of the 542s on it. Go to the photo album and check out JimUT with his. He can give you some comparisons with a MF 124 and Garry of East TX can give you some comparisons of the 542 verses a NH 273. Let us know if you get it

Ford Brand Balers Association page

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Silver Fox

09-26-2004 22:31:50

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Re: 542 ford square baler in reply to deereman89, 09-26-2004 15:50:44

I purchased an Ford 540 for $150. It needs some work on the pickup tin, ready to go to work. It is PTO driven. Paint is fair but origional and all decals are readabel. Forgot, I had to replace the tires. Towed it home abour 300 miles at 55mph.
Towed real good, dident know it was there. All I had was the farm dimond and tail lights. Suprised that no cop's bothered me as it was nine feet wide.

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