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Dan hegenbart

08-04-2005 11:53:54




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I'm writing a book about my families experience as hay farmers in Southern California. We raised alfalfa and we also baled commercially for other hay ranchers. What I am looking for is a picture of a late 40s Case Baler. I was 11 years old at the time we bought this baler (1951) and I know it was used so I'm guessing the baler was a mid to late 1940's model. It was a three man baler with a platform on top behind where the hay came up the ramp and transferred 90 degrees into the hopper. The man on top, with a pitch fork, would help guide the hay into the hopper. One man in back would poke the wires (3) through the block and the other would poke them back through when the next block appeared. The first man would then tie the wires and this process would continueously be repeated. The wire poker would also be responsible for catching the block as it exited the baler and putting it in the cradle to be dumped into the hopper at the appropriate time to create the right size bale.
I drove the tractor pulling the baler but never worked the back. Thank the Lord! That was a dirty, dusty monster. Any info and/or pictues would be greatly appreciated. Dan

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Vern

08-04-2005 21:15:27




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 Re: case hay balers in reply to Dan hegenbart, 08-04-2005 11:53:54  
In my younger days I put in many hours on those old Case balers, first as a tyer & then as a needle man.

just what is it you want to know?
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Vern



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msb

08-04-2005 21:00:02




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 Re: case hay balers in reply to Dan hegenbart, 08-04-2005 11:53:54  
That would have been an early 40s or even a 1930s baler.Dad had a 1944 Case Slicer baler and it didn't need a man on the platform with a pitchfork.The baler was fed by an auger.It also used steel needles that were automatically pushed into the bale where the wires were punched through by the guy on the left side of the bale chamber.The guy on the right poked the wire end though a loop in the wire end and twisted the wire.It used no wooden blocks.I can still hear that sing song of the Wisconsin engine---PAAAAA D n PAAAAA D n PAAAAA D ---all day long.

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Dan Hegenbart

08-04-2005 21:23:49




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 Re: case hay balers in reply to msb, 08-04-2005 21:00:02  
Thanks for the dating of the case baler. I think you must be right. It may of been a late 30s baler. As a young boy, I thought it was some kind of fine to have a baler that still had some paint on it! The baler we had before was a John Deere where you would throw in the hay with pitch forks from both sides. I don't remember anything but rust color (no John Deere green visible). So when Dad brought this Case Baler home I thought we were really moving up in the world! I should have known that we couldn't afford anything like a relatively new (40s) baler....Thanks for the info.
If anyone knows where I can find a picture of a Case baler from the 30s...Please let me know.
Dan

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