Worth saveing or scrap?

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2011

Have this old case baler sitting in My way, think it's a 1961 mod. 200, were they any good? is it worth repairing? worked last time they used it 10 years ago lol. do have the book for it.

Tyler Jackson · Jun 21, 2011

Hmmm someone might want it but it's probly scrap. By the time you get into the insides to replace the rusted slides and all that good stuff it's probly just not worth it.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2011

Prolly got a buncha rusted nuts........ I'd hate to throw it a way tho...Got a vocational school or highschool close with an AG class, may be neat to give it to them and have them bring it back to life.....

Neighbor has a baler that looks 5 times worse than that, digs it out of the weeds each year, kills the yellowjackets, and bales hay.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2011

We've got one of those we put up 500-600 bales with every year. makes nice bales as long as the knife is kept sharp. It's not a real fast baler. Some of the bushings are no longer available for the plunger, now if you wanted to sell for parts I might be interested

Zachary Hoyt · Jun 21, 2011

I'd try it on Craigslist if I were you, for a little over scrap price or whatever you feel you need to get out of it.
Zach

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2011

Yeah it's for sale. Glad I said it worked last time they used it lol. I'm in north west Pa. Mercer county wheres you?

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2011

Almena Kansas June20

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2011

How could you repair that? You can buy useable ones for a few hundred.

just another old geezer · Jun 21, 2011

I would try to sell it as an organ donor( parts machine ) before I'd try to sell it for scrap

bison · Jun 21, 2011

Anything with "case" on it(unless it's an EAGLE) is only good for scrap.

Tony Vidlak · Jun 21, 2011

If you're not to far away from Ne. call Beatle 65
he'll buy it!

mark in boonville ny · Jun 21, 2011

just put an ad on craigslist. someone might want it for parts or something. kinda be a shame to scrap it. i would hate yo waste the parts but it is your dessicion.

larry@stinescorner · Jun 21, 2011

I was thinking the same thing Tony!

oldironman · Jun 21, 2011

I never seen so many guys ready to give up on something. That bailer could be brought back to life with out much trouble. Two, maybe three days at the most.

Ken Macfarlane · Jun 21, 2011

Parts baler. You can buy shedded old square balers in great shape for barely more than scrap.

kruser · Jun 21, 2011

WELL,
Gots ze rake to go with ze bailer, I sez hook up the 8N and go to town. LOL

Might keep U outa trouble - Now that UB retired!

flying belgian · Jun 21, 2011

I agree with oldiron. If it worked when parked it will work now. If you said that just because that's what you say when you advertise something then you are only kidding yourself this time. Spray it down with diesel and turn it over by hand a couple times. Then slop everything up with used motor oil, put the shaft back on, hook up the tractor, put some twine in and go bale hay.

Tony Vidlak · Jun 21, 2011

I run a high reach bucket truck for work and I've been doing alot of work around Omaha's new ball park.That happens to have five salvage yards just north of the ball park.You folks would be amazed at what I've seen going to the scrap yard these past few weeks I've had a birds eye view in the backs of trucks and trailers.Kinda makes me sad to see some of the items I've seen getting junked.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 21, 2011

No, I wanted to know if it was worth fixing befor it went for scrap, didn't want to scrap it if it was one of the best bailers ever built. now I know, scrap it is. thanks

larry@stinescorner · Jun 21, 2011

Beatles 65 would be lowering the bucket truck up and down all day to go buy the neat old stuff !!

gitrib · Jun 21, 2011

You can not put a price on the satisfaction of bringing a old piece of equipment back to life.Have a JD 50 and 45 loader a NH 68 baler a JD 1209 swather-mower, Dearborn Spreader and a bale basket all brought back from going to scrap. Working on a JD disc plow at present. They all work when called on.
gitrib

Roy in UK · Jun 22, 2011

You would be throwing good money after bad really. Many years ago when I was still a kid we had one of the very few Case 200 balers that came into the country. Now I know why very few came into this country. We ran an IH B.46 at the same time. The IH would run rings around the Case. Not only that, the chamber seemed to be made of a weak or thin steel and apparently it went out of shape very quickly.

Anonymous-0 · Jun 22, 2011

Thanks everyone.

Tony Vidlak · Jun 22, 2011

Thats Funny !

Mike (WA) · Jun 22, 2011

They were light duty and slow when new, and definitely a step below NH and JD. I wouldn't bother with it.

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