Larry NE IL noticed what he thought were real heavy bales (or long ones). For you younguns, the Case wire tie 3-man baler only baled large bales compared to today"s balers. When I first saw a self-tie baler I laughed at the small bales it made...and now the bales from all balers are that size so nostly only us old geezers remember those large bales. Looks to me today that 80 bales might equal about 50 of those Case bales. I can"t make it out in the picture, but most Case balers (in Iowa) were powered by a V4 Wisconsin engine; it started easy first thing in the morning, but you better leave it run all day because it won"t restart after it"s hot. I did the tieing job on the right side of the baler, got a whopping 1/2 cent a bale on custom operation in the early 1950s and thought I was rich by late August. Hitting a hornet nest in the windrow was fun....3 guys plus the one on the wagon and the driver running around like a Chinese fire drill! And the dog thought we were having fun!
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