Some of you ask...did Case build a baler? YES! One of the first to do so and were often on the forefront of baler technology. Case had bale presses going back as far as 1911 that I know of. Two sizes. 11X18 and 17X22. These were belt drive by steamer or horse drive with a sweep power.
By the early 30s, Case offered presses either belt powered, self-contained engine powered or tractor pto powered.
Not sure about the year but maybe around 1930 or 1931 Case introduced the first pickup baler. Offered with or without a 4 cylinder motor or pto drive. Now we follow the combine instead of bale off the thresher stack.
1936 N-T-P 14X18 and 17X22 pickup balers are mentioned in my sales brochure.
1940 or so Case offers the Ready Sliced bale with their Shear-Cut Plunger, Automatic Continuous Feed with 3 automatic bale dividers, (no blocks required). Also a 4 cylinder air cooled engine and a floating pickup.
1941 Case also offers the lightweight Trailer-Baler you can pull behind your car. This little stationary baler is always ready to go. Just pull up to the job, lift the hitch pin, lower the hitch and its ready! Has its own 1 cylinder air cooled engine. The Case Trailer Baler has also been adapted to windrow pickup baling so that every farmer can have his own machine. Any small 1-2 plow capacity tractor can pull it with little effort.
1946 Case offers the NCM Slicer Baler. With this machine, baling is a simple, continuous field process which handles windrow after windrow at the same speed with which hay was mowed and raked. For the first time, uniform curing has become a practical farm accomplishment.
1949 brochure shows Case's Heavy Duty Balers. The NAM stationary with a Case 4 cylinder water cooled engine. And the NAPM pickup balers in either 14X18 or 17X22 inch bales. The 17X22 is a three wire baler with 9.00 X 24 -8 ply tires.
1950 brochure introduces the NCM-T baler. This automatic twine tie baler means baling wire is now used only for shoddy repairs since duct tape hasn't been invented yet. No longer must anyone ride on the baler to poke wire and twist knots.
1953 brochure shows the Case NT automatic slicer twine tie baler and the NL stationary baler.
1954 touts the Model 140 baler with the double plunger. One for slicing and one for compressing in a balanced motion.
1955 the 130 is introduced for the family sized farm. 1955 also announces, added to the highly satisfactory Model 140 twine tie baler, Case balers now include the 140-W. An automatic wire tie baler that produces a 14 X 18 inch bale and the Model 160-W. An automatic wire tie baler that produces a 16 X 18 inch bale.
1957 the new 133 Baler with new and improved everything including a 16 hp engine-optional.
1957/1958 brochures show 4 balers in the Case line-up. The 133 twine tie baler for the family size farm. The 140 big-tonnage baler makes 14 X 18 bales. Choice of twine or wire tie, engine or pto drive. The 160 big bale model makes 16 X 18 bales. Twine or wire tie, engine or pto drive. The NAP-3. This heavy duty brute makes 17 X 22 bales with 3 wire ties. Powered by Case-built 32 HP water-cooled engine. Fully equipped with electric starter and lights for day and night operation. Length: 22 feet. Width: 10 3/4. Weight: 7500 Lbs. Maximum capacity: 15 Tons/Hour!
1958 also introduces the 135 wire tie baler.
1959 brings the Model 200 Sweep Feed baler. This is the baler that looks like the modern balers we think of today. Light weight, only 1830 Lbs on the pto powered machine. Engine still optional. Simple power train, Compact design. Close-coupled. Priced competitively low. Big capacity in all crops. Bales up to 10 tons/hr of 14x18 inch 60 Lb bales.
By 1964 the 200 had dual wheels as an option as well as an optional 1000 rpm pto drive and a well-received bale thrower.
1965 the updated 220 has the Patented offset bill hook design. This bill hook will "borrow" more twine from the bale side during the initial part of the tying cycle - then "lends" this twine while the most critical part of the tying operation is completed. Users report 5000 and more bales tied without a miss! Twine knife slices twine - doesn't push - cuts the new plastic twine as well as sisal with ease.
1966. Three new balers from Case. The 230 family size and the deluxe model 330 in twine or wire tie. The 330 packs up to 25% more hay into each bale. Key to the 330's high capacity is its new feeding system that combines gentle Sweep Feed with a short 14 inch auger. This sure-feeding system provides high-density baling - maximum speed and efficiency for hard-to-handle crops such as millet, sudan, Johnson grass and slippery prairie hay. The 330 is built heavier throughout by 500 Lbs. including the longer hitch for bigger tractor clearance and the heavier rear hitch for bale wagons.
Sometime before 1970 Case offered a hydraulic accumulator for controlling bale tension. Shorty after this time Case exited the haying and harvesting market for a mere 15 years until the merger with IH put them back in the hay field. I don't know jack-squat what they offered in 1985 or after but I think most of it was made by Hesston until New Holland was throwed into the mix.
So to re-cap. Long story short is...don't let anybody tell you Case didn't make a baler. Over 60 years of baler production before the merger with IH and they did a darn good job of it. Not many people have fond memories of baling regardless the brand or model since most of it is done during the hottest, dirtiest, most humid time of the year so I'm sure any improvements over the years were well received. But the thing that gets me is the faster the balers baled and made heavier and tighter bales, the production went up but mans ability to keep up with the baler didn't change. Thank God for the round baler and loader tractor!
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