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Michael Soldan

06-20-2005 20:01:03

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Let's hear your haying stories...last year we were at another farm doing hay and my son in law stopped the baler to get an empty wagon, he didn't look where he was because when he pulled the pin the load started rolling backwards, he ran about the length of a football field holding the tongue so the wagon wouldn't swing and flip, I was watching and thinking if he lets go the wagon is gonna be on its side..he can run faster than me! anyway he saved it. I have to unload at th elevator that is in the pasture beside the barn, cows come running everytime I pull in with a load, they usually manage two or three bales before its all off loaded, worst is the bully bully who likes to get his head against the hay and push and scratch himself, that is good for the wagon lurching back and forth while you are trying to stay on your feet...lets hear your stories, stay safe and be carefull around those PTO's....Mike in Exeter Ontario

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Farmallkid From Ont,

06-23-2005 10:30:05

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Re: Haying Tales in reply to Michael Soldan, 06-20-2005 20:01:03

I'm sure my dad has lots of hayin stories, but i got acouple. When my dad managed the herd at ridgetown college, some of the guys were baling, and were havin competions on who could go faster, so they sped the tractor up each round, there was a couple guys who were whipped and the end of the day, i also know a guy who got hit in the head with the kicker from a new holland throw baler.

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Hugh Mackay

06-21-2005 07:17:29

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Re: Haying Tales in reply to Michael Soldan, 06-20-2005 20:01:03

Mike: Got 2 or 3 good ones. Had a wagon load of hay get away in the yard once, was headed fot two Pontiacs and an Olds. Dad saw it coming from seat of Farmall 300. He was in 4th gear and was able to let it hit rear wheel of 300 side on, and before it got rolling very fast.

Silage wagon parked at silo, had been there about a week since finishing filling silo. Our children pestered Marg. until she took them swimming at park. I was in barn milking, rain, electrical storm and wind blew up, I heard a crash. Looked out and silage wagon tongue had hit concrete doorstep of house. Wagon was parked right in spot where new Olds would have been, had Marg. not taken children swimming.

Last one, my brothers first load of hay with bale thrower. One of the early New Hollands with Briggs engine thrower. The long cable control for throttle was less the ideal. 84 bales on the wagon, close to 200 on the ground and one bale on top of the multi wire telephone lines along the highway. My cousin (New Holland dealer) has that on vidio. Frank gave thrower a bit more throttle under telephones lines and bale went up between wires and came to rest crossways on top of wires. Bet that one caused a comotion on the party line.

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sc otty

06-21-2005 07:53:36

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Re: Haying Tales in reply to Hugh Mackay, 06-21-2005 07:17:29

Gee Hugh, If that bale had gone just a tad higher you could have had yourself a real light show :")

scotty

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little john

06-21-2005 03:34:16

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Re: Haying Tales in reply to Michael Soldan, 06-20-2005 20:01:03

I had a relative who made the mistake of leaving the baler running while he went around to the back to put on a new ball of twine. A helpful person up front was scooping up little bits of hay with a pitchfork, and he tossed a forkful into the baler's pickup. This happened to be just enough to trip the next bale. When the tying mechanism went into action it broke my relative's upper arm. He spent a long time in a big cast that covered his arm and part of his chest.

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Jason Simmerman

06-20-2005 23:05:12

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Long one but a good one. in reply to Michael Soldan, 06-20-2005 20:01:03

This isn't a hay story exactly. We have a Farmall M which we are all familar have absolutely no safety features to keep from starting in gear at all. Well, apparently when I was younger I figured out how to crank the engine over using the foot peg starter switch. His solution to this was terrific not! He removed the kill switch and just twisted the wires to the hot on the coil together to run the tractor. To start the tractor he held the positive terminal of the battery cable to the starter post. What better to keep a little kid off a tractor but to rig it to the point of fear of operation not only for kids but grown adults? Well, as I got older I attempted to talk him into putting it back the way it should to no avail and then one day it happened. He was having a problem with water in the fuel tank. So he had gas all over the pulley gearbox. He went to start it and a hot lead amber from the battery post landed on the gasoline soaked gearbox. The first thoughts in my mind the moment it happened were I told you so and boy an extingusher would be handy right now. Sure enough my dad grabs a garden hose to put fire out. All water did at this point was to wash the gasoline onto the ground where it continued to burn. In the meantime the fire managed to burn all the wiring for the voltage regulator. We rewired the whole tractor and continue to use it today but needless to say it is no longer rigged LOL.

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Jason Simmerman

06-20-2005 22:45:28

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Re: Haying Tales in reply to Michael Soldan, 06-20-2005 20:01:03

Well, have a few LOL. When I was a young boy and of less intelligence and experence that I am now (not that I have greatly improved over the years) myself and a buddy decided it was a good idea to get into a kicker wagon and stack the wagons as much as we could being it was going to rain soon. Well, my dad had the thrower cranked up real good on the old New Holland baler which could throw a bale over a 12' tall wagon which was easily 20' long, (probiably trying to teach us kids a lesson) and a bale of alfalfa came screamin out of the thrower and nailed my buddy square in the chest right when he turned around knockin him square on his tail. I decided it was a good idea to leave before my turn was up LOL.

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Janicholson

06-21-2005 08:45:23

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Re: Haying Tales in reply to Jason Simmerman, 06-20-2005 22:45:28

About 1968 My uncle Ed was driving his 400 pulling a New Holland (Wisconsin V4 flat belt drive with a sweep arm and fork chamber stuffing system). The Uncle was always trying to get every last stem of hay (had 18 horses)and ran the pickup too close to the fence row. He picked up an oak stick, that was forearm thick, in the pickup drum and could not shut off anything. He clutched the 400 and (I believe the steering wheel as well). The stick would bale ok, or break the shear pin, one or the other, so he just gritted his teeth and clutched. The sweep arm cought the stick and wedged it between the top of the chamber and the infeed table. This stopped the sweep arm cold, breaking the lever off of the forward pivot on the sweep drive link. The 10" piece of lever, and the near four foot long connecting rod were loose on one end and jointed to the crank pivot on the flywheel on the other. The arm was now a flail, whacking everything in the area of swing. The situation was not getting better. Uncle Edwin dismounted the 400 just as the rod and arm discovered that it could push on the ground with about a 10 inch shove. The bailer was launched into the air about 15 inches. The process randomly repeated its self 5 or 8 times per minute. The flailing rod was immediatly in front of the kill switch on the V4. No hope there for a shut down. The hitch on the bailer was beginning to tear away from the FH drawbar on the front, and had already torn the wagon hitch off of the chute. Ed. ran to the fence row and found another stick. He ran back and bravely timed an attack on the kill switch. After three attempts he hit the little silver pull stud and the Wisconsin shut down. The wagon crew, having jumped off and scattered into the field, were imperssed with our uncle's fortitude, and the mighty strength of the grass hopping bailer.
We chained the bailer onto the back of the 400 and drove to the cousins welding shop where repairs were started. In three hours we were back in the field (with one of us walking the fence row checking for sticks). This was memorable!!!
Jim Nicholson enjoy.

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Dick Davis

06-22-2005 04:42:41

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Re: Haying Tales in reply to Janicholson, 06-21-2005 08:45:23

What a great video thaat would have been!

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