Re: Re: baler on a farmall C

Posted by JB on August 21, 2003 at 17:46:04 from (24.157.143.182):

In Reply to: Re: baler on a farmall C posted by JB on August 19, 2003 at 17:31:33:

Just to clarify the bales/hour with the IH 46. The bales we made were 35 to 40 lbs and were tied loose enough to stick a pitch fork in. I would use 1 bundle (2 balls) of 10,000 ft twine an hour in good hay and smooth ground and dumping the bales on the ground.

So for real bales of 80 lbs tied tight, I guess only 200/hour.

Re IH 45, yes the knotters and the pickup were a problem. The outside knotter on ours rarely ever missed but the inside was a different story. Like someone else said I did my duty riding on the twine box tiing the missed bales. I eventually convinced my Dad that the problem with the inside knotter was the needle was mis-aligned. The needles on a 45 were a tube with cast pionts. So we swung the knotter up out of the way, and adjusted the inside needle with 3 ft of pipe. It tied perfectly after that fine adjustment.
In 1958 Dad traded SC for 300U and he could not bale any faster than with SC because the 45 pickup did not turn fast enough to pick up the hay.
Then in 1960 the neighbor on the next farm bought an IH 46 and he ran it with an 8N Ford and could bale twice as fast as we could with 45. Then in the fall of 1961 IH had just release B414D and had a good $$ promotion, so Dad traded 300U and IH 45 for B414D and IH 46.

So that is my story.
JB

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