The only problem with Mr. Wendel's entry here is that the baler was not built by the Ann Arbor Hay Press Company. The Ann Arbor Hay Press Company didn't build any Hay Presses at all! The Ann Arbor Hay Press Company existed only briefly, set-up by a disgruntled employee (former employee in the end!) who wanted to add a wire tying mechanism to an Ann Arbor baler built by the real Ann Arbor hay baler manufacturers, the Ann Arbor Machine Company (formerly the Ann Arbor Agricultural Company). Within about a month of first registering his company,John Christensen had won a court battle against his former employer (about being able to use the name'Ann Arbor Hay Press Company'), decided not to challenge the appeal against this decision and put his lot in with a money man just down the road at Ypsilanti;... ... and 'Wolverine' Hay Presses were born!... ... built by the newly formed 'Ypsilanti Hay Press Company'. The self-propelled 'stationary' baler built around 1910 by Ann Arbor was one of a small number of such balers built by manufacturing companies at this time. Another one of significance was the 'Tractor Hay Press' built by the Ohio Tractor Manufacturing Company. There are records of several enterprising hay contractors and farmers building their own similar machines, often using a truck chassis to do it. If I'm able to attach a picture of one or two to this, I will. Incidentally, Ann Arbor claimed their self-propelled baler could pull a 3 ton load behind; perhaps an exaggeration but certainly capable of pulling a small hay rack or a water cart. Great conversation!
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