The 14T can be a good baler. The big issue is wear and is it working now. They are now 50 60 years old - a worn out baler will eat you alive trying to get it to work reliable. If it spent half its life baling 30-80 acres a year and has been sitting for the most part since big round balers came out its probably pretty good.
If you are new to square balers your dealer makes a huge difference. I had a 14T I bought from a neighbor that worked except it would miss 1 in 20 bales on one side. I figured a little adjustment or a few parts and it would work great. Local John Deere dealership assured me they had a baler guy. Turns out their baler guy had never been to any training and the extent of his expertise was he owned a square baler. I spent $1500 on repairs and the left knotter never tied another knot again and the right one would tie one in three - and it had been working fine.
The local New Holland dealership had a baler guy that had been to school and had 30+ years experience and a truck load of parts that he had collected. He basically overhauled the knotters on my New Holland 276 in an afternoon - I wish I had been there. My son was and he learned more in a few hours helping the technician that also explained every step he was going through to get proper adjustment and the causes that would throw things out of time or cause missed ties. My son has gone on to do repairs for neighbors and friends with what he learned that day. He was at his girlfriend's house and her dad and grandpa were trying to help a neighbor get their baler (New Holland 277) to work. My son started helping, then took over and had them up and running perfectly in an hour - they had already spent 2 days messing with it and the dealership couldn't give them a day they could spare a guy to work on it. They gladly paid my son $200 and hit the field and finished. His girlfriend now gets phone calls from old farmers wanting to know if she is still dating that baler guy and if they can get his phone number.
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