Restored 55T baler - never seen one

DaninKansas · Jul 31, 2013

I came across this. I have never seen a 55 baler before, thought it was interesting.

http://stlouis.craigslist.org/grd/3961981025.html

Looks a little different than the IH 45 baler.

mechanicfred · Jul 31, 2013

Dad has a 50T, missed every other knot. We learned to tie square knots real fast and got plenty dirty doing it. Loved to hear that little 4cylinder motor on the baler working hard.

Mark (ECIN) · Jul 31, 2013

First one I've seen that is a PTO drive.

jbp · Jul 31, 2013

Saw a 55W at the Boonville In. show this past week end. It looked pretty much like the 50T except for the knotters. That little Cub power unit was kept busy in good hay. Think the difference with the power unit from a Cub engine was a counter ballanced crankshaft, and probably a different governor spring for more RPMs.

DonO-MN · Jul 31, 2013

That is a neat looking baler. It has a lot of the add on accessories like the dual tire, the extended bale chute and the hydraulic tensioner. The 55 baler could be purchased with an IH engine (same as the super C), the cub engine, an air cooled Wisconsin engine, the pto gearbox option or the electrall motor.

DeltaRed · Jul 31, 2013

I still have a 55wire.Dont use it much any more,but it is ready to go!About the same vintage as my SuperM,the three of 'us' have made thousands of bales(100lb 'bricks').The bale size is 15"x19" by 36" long-non adjustable.The old baler is bullet proof,never misses a bale once going.I will naver sell it.However,it is quite rusty...

gene bender · Jul 31, 2013

Probably never seen one with the Cub engine with starter either or a 55w with 113 engine with starter.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 1, 2013

I had a 50T that tied real good. Would miss one once in a while when it changed balls of twine. The worst part was if you killed the motor, it would not start when hot. We rigged up the belt pulley with a long v belt on another tractor and would start it that way when hot. Always started great when cold, but was a bugger' when hot.

Pete76NY · Aug 1, 2013

I remember as a kid my Father had a PTO 55 baler he pulled with a JD B, he would work on those knotters for hours in the evening, start baling the next afternoon after he got done teaching Summer School, and almost always by the 10th bale he'd have Mom following the Baler around the field tyin knots every 2nd or third bale! Nice looking baler though!

MJ in the UK · Aug 1, 2013

Hi Steve, also built in the UK as the B55T&W. In the early 1970s I used a B55W benind a UK built B450 tractor and in hay we only got 28 bales to the ton. After every season it had done that mutch work we had to replace the worn out bale chamber bottom. MJ

TomA in CA · Aug 2, 2013

I run a 55 W. I has the Farmall A engine. It was sitting for a while and we got it about 6 years ago. My son made it run again and painted it. I had a lot of trouble with it for a few years and got the bugs worked out. This year I ran through 2 boxes of wire with very little trouble.

Chuck MA · Aug 3, 2013

We used a 55T on the farm im Maine in the 60"s had a cub engine as a power unit I think I had hand crank it to start. Pretty damn reliable til we tried that new fangled plastic twine had to hand tie a lot of those bales while sitting on the twine cans. Went back to reg twine and seemed to have problems knotting for a while after that but after cleaning the knotters and adjusting we were ok, Never went back to plastic twine after that
Chuck

pete 23 · Aug 3, 2013

First off, just be glad you had the twine cans to sit on. Much easier to tie those loose knots than on later balers when they moved the twine box. No, seriously now, if it had original knotters I believe plastic twine would be a real problem. If however, it had the latest twine end retainer spring installed like last knotters that style had,(not speaking of the all twine knotter as that came later) along with the adjustable tapered drive gear on the discs I believe you could make plastic work better than sisal. Disc timing affects how twine is held for bill hook and twine knife settings. When the drive gears on disc wears the timing is late and you are up a creek.

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