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notebook 02-18-2013 15:10:19 96.19.123.7 Report to Moderator	Does anybody out there have any information on the following machine. It is a New Ideal M279 cut conditioner the SN is S20254 was wondering what year it was and how many were built? Are they good machines and is there anything that I should watch out for when running one? Thanks. [Reply]   [No Email]
Ol' Gimpy 02-22-2013 17:56:31 67.252.122.95 Report to Moderator	Re: New Ideal in reply to notebook, 02-18-2013 15:10:19   You have the 9" cut model,made as a #272 in 7" cut.Both are belt drive.Used a #270 chain drive unit,used it for years,and it was great for grass hay,but they do pull hard. Like to have a dollar for every acre it cut,and very little spent on parts. Bit of a trick to sharpen the flails though. [Reply]  [No Email]
Leroy 02-20-2013 03:55:40 69.88.205.38 Report to Moderator	Re: New Ideal in reply to notebook, 02-18-2013 15:10:19   New Idea, drop the l and you will have a corect name. New Ideal was a horse drawn mower from the late 1800 to early 1900 period and later became a part of International Harvestor. [Reply]  [No Email]
Don-Wi 02-19-2013 08:39:49 66.87.0.236 Report to Moderator	Re: New Ideal in reply to notebook, 02-18-2013 15:10:19   You're right. I was thinking of the 270. Donovan from Wisconsin [Reply]  [No Email]
Don-Wi 02-19-2013 07:12:19 66.87.0.236 Report to Moderator	Re: New Ideal in reply to notebook, 02-18-2013 15:10:19   I'd say more like 60's-70's. Same vintage as the 290 mowditioner. My dad grew up with one of those. He was born in 56. Donovan from Wisconsin [Reply]  [No Email]
Tim(nj) 02-19-2013 08:13:04 184.6.209.55 Report to Moderator	Re: New Ideal in reply to Don-Wi, 02-19-2013 07:12:19   I have a brochure dated 1982 with the 272 7' and 279 9' in it. That's the last year I've seen Cut/Ditioners listed. I don't know when the 9' came out but the 272 7' is listed in a 1965 brochure. The 270 came before it. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bret4207 02-19-2013 04:28:29 64.19.90.196 Report to Moderator	Re: New Ideal in reply to notebook, 02-18-2013 15:10:19   I've seen several of them for sale in my area recently. None of the asking prices were over $1K, most in the $500-750.00 range. What they actually sold for I don't know. Last one I saw at auction went for about $50.00, and it was in decent shape. [Reply]  [No Email]
Tim(nj) 02-18-2013 19:08:33 184.6.209.55 Report to Moderator	Re: New Ideal in reply to notebook, 02-18-2013 15:10:19   New Idea. Not sure on year but they made them for somethinglike 15 years in the 70s into the early 80s. It will mow anything but it leaves a ragged cut and takes a lot of HP. I ran one with 3 different tractors. 120 HP just fine. 90 would do it most of the time. 75 HP was not enough. [Reply]  [No Email]
rrlund 02-19-2013 07:02:11 207.241.137.116 Report to Moderator	Re: New Ideal in reply to Tim(nj), 02-18-2013 19:08:33   There's been a revival of them for cutting cornstalks to bale. [Reply]  [No Email]