old hay baler

r aiken · Jan 28, 2013

first with pickup attachment

J.Wondergem · Jan 28, 2013

I wonder what year that was? I never saw that set up.

jm. · Jan 28, 2013

I am thinking maybe late 20s or early 30 but I bet it was farmer built. Man riding on the left rear is poking the wires in to do the bale ties. Also some home built front wheel set up in front of the engine.

rrlund · Jan 28, 2013

That looks like it predates the Ann Arbor by a few years.

tomstractorsandtoys1 · Jan 28, 2013

My grandmother said their first baler was a hand tie Ann Arbor.She rode along as a young girl to poke the wires thru. I have never seen a picture of one.

Eric in IL · Jan 28, 2013

Who is poking the wires back through the bales ?

rrlund · Jan 28, 2013

The guy who's laying too low to be seen,to keep the chaff from going down his neck.

r aiken · Jan 28, 2013

1929. was built on Arba Brutus farm at Pine Village Indiana

37chief · Jan 28, 2013

I've poked a few wires in my time. The old folks got mad when I poked the wire on the wrong side of the divider, and tied the devider to the bale, as it came out. As I remember it was very dusty. Stan

Paul from MI · Jan 28, 2013

That had to be a revolutionary concept at the time. The idea eliminated a whole series of steps in making baled hay. Once again, most of the advances in agriculture have been farmer invented.

Kansas4010 · Jan 28, 2013

Neighbor has one just like it in his fence row. It's pretty much grown over now.

r aiken · Jan 28, 2013

more info
http://steamtraction.farmcollector.com/steam-engines/case-engine-collecting.aspx?page=8

r aiken · Jan 28, 2013

try agin
info here

Dick2 · Jan 29, 2013

Dad bought a Case hand tie wire baler at the end of WWII. A very miserable machine to ride, especially for the guy who rode in the "corner" and tied the wires.

I volunteered to ride the wagon so I didn't have to tie the bales.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 29, 2013

Definately a home-made rig.A stationary hay-press with a loose hay loader hooked behind and some boards on the press to funnel the hay in, all pulled by the old Fordson.

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