Putting bale thrower on old baler

Kickinbull · Feb 14, 2017

I have an Oliver 60T square baler. Trying to figure out easier way to handle bales. I've found a 72 NH thrower reasonably priced. Putting them together will it be better than trading for baler with thrower already on.

rrlund · Feb 14, 2017

Will it work to run it off the flywheel? My uncle had one of the first throwers I ever remember. That was back in the early 60s. He had it on an International 46. It had a Briggs and Stratton gas engine on it.

Rich'sToys · Feb 14, 2017

When I was a kid, our Dad had a New Holland 66 baler. The IH dealer mounted an IH thrower on it. That thrower also had its own Briggs engine on it.
I remember that it was quite heavy. Whenever we unhooked the baler we had to block it in back instead of in front.
We used that rig for a number of years before it was eventually traded off.

ztrmowers · Feb 14, 2017

been the thrower route forget it get you bale basket wagon and be done with it .way lees headaches,or drop on ground put grapple on loader and never touch a bale

greg oliver · Feb 14, 2017

kickinbull, I cobbled a NH bale thrower on to a IH 430 baler. I had to extend the drive shaft and bale chamber was a different size and I wouldn't do it again. Ended up buying a IH 47 baler with thrower for parts real cheap and put that on. There is an old saying "Make hay while the sun shines" when its time to bale you need dependable equipment. We had a round baler for back up if the square baler malfunctioned and even when I bought a new square baler it had issues. I was the bale unloader most day's so handled bales twice throwing them off and stack later and I'm sure the cows didn't care! There was a video of a bale wagon that loaded bales off the ground and then unloaded at the barn onto the elevator. Looked good but I bet expensive.

Leroy · Feb 14, 2017

The new Holland thrower made for the 66had its own engine, don't know if Briggs or Wisconsin. Never heard of a McCormick with its own engine. I had the thrower on a 46 IHC baler and worked good. But it was newer than the baler.

69stang · Feb 14, 2017

Did not know if anyone else used the old IH balers anymore

greg oliver · Feb 15, 2017

69stang, The picture is from 1991 when I bought a new CaseIH 5420 square baler. Before that I had a IH 430 that didn't have a thrower. I quit dairy farming in 1994.

Bret4207 · Feb 15, 2017

(quoted from post at 14:20:17 02/14/17) I have an Oliver 60T square baler. Trying to figure out easier way to handle bales. I've found a 72 NH thrower reasonably priced. Putting them together will it be better than trading for baler with thrower already on.

Look into a Bale Basket. They work flawlessly, you don't need to cob anything up and you'll end up with a better shaped bale to boot.

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