JD baler adventure

grandpa Love · Jul 26, 2019

Drove 80 miles to north Alabama this morning to get a JD 14t baler with a Wisconsin engine. At $300 I figured it was an ok deal. Guy said all baler parts moved. And engine wasn't stuck. Well..... engine wasn't stuck. Had decent compression. But baler was missing a chain behind big flywheel ,and a wheel and tire. And the fork that packs the hay in. Still....... didn't look bad so we tried to load it. HEAVY!!!!! Got it on my trailer sideways and couldn't turn it. Almost impossible to lift. Hitch was sticking way too far out to go down the road. Decided that if he could get it off the trailer it could stay there! My wife said she was praying for a sign,if we should buy it or not. Looks like not!!

Nothing more than a bit of surface rust. Lots of old grease. How many parts should I be able to move by hand? Couldn't get much of anything to move.
His poor tractor barely had the back tires on the ground!

old · Jul 26, 2019

No chain would have been a headache for sure. Thought you where going to call me when you got to looking at the baler

K Effective · Jul 26, 2019

My tire guy said most people underestimate the weight of square balers- he encouraged higher ply tires when I bought new, and I must agree, they are heavy and awkward. Pullind behind a truck is by far easier, unless yours is missing a tire...

coshoo · Jul 26, 2019

Always have to disconnect and remove the hitch to haul them- but sounds like there were some other problems, so probably for the best.

jm. · Jul 26, 2019

So the Kubota lifted it but would not turn it on the trailer, that is strange. 14t parts are all over the place. I know where there are 4 setting that I could get you anything needed for nothing. I had quit a bit experience with the thing and if they were not wore out once you got one going it would bale pretty good. Having the old engine would be a plus for you and your smaller tractors, if you can get it to run. Price was certainly about scrap. I am afraid you are going to find working on bailers is not hardly as fast to learn as old tractors.. LOL You can get some good experience fast.

Moonlite37 · Jul 26, 2019

You were blessed with an answered prayer. Now give thanks for the guidance.

grayrider · Jul 26, 2019

I think you had a sign to leave it

grandpa Love · Jul 26, 2019

It got it on the trailer but was really hard to move it. Couldn't spin it. With bucket all the way up it kept wanting to tip his tractor over, it got off center real easy..

r.w.b. · Jul 26, 2019

My opinion dont matter but here it is,ive had battles with square balers for years. The best 1 i had was a 279 hn wire tie.it gave trouble.a $1000 baler will give you headaches and they absorb money like a sponge.
Arrange to hire somebody to bale your hay ,mow n rake it let them bale and fight the troubles.
I had a 444 allis baler,a 14t an oliver and the new holland.they just spell troubles.
I worked for ihc and after several baler calls i much dislike them too.but remember this is my opinion

HuskerLyn · Jul 26, 2019

I hate to tell you this but you are a glutton for punishment you go to buying sometime like that.

Bob · Jul 26, 2019

All I can say is "Dear God"!.

JD Seller · Jul 27, 2019

GrandPA Love you have the lift chains in the wrong place. Drive up to the flywheel side with the bucket/fork frame, square/parallel to the bale chamber. Center the loader front to back on the wheel. Then take two chains, they need to hook on the pickup side of the baler chamber. Just go under the bale chamber, up by the flywheel, and on most of them you can hook the chain on the bottom plunger slide rail. Hook the top to one side of the loader. Then do the same thing back by the knotters. Lift it this way. 90% of the square balers will balance side to side lifting them this way. You have the weight back close to the tractor. You have the baler turned to where you can back your trailer right under it. Loaded a lot of balers this way.

Even if you passed this one up knowing how to lift one will make the next one easier to load.

Traditional Farmer · Jul 27, 2019

That's why I always tow balers no matter how far away,towed one almost 200 miles.

Leroy · Jul 27, 2019

If bucket was all the way up sounds like you had way too long of chains. Bucket should have been only a foot above baler and balers are not that tall and I don't think your trailers either, don't think your trailer is 4' tall to bed.

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