Fritz Maurer
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500 too much for this thing?
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Richard G.
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I hope you are joking.
You would have to pay me to take that thing.
Was around them when I was a kid.
Richard in NW SC
You would have to pay me to take that thing.
Was around them when I was a kid.
Richard in NW SC
Janicholson
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The Wisconsin engine starts once in the morning, then if shut off must wait 2 to 3 hours to restart. Nasty. The unit has not been operated for years, why!! Jim
IMHO the best hay baler ever made. They advertised that it would bale 10 bales a minute and it did. About $2400 new in 1950 something. Wisconsin V4 was known for vapor locking after hot shutdowns so we would park it under a shade tree at noon and just leave it idle. Added Valve Ease to the gas tank and used Pull More on the belts and always, always had a loaded fire extinguisher on board the tractor. I came up with a rough estimate of 450000 bales through the one we had due to custom baling in the neighborhood over about a 15 year period. It took turns being pulled around by a 1936 John Deere A and a '49 A, Oliver Super 88 and a WD Allis chalmers. The 10 bales a minute I mentioned was free dropping. Loading onto a pull behind wagon with the chute was somewhat slower. No small kicker bales. These were the big old 'squares'.
I agree once the engine is warm almost impossible to start. After lunch break watched my granddad try to hand crank and some way the crank stayed on. The engine must have slung it 30 ft straight up, he dived under the bayler till the crank came down. I sure would not give anything more than scrap weighs.
Traditional Farmer
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On of my uncles had one he baled with for years,did a lot of custom baling, a whole lot of bales.He had a IH W9 he pulled it with heavy baler.
Loosehandle
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I have one, dad did custom work in the 50s. Plunger actually stops while it ties
Yep,New Holland model #80 .I've baled seems like a gazillon bales with one of those over the years.Own use and custom use and you could really pack some hay or straw into a bale,you could make a bale that Samson couldn't pick up.Wore out and rebuilt the engine three or four times and no tellin how many thousands of bales it had baled.
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Olliejunkie
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Depends on how much you like looking at it. I use to have lots of yard art until I got tired of mowing around it.
Paul from MI
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I baled behind one of those that my uncle hired to bale for him. They brought it down the road with that Wisconsin running and NEVER shut it off until we were done. Had a spare belt to belt it up to a JD R just in case.
The problem may be buying the wire. I am sure it's a wire machine being that old. Dad used the neighbors bailer, same as that one, as a stationery machine. He put all his hay up in shocks, and brought the shocks to bailer with his buck rake mounted to his F12. I would fork the hay into the machine. I would stand by the side away from the flywheel. I would try and bog down the motor by forking a big wad of hay in. The governor just added more power and kept going, so I gave up. A few years later he put up his hay in rows. Stan
Looks like it might still work. I think you should get it so I dont feel like the only one saving old balers. Going to get a JD 116 baler tomorrow and brought home a case NCM couple of weeks ago. Might be more than I would spend but $500 is not what it used to be either. Good luck, Mike
caterpillar guy
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100.00 would be plenty.
TomA in CA
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I bought one like that for $85 in the early sixties. Mine had electric start so no problem starting hot. I did have to run cd2 or something in the gas to keep the valves from sticking. It was a rusty trade in but I did bale a lot of hay with it for a few years.
Fritz Maurer
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Its in Wellington Ohio and the engine turns.
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