Experience with deere 14t baler

I found a john deere 14t sm. square baler
i have not gone to look at it but the
pictures on the internet looked pretty
good. The guys says he put up 200 bales
for the last 2 years and it ran fine. Is
this a decent baler, i know alot of people
like N.H. but those are a bit out of my
price range.
Thanks Nate

It is an excellent baler. Need to go slow and don't make the rows to heavy. I have a 224t and have used it for over 20 years. I wanted a NH at the time but this came available at a good price. It has more than paid for itself each year I have used it and I have always been able to fix it myself using the manual. Make sure you get one.

Ask, the guy to run 5 bales of hay thru it and see how well it ties ,,, MOST balers are FOR SALE BECAUSE they FAIL TO TIE

They were a good baler. We had the 24t. Next series newer. We baled many a thousand bales and never had any trouble. Remember it is an old baler but if it's been shed kept and handled with care over it's life it should serve you well. I like the idea below of having him bale a half dozen bales.

Those bale well if they have good knotters and a sharp knife. Before purchase, look at the following: String guides can indicate extent of use deep wear is an indication of tens of thousands of bales. plunger knife should be sharp and wear strips holding the plunger straight. Evidence of having regular greasing! Good PTO joints. Nice clean shear pin holes. It needs to make bales before you purchase. look for wear on the tongue hole and drawbar hole for egg shape wear. Look for welded components in the frame and chute. Ask why it is being sold! Jim

If this is one of the older 14Ts DO NOT BUY it , one of the newer ones may be OK , I have had both , the newer models have a cast wheel that hooks to the needles , the older ones had an arm that hooks to the needles ,trust me on this one,

nuthin wrong with a GOOD 14t

I used one for a friend. Great old baler, rarely missed aa knot. Lots better than my old IHC 45.

they are very good working old baler, perfect if not making a bunch of bales.

Used to chase balers for a couple dealers.
MOST of the time a non-tying baler can be saved. Generally, a few minor adjustments
and perhaps a small part or two will save it.
Like the others said, look it over closely.
I borrowed a NH baler from a neighbor as mine broke and I wanted to get done.
He said go ahead, but the right side might not tie very good.
Yep, he was right.
So, after a few frustrating moments, I discovered the
knife arm was bent beyond straightening. So, I went to town and bought a new
knife arm, put it on and went to work!!
After I finished up, I took the baler back. He wasn't there, so I just left it and went home.
A few days later he called me and wondered what I'd done to his baler to make it work so good.
I told him what I did. He said you can use my baler anytime!!!

I can't tell you how many hours I spent hand rolling a 214T Thru the cycles to finally get it right it tie, but I finally did it and marked up JDs manual to correct it. We baled thousands since.

The 14T can be a good baler. The big issue is wear and is it working now. They are now 50 60 years old - a worn out baler will eat you alive trying to get it to work reliable. If it spent half its life baling 30-80 acres a year and has been sitting for the most part since big round balers came out its probably pretty good.

If you are new to square balers your dealer makes a huge difference. I had a 14T I bought from a neighbor that worked except it would miss 1 in 20 bales on one side. I figured a little adjustment or a few parts and it would work great. Local John Deere dealership assured me they had a baler guy. Turns out their baler guy had never been to any training and the extent of his expertise was he owned a square baler. I spent $1500 on repairs and the left knotter never tied another knot again and the right one would tie one in three - and it had been working fine.

The local New Holland dealership had a baler guy that had been to school and had 30+ years experience and a truck load of parts that he had collected. He basically overhauled the knotters on my New Holland 276 in an afternoon - I wish I had been there. My son was and he learned more in a few hours helping the technician that also explained every step he was going through to get proper adjustment and the causes that would throw things out of time or cause missed ties. My son has gone on to do repairs for neighbors and friends with what he learned that day. He was at his girlfriend's house and her dad and grandpa were trying to help a neighbor get their baler (New Holland 277) to work. My son started helping, then took over and had them up and running perfectly in an hour - they had already spent 2 days messing with it and the dealership couldn't give them a day they could spare a guy to work on it. They gladly paid my son $200 and hit the field and finished. His girlfriend now gets phone calls from old farmers wanting to know if she is still dating that baler guy and if they can get his phone number.

Check the brake on the needles. It needs to hold when the needles return home. I helped a friend years ago and found that part was not available.

(quoted from post at 22:26:57 09/21/23) Check the brake on the needles. It needs to hold when the needles return home. I helped a friend years ago and found that part was not available.

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Great Baler! Do not load too heavy in the windrow. Or shear pins will BREAK! CM

waugh621 said:

I found a john deere 14t sm. square baler
i have not gone to look at it but the
pictures on the internet looked pretty
good. The guys says he put up 200 bales
for the last 2 years and it ran fine. Is
this a decent baler, i know alot of people
like N.H. but those are a bit out of my
price range.
Thanks Nate

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What Dave H says! Great Baler! CM

I will echo what the other posters have said. Brother in law had an 14t and spent several hours behind it stacking bales. The only time it starts missing a knot is when you started to push it because of rain coming or late in the day. Did have to work on overrunning cluch on front of baler. Still sell well at auctions in Central Wis. in good shape.

waugh621 said:

I found a john deere 14t sm. square baler
i have not gone to look at it but the
pictures on the internet looked pretty
good. The guys says he put up 200 bales
for the last 2 years and it ran fine. Is
this a decent baler, i know alot of people
like N.H. but those are a bit out of my
price range.
Thanks Nate

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The key to running the 14T is have the correct horse hooked to it. Bought a New 14 T on a Farm & ran it with a 52 John Deere B or a 46 John Deere A. They may want to eat more hay on the pickup, but the rest of the Baler is for no more than a 30 Horse power. I know our baled 8 to 9 thousands bales per year until some where around the year 2000 when we upgraded to a 337 kicker model. Very few miss's & most of those happened when the twin ball changed.

JD has a new small square baler out that resembles
the 14 & 214s. Price isn't too bad at nearly $40000
depending on what accessories you get with it.
Jim

I'll be the odd man out , we had one growing up , bought it brand new POS from day one , you couldn't go 10 feet without breaking an auger shear pin, the pickup the same. The needle safety was a total joke it had a bent rod the worked it every 100 bales it would stretch , and it would have to be taken off and rebent . The happiest day in my brother and my life when dad trade for a NH.