Wannabeafarmer? You are thinking of going down the wrong road in the wrong direction. If you have 40 acres of hay you should be planning on making more money on it this year than others will with $5.00 corn. I think you can. I have baled hay for 56 years, it would be 58 but Uncle Sam didn't have any for me those two years. I started twisting wires on a Case hand tie, believe me that is a memory nobody wants to relive. Why would you want to waste your time trying to rehabiletate a baler of that same era? And it would be ridiculous to try that behind a H. If you have not already the first thing you should plan on is broadcasting as much nitogen and potash as you think is economicaly feasible. Then find a H or any other dependable tractor with a wide front and a haybine in good enough shape to cut 120 acres this year. Only use a rake as a last resort. I remember well a year I had a beautiful crop of arlington red clover and orchird grass, but the clover had gone down and tangled. I started cutting one morning with the H, a 115 side mounted mower and an Owatonna conditioner behind. Dad was cultivating corn in the next field with the MD. The divider at the end of the sickle could not seperate the swath and the the conditioner would try to take both and couldn't. I was having a very hard time, mid morning I noticed Dad had left. Just before noon he came to the field with his 350DU and a new IH 990 haybine. That was absolutely one of the best machines we ever bought. The hay drying in the windrow without raking improves the quality. If you have the help an desire to use a small square baler I agree completely, I baled between 21 and 22 thousand bales last year. Horse people are a good market and they difinetly prefer small squares, but make sure it is clean and bright with no mold that is why you should have a haybine. Good balers are fairly plentiful and cheap, any of the medium sized ones made in the seventy's would be a much better choice. If you like IH look for a 37,47,430,440,435 or445. An H will handle any of them and they will make the best shaped bales of any. That also means a lot to the buyer. I wish you the best of luck and hope you do make more than $5.00 corn, Chuck
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