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Nebraska | Kooiker - 8/6/2020 23:00
Just curious but are you baling off of a pile or unrolling round bales or ???
Never seen a baler with the wheels blocked and a bale elevator attached to the back before.
Haha yeah it’s a little different setup. All stationary when baling. Before round bales came along haystacks made with a slidestacker or beaverslide as commonly called in Montana were fed into this machine by hand. One guy on the haystack throwing loose hay to another fella on the ground who fed that baler by hand.
My father tells the story of a guy on our crew by the name of Walt. Called him Popeye because of his arms. He’d feed the baler by hand all morning long enough for a semi load, stop long enough for lunch time to eat 2 eggs and feed the baler for a second load in the afternoon. He’d get in a rhythm and never stop. Can you imagine doing that today?
Today we unroll round bales and push in a huge pile and setup next to it and start baling. Bale processors beat the hay up to much we’ve found and make for some ugly looking bales. There is a box that we feed the loose hay into that has a floor apron, 2 big drum beaters and finally an auger that feeds into the baler pickup. Feeds very consistent and makes beautiful square bales.
This baler was bought brand new in the early 70’s out of Portland. JA Freeman and sons now Allied was the company. They are monsters compared to any Deere or Holland hence why they last so long. Extremely heavy built is an understatement.
This baler did 3 loads a day when Sioux City stockyards was bustling, Denver, and finally Ogallala Livestock Market which is the largest barn in Nebraska.
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