I messed up the hay baler. Finishing up our last cut of hay.
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2020
- The hay baler ran out of wire and I messed it all up putting new rolls of baling wire in. I need to get this fixed and finish baling the rest of the field.
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Almost every farm has a tangled roll of bailing wire hanging on a shop wall. You’ll be able to tie, secure, attach and repair things for decades
Lol! Yeah no shit. I would just get another roll as well, or cut it in half so it fits better
you get 2 long wire out of every bail he feeds so getting to that roll may not happen, how ever he could run a few thousnd miles of eletric fence, it may rust but it still packs a punch
jay west , I got one out of the town dump, 40+ yrs ago, and still have 1/4 left..
Evan I know you struggled a bit this first year with your hay gear but I’d like to congratulate you on what I consider a successful first hay season nonetheless! Great job.
I wanted to stop what you were doing but i couldn't its ok we all mess up believe me..... keep working at what you are doing.. if you need help go to the internet they got everything there now-qa-days.. good luck my friend...
Wow, Evan. What a mess. You handled that extremely well. Anyone else would have blown a gasket. And your language was perfect
That's the truth lol if it was me there would have been a while lot of beeps
I would have blown a gasket and I would have made the same mistake that Evan made. So I am glad I watched this video.
Tom Hohenadel Lord knows Id have to edit my video hundreds of times if I had dealt with that lol.
I have a extremely similar baler but it uses bale twine instead, now I’m even more grateful for that! Lol
Evan mate, if you didn`t have bad luck you wouldn`t have any luck at all. Your vids are really entertaining and I think everyone watching is rooting for you hoping for a vid where it all goes right. You`re a decent and likeable bloke and I wish you all the luck in the world. :-)
You never truly fail because you figure it out.. and that is all that counts. Congrats on a successful season!
I was telling at the TV no! Then when you cut it I was laughing and my wife came out and said " what did he pull a you" I said yup. I did that as a kid. Had to wire it back up and cut the bail in half and grandpa made me work 2 weeks to pay for my screw up.
I was yelling at my computer screen too! 'NO don't cut that' and 'No you're putting in backwards' were flying out of my mouth 😆
I've never baled hay, but I was still yelling "don't cut the tape!!!"
I heard him say he was going to take the roll out of the box and I said, "Don't do that!" With our baler we were able to leave the wire in the box. We just knocked the sides out and dropped it in.
You Put the back side of the wire in front! Boy, I am glad that I have never made a mistake.
I know all about twine balers, but nothing about wire tie balers. One thing I did learn, is read the owners manual. It is a wealth of information. When I made service calls, I would show the farmers exactly what I was doing and why. Most service calls were minor adjustments.
The good news is your learning something new everyday and you're doing a great job.
When I saw you cutting the ties I was saying to myself. Oh oh! Sorry that happened to you. You work so hard.. love you guys..
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Yep I saw that one coming a Mile away. Got a good chuckle outta it, I know I would have thrown out my back throwing that dang roll somewhere😂
Noooooooo!!!! DON'T CUT THA..... oh no now you have done it! Hahaha that is the cost of learning something new but you figured it out! Well done.
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Evan, as a First time, Part time Farmer, You suffer from a great handicap. Namely, farming is a 24 - 7 occupation and you are doing it in a 24 - 2 plus 5 - 4:00pm to sunset week. That compacts your time to work enormously. That reduced time period is then farther reduced by Mother Nature and HER Weather especially during the hay season when you could, without weather, utilize the most sunlight. In my book, sir, YOU have done amazingly well this summer getting in 3 cuttings of your fields. Great job living a Great Life - Keep On Farmin" sdh in CT
When you're getting your firewood you should take it from the side of the Hayfield that causes your the shade problem send those trees out so you can get some sun to that hay
Dude! Thank you for that brilliant education. I will remember that when I am reloading wire. CHEERS
That's how we learn, messeing things up
I love your family friendly videos brother great video always
Thanks for a great video Evan. I am a smallfarmer in NZ and have been doing this for 40 years so I have real empathy for you. Have just finished baling our hay for the season and I too run old equipment...Massey Ferguson 135 tractor pulling a International 440 baler....all atleast 60 years old and still works with a little care and love.Keep it up Evan....you can't beat this way of life and an honest days work! I applaud you.
I love your Old case and baler keep them in good shape and keep going
Always enjoy your channel, and today was especially good. Seeing you remain calm and cool and getting it done was great. Thanks for sharing.🐖🐖
Can you imagine: a 1961 tractor still running....
enjoy watching your videos, sometimes you learn the hard way! also, enjoy that you do not use foul language
This is a very nice guy!
Really love watching. I am 72 and not able to hold up to the physical demands needed to run a farm. Should have gotten in to farming when younger. You two are blessed with a great life and beautiful property.
Get a nice inline square baler. Youll fall in love with it. Bales fast and consistently. I just finished my first year of hay as well. Fought for hours in the field with an old international square baler, I gave up on it and got the inline. Way way way better design.
Beat way to learn, the hard way haha. Or at least that’s how I’ve learned
You are livin the dream.
I was born and raised on a farm, hated hey season! The truck Gardens were bad enough! So glad I had the experience though. When you started to cut the band I thought to myself oh no, we always attached the Old Wire to the new and let it feed its own self through. Just another experience in The Book of Life. PS... grandfather had 6 Farms around 2,000 acres. There was always something to do!
Wow you sure did have fun with that wire. It all worked out good in the end. Well done.
When the 1st wire roll exploded from it’s straps, should have just Cut it in half, placed half in each bin. Oh well, sorry it happened. As for the wet hay, maybe before next season, you may want to thin the tree line in that area just a bit. Hopefully it’ll allow for more sunlight to hit your field there. 👍
Good idea, I never experienced a wire tie baler, but I just wondered if you could split the bale of wire,
However my experience when a roll of wire comes apart there is not much use in trying to get it back together,
Like u said that it was a learning thing on that baler, i guess when i was a kid 60yrs ago all the old farmers had more than enough hay wire laying around because they screwed up too LOL
You have patience, Evan.👍
Next year, bring out the hay that doesn't get much sun, out to the middle right away!
Those tractor companies should be paying you...you are a great advertisement for the equipment. I had to Google Allis-Chalmer...I had never heard of that.
Yep, when I saw you cutting the tape with the wire out of the holder, I was yelling at the screen NO! Live and learn. Worst thing I did was cut the straps on a roll of high tensile fence wire unrestrained, it's like a small explosion. Had to throw it away. A bad roll of baling wire still has many uses, farmers can't get by without baling wire and duct tape.
I was screaming “don’t cut the tape”😂
The minute you pulled out that knife I cringed... but you've got a calm demeanor so bravo for persevering..
Live and learn🤷♀️, you're doing great! Best you tube channel💕
Your right clean all the hay out of that machine with air. Never power wash!
I'm not sure if this idea would work but if that happens ever again maybe you can take some ratchet straps around the wire in a few places and squeeze it down to size. Just make sure you can get em out! Lol. Good job on your first hay season. Can't wait to see more.
You’re lucky you didn’t break a needle. When you add new wire always trip needles so number one wire is held by wire clamp, then you won’t miss two bales. Add some oil on wire roll, it will feed better. Watch for shims behind plunger knives. Check plunger rails for adjustment. Good luck and thanks for sharing.
maybe try thinning that tree line out so it gets a bit more sun.
I like how you say cooler. Great video sorry you had troubles but you figured it out.
Love the video cause you work very hard Evan .
Separate the roll into two halves and cut the center wire. Put one half in one side and the other half in the other side.
I didn't realize that they were still using wire instead of twine. Live and learn.
Live and learn from your mistakes. You did ok to not let it get you down. My hat off to you. I would have been cussing and slapping my head.
Lesson learned my friend. I’ve never replaced a roll of wire either so I could/would have probably made the same mistake. You are wiser now and so are we for watching and learning from you. I really enjoy the videos you have and look forward to watching new episodes. Keep up the great work.
Enjoy watching your video
Never take it out of the box!!!! The box is what keeps it from pulling multiple wires into the twisters!
The box doesn't fit. The area is shaped like a U and round at the bottom. It is designed to take the roll of wire directly. It can't stay in the box. Maybe newer balers do, but this baler is around 1958 vintage.
@@CountryViewAcres I see. It was hard to tell from the video. My apologies. I would also suggest oiling the wire though. I do it on mine and it helps a lot. I do have a lot newer baler than yours and the boxes do fit in the holders.
Country View Acres I’m sure you are right about New Holland wire, they probably did make their own when that bailer was new. The generic wire you’re using is meant to stay in the box that’s why it has the punch outs on it-just doesn’t work for your bailer. Was the wire you used prior to this already loaded in the bailer when you got it? Also are there any adjustments on the wire cage that would allow for a bigger spool? Jonathan brings up a good point though...I remember my grandpa oiling the wire on his bailer- hose it down with WD40 and clean up the cage before you rewire it the next time.
@@corydriver7634 he could just.modify the baler so that they fix the boxes. Less fiddling with things and those boxes are readily available. Nothing worse than driving all over the place trying to find what you're looking for
Evan I just want to congratulate you. No mater what you encounter on the field, you always have a wonderful smiling demeanor on you. Stay safe.
Rainy or winter afternoon project: build youself a spool that is narrower than the slot on the baler, and re-wind that 1st bundle. Spool will need slots to re-bind the new bundle, and come apart to remove the bundled wire. Well, OK, maybe more than one afternoon.
Sitting here eating breakfast watching your video. I looked up and saw the knife cutting the tape, I hollered no. I haven't run a hay baler with wire but have run an American scrap paper baler which ran four wires, (made 8 to 900 lbs bales). If you drop or jar the roll hard enough to dent the wire anywhere throw it away. It will tangle bad and will not feed. Also 100lbs rolls. tuff to get in the box that held them. Love your videos
I admire that you publicly show how you messed up, fix it and then laugh at yourself. You'll probably be sitting on your porch when you're 100 telling stories about what happened . Thanks for your videos.
God bless you ! Hang in there....
We had NH 276 twine tie and for reasons I'll never know the only brand of twine that was agreeable to it was NH's own brand of twine. On a older purchased used baler make sure the wear blocks don't down wear down to the point where it can break the needles. Very nice video indeed.
After blowing off and cleaning the baler, spray both rolls of wire with a light coat of WD-40 to prevent rusting and mouse nesting which will corrode your wire.
I put diesel fuel on the wire. After someone suggested it. Should work about the same.
first video and really enjoyed it. that tractor is a beast!
You have so much patience for the work you have to do. I'd of walked away in disgust with that wire problem. You're very uplifting. Thank you and I will continue to watch your videos.
I didn't realize y'all were in Illinois. I could have sworn it was Missouri or Oklahoma. I enjoy you and your wifes adventures. You are so cool and calm in everything you do. You and your wife are good stewards of the land. I'm glad y'all have kitty cats and dogs, because there are a joy to have around. Plus, the kitty cats, they eat all the mice your wife is afraid of.
Keep up all the good work and the good Lord will bless you richly. I'm 70 years old and I enjoy everything y'all are doing. Keep up the good work.
I'm glad you're still using the older equipment, even it needs babying sometime. But in the long run it works. I can remember my grandpa using a mule to plow the garden, that was the good old days. Y'all have a blessed day now and I'll be looking forward to your next video
When at first you don't succeed, try, try again!
You're a good man Evan. Some men would have quit and walked away.
Boy that makes for a long long day!!!
I always kept a couple of bales of dry straw to leave in baler.
Great save Evan, lesson learned !! You’re still doing a great job around there and repurposing older equipment and getting more use from them. Thanks for sharing with us and taking us along with you throughout your journey! 👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Great hay season. Don't be hard on yourself. My hubby is not a DIY guy at all, he has learned so much from you, because of the time you take to demonstrate how you do things! Can't want for more videos!
Well I learned something today lol. I have never seen a bale of hay with metal wire.
Me neither... whenever I’ve heard “baling wire” I assumed it was just a way of saying twine. I’ve never seen actual wire bales around here.
We were both shouting don't cut it
I know it will be awhile til you have to change the wire but possibly if you would just cut the corners off the boxes it would all fit into the holders and then it wouldn’t blow apart
You are absolutely right in cleaning out fully at end of season. If you leave a bale in there you are asking for trouble further down the road. The bale will collect moisture and erode the metal inside the machine and that is really bad. Also you would not be able to use that bale for feed either so its a waste of good hay.
I worked repairing balers from 15 years old and you're right clean out all hay & straw. If you have any (as if you didn't on a farm). It would help next year if you paint it on the inside of the chamber to keep it shiny. If you don't it will still rust, push some old hay through to clean it off. The knives should be bolted and be taken off to sharpen.
Throw a mesh bag of mothballs in a freshly painted chamber to keep rodents out. Leaving hay in the baler is asking for rust and mice.
You are earning your "Hay King" status my friend, great idea to get it in the sun & ted it. Smart to sharpen the knives as well. U might want to think of shortening the bales to about 35" long, much easier on your body & can stack them 3) wide on the wagons. U are doing a great job, most of us took a lifetime to figure out.
Saw that f up a mile away lol, glad you got it going. If you don't make mistakes you don't learn
I'm surprised people will still buy hay bound with wire. Twine is sooooo much better much easier to continue rolls too. No wonder you got such a good deal on the baler.
Drill a few drain holes in a 5 gallon bucket and hang it on the bailer in a good carry spot to have a place to toss trash and wire scraps in the field. You will have a much easier time when you have a known trash can and have to do a field repair or find something odd you don't want to run over in the future. As you store it inside and don't plan to use when there is a chance of rain the drain holes are just a backup as there is always a chance the weather is wrong or you are racing bad weather to get the bailing done.
You would think that tractors would come with a good tool storage space as you always want to carry basic tools, pins and at least one chain but they for what ever reason don't.
stop as soon as it starts to go wrong...
zip tie it
Pull the ties tighter and tighten until it fits.
Slide it in
Cut the ties.
If you catch it early, you don't tangle it.
When you kept messing with it... you guaranteed tangles and need to re-spool. That roll is wire for piecework. Pull the messed up one and put it in the tractor shed.
I saw it coming with that roll of wire; I yelled, but it was too late! LOL. I’ve enjoyed your journey this year. On to the next project 😊❤️
never dealt with baler wire . but when you started cutting the ties i was wondering "shouldn't that be in the cradle . what's going to keep it from turning into a slinky ?". we've all goofed at one time or another.
Check out a Case 8420 round baler. Extremely low horsepower required. Makes a small 3.5 × 4 bale that weighs around 400 pounds. You would thank yourself. U can find cheap because of how small they are.
I'm thinking the clientele he sells to prefers the small square bales. Easier or move and feed. Less waste.
Yea hubby was watching the Vikings here in Minnesota and I was screaming at you ...... I kept seeing a slinky and how if you let it go it just gets all tangled up...... Well you handled it well and now you know. You have taught us the art of staying calm even during a screw up. I am so proud of you and Melissa , Evan you guys are surely doing it well. Congratulations on hitting 50,000 subscribers you are surely on your way to a hundred thousand.......Can't wait to see the baby calves. You should check with some neighbors alot of time farmers have small calves and the mothers can't nurse and they don't want to mess feeding them with bottles. Here in Minnesota they do real well for us when we spend some time nurturing them and I am sure Melissa would love that. My nephew raised a premature calf one time that was smaller than my van tire. I think the farm dog was bigger. You could pick her up like baby. She went on to live a loving life on their farm and even gave birth to a calf herself. He was featured in a farm magazine I will try and find it for you. Have a great fall and stay healthy.... Hugs from Minnesota
Love your channel
Great video, can i just remind you Evan its a good idea to account for any metal and wire when your working i have seen cases where cows have swallowed wire and it isn't good.
Experience is a mean ole teacher, isn’t she? More valuable lessons learned, though 👍🏻
Yup she tests before she teaches
Enjoy watching your videos. This to was my first year baling hay. I am teaching myself with the help of you and a few others on UA-cam. Keep up the good work.
What’s the key take always after completing your first season? Starting mine this year. In TN seems like we have plenty of hot days to dry hay but I’m sure when i cut it’ll rain.
@@ericstyer2890 the old saying “you gotta make hay when the sun shines” never holds truer then when you are making hay. I learned the hard way that making hay revolves around the weather and not your schedule. I now adjust my work schedule to make hay when the weather dictates.
@@christopherpyle3503 yea so much for the rule my work has about asking off 10 days prior to taking a PDO. I recall one time a few years ago we had a drought for over a month. I did a job where we were replacing rooftop equipment and had a fan curb open. My guy didn’t cover the hole, we had clear blue skies, had no rain in forecast, or for the last month and wouldn’t ya know it the bottom falls out. Business owner was livid and I don’t blame him. That’s what raking and baling will be like I’m sure. The guys around us with an actual operation seem to do it within a 24hr period. They’ve got cab tractors and bale barons that cost more than my house.
My Dad got a bunch of hay chaff in his sinuses one time putting in the hay.
He got a bad infection.
The doctors thought they might have to put him in the hospital to get it all out. Totally impacted.
The ENT doctor gave him a med to make his sinuses drain.
He blew his nose constantly for 24 hrs.
Praise the Lord, the medication worked and he didn't have to go to the hospital.
He always tied a bandana over his face while processing hay after that.
Looks like the suggestion to use longer and only straight windrows also helps your one-man-stack-it-on-the-trailer method! Always wise to take suggestions from people who have been-there-done-that. Always impressed at your patience and willingness to learn! Just hope you don't wear yourself out!! You are a great example of how to face problems!
Evan, you did awesome. Loved your patience.
“If there is no struggle there is no progress.” Frederick Douglas
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In the UK back when, everything used baler twine. Wire seems so un-necessarily heavy.
I think I would have made that100 lb roll into two 50 lb rolls when the mishap happened. Good luck!
I thought the very same thing but looking back I think this is a case of it being very much easier to think of than to do! I don't think it would have worked because even after you figure out where to cut it, you still would have the ends intertwined with the loops and cause the same problem.
@@steveholton4130 Well, bailing wire is useful for a lot of other things, besides bailing. He's going to have a lifetime amount of bailing wire to use around the farm.
Mark Holbrook
....my thoughts exactly. No farm is complete without baling wire we just don’t need 100# of it.
Mark Holbrook unfortunately the way those spools are wound it just would have created two birds nests. As soon as he cut the bands off that spool he was screwed. His best bet at that point would have been to write it off as a lesson learnt for $80. Thankfully he didn’t make an even worse problem that would’ve cost more time and money. I felt for him, I’ve been there before it’s hard to recognize when to cut your losses and move on.
@@markeholbrook But he'll now have too much duct tape with nothing to use it on!!!
1:55 You ought to have said a dirty word at that point, I did when I first saw this.
love your equipment reminds me of my youth great job .only one way to and thats by doing
You are one amazing guy.......
That's why New Holland went with baler twin instead of wire.
Bet your glad that cut is done! Well handled and well done as usual...
This winter you can thin out the trees that caused your ha hay to stay damp.
wow this is my first time seeing wire balers im used to the twine and im never going to give up my clapped out twine baler. the twine seem to be much more simpler than this wire. but Great video
I learned more about patience and how to handle my own mistakes and disappointments. Sure makes correcting them a lot easier.
Good morning.
It's a good thing you like old machinery. 👏👍🙏
Slice ...there goes the arm.. 💪 still put it in upside down 😁
Evan. Young man, don't give up. I am by no means a farmer, however, I am the daughter of one, at least the first 5 years of my life he was. He was a share-cropper. He gave it up in 1950. I've been watching your videos for awhile now and I truly enjoy them. I do not laugh at your booboo's. I admire your tenacity. be encouraged and always keep Sunday as your day of rest. Be sure to find yourself in God's House on Sunday. Read your Bible and pray everyday. I pray God's blessings upon you.
I had to ffwd the wire tangle. I was getting stressed for 😂
I guess on the up side you have a lifetime supply of tie wire for fencing.
You adapted and overcame! USMC would be proud of you! Oorah!