Let’s bale hay with my old new Holland square baler

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • Come bale some hay with my old new Holland 68 square baler. There’s a few hiccups and we have to go for the back up baler, which is just as old but we get the job done in the end.
    If you’re new here I’m the classic farmer and I’m on a mission to show you, that you can start a farm using old machinery which will make a profit. #farmlife #tractor #agriculture #farmer #hay #homestead

КОМЕНТАРІ • 29

  • @bobpaterson1845
    @bobpaterson1845 19 днів тому +1

    Good job well done 👍 times like these when you know who your real friends are 👌

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  19 днів тому +2

      @@bobpaterson1845 cheers there’s not many that will come to the field anymore but those that come are invaluable

  • @frankdeegan8974
    @frankdeegan8974 13 днів тому

    I helped make a lot of hay in my day, that is the most bales from one field I have ever seen.

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  12 днів тому

      biggest ive ever dealt with as well over 250 bales per acre

  • @frankwurth5375
    @frankwurth5375 13 днів тому

    The old 68 was a popular machine here as well. As for using old machines, thats how farmers of the past survived! It's just the past generation that can't live with out new iron. But in the long run they cannot afford that luxury anymore. When my grand parents farmed, they took years to get the equipment they had, and used it mostly for their whole life, that way they didn't need to farm the whole county just to pay for the new paint and break even! I think we'll need to get back to that practice for independant farming to survive the next generations. This Corporate ag and the greed that goes with it is unsustainable in the long term.

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  12 днів тому

      completely agree i was always told theres no money in farming it just turns out alot of people are doing it wrong.

  • @paulthompson8467
    @paulthompson8467 18 днів тому

    Well done getting the hay finished we didn't get any made weather was too unsettled here in co down

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  17 днів тому

      Cheers i was driving home through co down on my way to bale this and the weather that day and me worried but when i got home it was still holding up

  • @rodneybalog4605
    @rodneybalog4605 13 днів тому

    The hay looks good and thick

  • @olan6600
    @olan6600 18 днів тому

    Good going from the old 68. 👍🏻

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  17 днів тому +1

      id say the 68 is probably one of the most reliable new holland balers

  • @janbeemsterboer4385
    @janbeemsterboer4385 17 днів тому

    I was working whe I was young with the same Mew Holland press.🎉

  • @leestrobel-ly8ne
    @leestrobel-ly8ne 19 днів тому

    good old newholland 68 super hayliner @ 60 bumps a min they bale perfect . looks about 200 bales to the acre

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  19 днів тому

      It was a heavy crop 1000 bales off 4 acres. The 68 handled it well

  • @Bowcrafty
    @Bowcrafty 18 днів тому

    In case you havent looked Our own 68 was dropping knots the odd time this year turned out it was the spring under one of the knotters broke still knotted most of the time without it though so threw me off for long enough.

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  17 днів тому

      cheers for that ill keep any eye in the future for it happening. I traced the problem down this year to the split pins holding the stripper arms up being worn. So the arms were not clearing the knots ad we were getting build ups.

  • @janbeemsterboer4385
    @janbeemsterboer4385 17 днів тому

    Don't forget to put the rope klossen in the back.😅

  • @robertlong7033
    @robertlong7033 17 днів тому

    Another old New Holland 68 from the 1950's still out there chomping down the windrows.

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  15 днів тому

      The 68 baler may well still be chomping windrows when ive stopped chomping myself

  • @janbeemsterboer4385
    @janbeemsterboer4385 17 днів тому

    Sometimes a breaking bolts it's normal. 😅

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  15 днів тому

      Very heavy crop and not a low enough gear in the tractor this was 250 bales to the acrew

  • @6thcence897
    @6thcence897 19 днів тому

    How much is the diesel at pump

  • @janbeemsterboer4385
    @janbeemsterboer4385 17 днів тому

    To me it's looks like that the knives are not that sharp. 😮

    • @TheClassicFarmer
      @TheClassicFarmer  15 днів тому

      the stripper arms had worn down the pins and were not clearing the knotts ive it fixed now ready for straw :)