Sweet music to my ears and fine memories a plenty! Those sounds are so ingrained in my mind......a John Deere Cyclone A and John Deere 24T baler.....instantly takes me back about a half century to some of the most wonderful and memorable times of my life. I spent many years on a John Deere A cutting, crimping, raking and baling hay. I still remember them with the fondest of memories. The sights, smells and sound of a time long gone except in my mind. Only difference is that we used a hay hook to drag the bales from the ramp off the back of the baler then stacked them on the wagon until full, then hooked up another empty wagon and kept going. Thanks for the memories!
Great job with that Model A and 24 T combo. I'm a John Deere 2 lunger buff myself, best sound anywhere. I still have a 14T baler I could use, I bought it for $50 about 25 years ago, the bottom floor of the bale chamber was bad, rusted and wore thin. I found a piece of 10 gauge sheet metal a little wider and longer than then chamber floor. With patience, time, angle head grinder, and welder I managed to make an exact copy of the original chamber floor. And that14T worked very well.
Soul sti.ring pulse of 2- cylinders and a hungry baler. Thank you for sharing. Keep good care of them. I own a '51 A and do light mowing with a no.5 caster wheel power mower. Drive it nearly daily. Makes me and my neighbors smile. 👍🐓😁
You can't beat a smooth operating 24t. I think it is one of the best balers ever made especially for its age. Have you had to shim the plunger, it seems to run really smooth. I love the sound they make when they tie.
just picked up 2 24T i will be pounding out bales this summer. the 24t will be behind my 1950 A john deere tractor and i do the racking with my 1951 B john deere. cant wait
24T was my baler while dairy farming.Great baler ! Wife drove 560 Farmall.....I stacked on flat rack Daughter hauled loads to dairybarn (3) high school boys hired (2) stacked in hayloft).....(1) unloaded on conveyor and they rotated Dry hay,thick windrows, we pounded out 1610 bales in 7 hours I stacked everyone on racks . I was dead tired and still had to milk cows after supper ( my summer milking schedule was 8 and 8 )
I used to be the high school kid stacking in the dairy barns. Best we ever did was 6 total people put up 1200 bales under the threat of rain. One ran the baler tractor. I stacked the wagons, a daughter shuttled wagons and 3 boys loading into the loft. I can still hear an old baler trip a mile away.
Awesome video! It's nice to see somebody else working the old A's. I also have a '49 A but in a wide front with an uncut hood that I try to work as much as I can.
love hearing that of JD, but the hay is very very lite, not sure if its a ton per acre, yesterday where I was baling, average 5.2 ton per acre, that little JD baler wouldn't be used.
Whats the serial number off this John deere A i need to know im looking for 606008 if anyone finds this tractors serial number its stolen from me please anyone who finds my 1949 john deere A will get a reward
alfafabaler, yes is is a good baler. I adjusted the plunger several years ago when I got the baler. I need to adjust it again-I get a little chatter on corners sometimes.
The hood is "cut", like most of them are. In order to replace the muffler, the steering shaft, hood, grills had to be removed. So most of them fell victim to a chisel and hammer to prevent taking it all apart. I had the clutch cover off then but it is now on.
I did something similar last Sunday but I was using a 1954 John Deere model 50 with a New Holland 311 baler. The field wasn't all that flat and I was chewing on some bigger windrows. The 50 got a work out.
I can see by the spec it does have "independent-optional" PTO. But I remember like it was yesterday that our JD 50 did not have live PTO. It also did not have power steering. Must have been available options?!?
Dwight L, I just read about Deere's 50 in Green Magazine. I could have sworn that Live PTO was standard form the beginning of the the series. Power steering became an option in 54 Check out greenmagazine.com
@@dwightl5863 No IDT so, not to many options back in the day. It's music to my ears too, the place I live on now was my Grandpas He had an A and a B, baled hay with him many times with a wagon on the back and me with a hook.
@@MoDeuceM35A2 what year its the john deere A I'm actually looking for my husband's 1949 john deere A with the serial number 606008 because it was stolen from us by my husband's peace of shit uncle out of our barn and we found out my husband's uncle sold it and willing to buy it back with a big cash reward for the person who has the tractor in there possession and having the tractor returned to my husband
Sounds of a time when things were more simple and enjoyable.
Sweet music to my ears and fine memories a plenty! Those sounds are so ingrained in my mind......a John Deere Cyclone A and John Deere 24T baler.....instantly takes me back about a half century to some of the most wonderful and memorable times of my life. I spent many years on a John Deere A cutting, crimping, raking and baling hay. I still remember them with the fondest of memories. The sights, smells and sound of a time long gone except in my mind. Only difference is that we used a hay hook to drag the bales from the ramp off the back of the baler then stacked them on the wagon until full, then hooked up another empty wagon and kept going. Thanks for the memories!
Thanks for the comments!
@@MoDeuceM35A2 do you still have this tractor
Alpha, man did you just call it! I keep mumbling about buying an old A or B just to hear and feel that again. Wife can't understand it. 😁
Great job with that Model A and 24 T combo. I'm a John Deere 2 lunger buff myself, best sound anywhere. I still have a 14T baler I could use, I bought it for $50 about 25 years ago, the bottom floor of the bale chamber was bad, rusted and wore thin. I found a piece of 10 gauge sheet metal a little wider and longer than then chamber floor. With patience, time, angle head grinder, and welder I managed to make an exact copy of the original chamber floor. And that14T worked very well.
Love the sweet sound of a 2-cylinder baling hay. I could loop this and play it for hours!
Soul sti.ring pulse of 2- cylinders and a hungry baler. Thank you for sharing. Keep good care of them. I own a '51 A and do light mowing with a no.5 caster wheel power mower. Drive it nearly daily. Makes me and my neighbors smile. 👍🐓😁
Those sounds are like music to my ears brings back memories of baling with my grandparents and my dad and uncle
You can't beat a smooth operating 24t. I think it is one of the best balers ever made especially for its age. Have you had to shim the plunger, it seems to run really smooth. I love the sound they make when they tie.
alfalfabaler v
You can hear those old balers " tripping" for a long way off on a quiet summer day
I used a 50 with a 24t years ago for my bailing. when I went from the A&B tractors to the 50 wow what a difference the live pto made on the baler
just picked up 2 24T i will be pounding out bales this summer. the 24t will be behind my 1950 A john deere tractor and i do the racking with my 1951 B john deere. cant wait
24T was my baler while dairy farming.Great baler !
Wife drove 560 Farmall.....I stacked on flat rack
Daughter hauled loads to dairybarn
(3) high school boys hired
(2) stacked in hayloft).....(1) unloaded on conveyor and they rotated
Dry hay,thick windrows, we pounded out 1610 bales in 7 hours
I stacked everyone on racks .
I was dead tired and still had to milk cows after supper
( my summer milking schedule was 8 and 8 )
I used to be the high school kid stacking in the dairy barns. Best we ever did was 6 total people put up 1200 bales under the threat of rain. One ran the baler tractor. I stacked the wagons, a daughter shuttled wagons and 3 boys loading into the loft. I can still hear an old baler trip a mile away.
Awesome video! It's nice to see somebody else working the old A's. I also have a '49 A but in a wide front with an uncut hood that I try to work as much as I can.
Great video, love the sound of the tractor 🚜
love hearing that of JD, but the hay is very very lite, not sure if its a ton per acre, yesterday where I was baling, average 5.2 ton per acre, that little JD baler wouldn't be used.
we use to use the same thing when i was a kid. an A and 24T bales a lot of hay with it. geat job.
Awesome tractor idling at the end - amazing.
WORST PART....
PICKING THEM UP... ugh
Don't understand why he didn't use a hayrack
The Putt- Putt of a John Deere Tractor. The Sweet Country Life. On a Farm! The Smell of New mown Hay! Don't get no better!
Try running an Allis round baler with a B. Easy down hill, just put it in neutral and ride the brakes. Up hill, just go back up and coast back down.
Very cool. I'm from this era. I'm too separated now to know why round bailing has taken over.
as an old farm kid,,,, i wonder the same thing. i think square bales were better anyway.
Whats the serial number off this John deere A i need to know im looking for 606008 if anyone finds this tractors serial number its stolen from me please anyone who finds my 1949 john deere A will get a reward
I couldn't agree more, my Dad has two antique John Deere tractors
Are you in 2nd er 3rd gear?
Somebody added that jack to the front of the baler. Nice old baler.
I grew up with that sound in the 50’s love it and the memories.
We still have a 70 D
Baled lots hay with 14t and A. The B could handle straw but hay was a little too much for it.
Awsome sites n sounds of my childhood! Thank you
I listened to this back in 1962 at a neighbors farm in se MN. He had a unstyled A with a24T baler
alfafabaler, yes is is a good baler. I adjusted the plunger several years ago when I got the baler. I need to adjust it again-I get a little chatter on corners sometimes.
Yea mine chatters on corners too
Loved the video. I have a 14T and Ford 8N.
What happen to your hood by the muffler? And your clutch cover?
The hood is "cut", like most of them are. In order to replace the muffler, the steering shaft, hood, grills had to be removed. So most of them fell victim to a chisel and hammer to prevent taking it all apart. I had the clutch cover off then but it is now on.
Super cool
Great video!
Fabulous! absolutely Fabulous :-) :-) :-) :-)
I did something similar last Sunday but I was using a 1954 John Deere model 50 with a New Holland 311 baler. The field wasn't all that flat and I was chewing on some bigger windrows. The 50 got a work out.
I can understand that because the 50 didn't have live PTO. My Dad later got a JD 620 that had live PTO. What a difference that made in baling.
Dwight L, the 50 does a live PTO.
www.tractordata.com/farm-tractors/000/0/3/35-john-deere-50.html
I can see by the spec it does have "independent-optional" PTO. But I remember like it was yesterday that our JD 50 did not have live PTO. It also did not have power steering. Must have been available options?!?
Dwight L, I just read about Deere's 50 in Green Magazine. I could have sworn that Live PTO was standard form the beginning of the the series.
Power steering became an option in 54
Check out greenmagazine.com
@@dwightl5863 No IDT so, not to many options back in the day.
It's music to my ears too, the place I live on now was my Grandpas
He had an A and a B, baled hay with him many times with a wagon on the back and me with a hook.
Do you want to sell the john deere A and bailer both
No, sorry I don't want to sell
@@MoDeuceM35A2 what year its the john deere A I'm actually looking for my husband's 1949 john deere A with the serial number 606008 because it was stolen from us by my husband's peace of shit uncle out of our barn and we found out my husband's uncle sold it and willing to buy it back with a big cash reward for the person who has the tractor in there possession and having the tractor returned to my husband
@@kristafoster7190 1949 serial 631xxx
@@MoDeuceM35A2 what's the last numbers because it only shows xxx
@@kristafoster7190 I don't want to give out my complete serial number. But you can tell by the first 3 digits this is not the one you are looking for