Found in a Barn, sitting in the dirt for 15 years. Will it still cut hay? Hesston PT10 Haybine
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- I finally bought a haybine to cut our hay fields with. It was found in a barn about 20 miles away. It had been sitting on the dirt floor, for at least 15 years. I will make a few quick repairs and then try to cut the hay field with it. The haybine is a Hesston PT10 and should make a good hay mower if I fix a few things on it.
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Evan, In a Saw Mill you would be known as a Mill Wright. Am I close?
I am electrical and instrumentation or E&I Technician. At least, that what I am called Where I work now. I used to fix factory assembly equipment and program robotic arms. I worked in a garage when I was in high school, changing tires, oil changes, etc. So I have always had mechanical skills. Working on stuff seams to be my calling. But I also like to build and create things. So old farm equipment and Homesteading fit me well.
@@CountryViewAcres I managed the advertising program for a community college that offered an instrumentation program ... There is a Maxwell House coffee plant where I live that makes use of Instrumentation. And you do have a wide range of skills, that's for sure!
Still working good.
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Hi Evan, glad you found a haybine! Looks like a good winter project and making hay next year will be so much more enjoyable!
G'day Pete. Don't worry I will still come watch you cut hay too 🙃
Hey Pete, I was just thinking Evan can use the sickle bar to cut fence lines now! I was fascinated how you did it without hitting the teeth on the fenceposts.
Hey Pete I Love your Videos!!!!
Treat the rust and that thing will be a work horse for years to come. It doesn't need to be fancy it just needs to do the job.
You can buy and have all the up-to-date equipment, but simplicity of the older equipment is really appealing. Plus it is what I grew up with. Being able to diagnose and manufacture replacement parts is a BIG PLUS. you seem to be in hog heaven finding and working with your relics (not to mention the savings).
My husband loves making parts and doing this same thing too. Thank you.
You had me at Hello! Love projects like this. That said, don't ever....Ever....EVER put your hand in that rope loop if the PTO is running......unless you're ok with Lefty as a new nickname!
I'd have gone with a tee handle myself. Easier to let go of.
If we had a loop, it was just to hang the end of the rope on the tractor. Allways grabbed the line across our fingers to pull, never the loop.
No rope loop!! You put the end of ropes like that on the seat and sat on them . That way in an emergency when something happens nin fractions of seconds as the often do,the rope slips harmlessly away and does tear off hands,limbs or the seat pulling you helplessly into what ever machine your pulling.
Looks like a great find. I think you addressed the major issues. A pair of new deflectors and cutter bar sections will definitely help. And you nailed it on the roller adjustments at least from the look of things. I love projects like this too. Also, love how the JI Case purrs.
Man there is just something about watching you work on old hay equipment that really holds my attention! That’s a great addition to your fleet, can’t wait to see it in action next year!
Thanks Tyler. I have been watching your project on installing the hay feeders. Saw you set the posts in the rain the other day.. Looks like you are close to being finished. I think it will turn out great when you are done.
I'm so happy for you. I have no doubt in my mind that you can fix it 👍
Corpus Christi TX
Think you have a winner here Needs some tlc but should work fine deflectors and shoes and other maintenance should work fine
You would better off buying the skid shoes from a dealer ( after market online ect)
It's great how you try to rejuvenate the old equipment and keep it going instead of running out and buying new! Keep it up!👍
Enjoyed this video. Have a great Tuesday and the rest of your week. Thank you.
it is not supposed to make a narrow wind roll it should lay it out the way it did but you are correct it needs the angle deflector I have two of those mowers and they do a real good job. Yes both sides need to cover all the moving chains and belts
I concur. The deflectors aren’t supposed to make a windrow. If it did, the hay would take a lot longer to dry. The one on the right is about the same as the one we had on our New Holland Haybine when it was new. Match that in mirror image and declare victory.
Evan, Engels coach shop did a video of sickle bar mower repair and it could help tune your mower better
Take a part the slip clutch for the reel drive and make sure its not rusted stuck. I broke that cast hub years ago it was expensive and they don't make that part any more. you might have to adjust the springs that help the cutter bar float it should take about 60 pounds of pull to lift the cutter bar. Those are pretty good old units.
Hi 😊. It will be a whole new beginning for you to mow grass 👍. Hope you get time to recover it all and give it paint too. Looking forward to following your great project. Sincerely, Lars from Denmark. Ps Google Translate.
It's really good to have the shop and tools to work on your implements. Happy for you. Y'all be good.
What a difference a year makes. Working on this project out of your new pole barn and using your new welding table. It’s got to give you a great feeling of accomplishment. Nice job congratulations. Looking forward to seeing many more projects in your new work shop. Stay safe
Good job Evan, that will make a good winter project, good luck.. thank you for all your great videos.
It matches the tractors perfectly! Great find!
Congratulations!! I was hoping you’ll finally buy a haybine.
I have the PT7 and it’s working great.
Had the same problem with the jack and suggesting you to weld the piece two feet back from the original location, otherwise it’ll be in your way when you connect the pto and hydraulic hoses, and when you make sharp turns.
Looks like something you can definitely tinker with this winter and have it in ship shape for next hay season. Like watching you fabricate parts to make repairs to the old equipment. Also I'm glad your back making videos, missed them when you were working that long shift. Good job Evan keep them coming and I'll keep watching and enjoying. Take care.
Great going Evan, you’ll have it all repaired and adjusted in time for your first cutting next year. Will you be able to get it inside to work on it, sideways and roller carts?? Just thinking out loud. Stay safe, Fred. 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻✋🏻✋🏻
Hey Evan, When you replace those Deflectors, could you put a sheet of hard plastic there also right in the inside so you would never have to worry about the metal rusting again? All the wet/dry Grass/Hay would just hit the plastic and not the metal
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Put a little money in that old equipment and seems like it last forever good luck
Get it fixed up and actually sharpened and you will be flying around that field. We had a similar looking one and it cut for years. The height adjusters on the bottom make all the difference, I bet you can still get the original ones at the dealer. LOL. Maybee at the aftermarket guys, amasing what you can find in old machinery parts with a deep dive into Google.
Always amazed at you ability to take old things and fix them. Congratulations on the new purchase.
Congratulations on the haybine. With your Tedder you will be in great shape. Don’t sell your NH sickle, keep it as a backup machine, and a reminder on why you bought that haybine.
Hi Evan We had one just like the one you have and It worked very well for many years as long as you service it and look after it will out last some of the newer one today. They were well build back then and last for years. I would help my dad work on a lot of the machinery every winter and I even got to paint them just so they looked good. Why buy new when you can most of the time fix the old. If you have time this winter fixing it up, it wouldn't hurt to paint it up some. You got a nice find Evan and hope it works out for you. I enjoy all your videos and I am looking forward to a lot more of them. Stay safe.
I would love repairing and using an old haybine like that. The combination of simplicity yet complexity of a machine like that is fascinating to me.
Once you have the rest sorted it will be awesome
Contact T & H Sales in Pavo,GA. They specialize in vintage farm equipment. Also, growing up in central Kentucky in the 60's,these were fairly common so parts shouldn't be that hard to find.
Always am impressed with your fabrication and design of parts to make repairs on the equipment. Your welding skills have improved a lot, too. Nice job.
Your getting real good at that fabricating Evan - I'd say A+ on what you've done so far. Yeah it needs more but I'm sure you can whip it in shape. And I also think you'll be a lot happier with it as oppose to that sickle mower - I've never been a big fan of those. I suppose they served their purpose back in the day but some things have improved along the way. Looking forward to seeing how it does in the long run.
Evan ! Well done my friend ! been watching you for a long time now and you remind me of days gone by for my past... it is so true that work is never done on a ranch... and you have to be a jack of all trades to make it work ! then you need to become a Veterinarian...to keep the Critters in good health... I'ed say you have to watch for a bobcat or Lynx with your Turkeys...
you won't discourage them, they have to be killed unfortunately. if you don't have a 12 gauge shotgun with 00 buck and slugs you need one out there... you never know what will come walking out of the woods ! even if you never need it.... it's there if you do. not to mention putting a large animal down out of necessity... not something you want to trust to a .22 rifle.
I am really happy for you to have gotten that mower... as the Sycle bar mower sucked !
your getting there.... a few more years and you can retire ! keep it up ! and resist the urge to go buy a expensive new truck.... the payments are killers ! if you can't pay it off in a year you don't need it ! ... YOU NEED A Old Logan Lathe like mine I have a logan 922 and it changed my life !
at the Ranch I bought a 3 in 1 Mill Drill lathe and that really helped alot ! got it from Harbor freight.... and for farm equipment it is the absolutely needed piece of equipment for the shop
you have a mig welder I see, but you need a AC/DC stick welder so you can weld cast iron !
(tractor housings do brake!) be sure to pre-heat though ! I wish I was there to give you a hand at times LOL i feel for ya ! but keep it up it looks like a never ending struggle at times...and it is. but there is light at the end of the tunnel ! and retiring early worked for me... gave me a bunch more time on the Ranch and things actually got done cheaply !
Great find Evan!!!
My comments are FYI, not in your face.
I don't do in your face, there's enough of that in the world as it is.
One thing
All of those I've seen, we never had one, have a spring "carrier" for the hoses. So they could flex on hard, tight turns.
You know leave yourself plenty of swing room or that steel is going to wear down those hoses. You could also use a bicycle inner tube to pad the holder you fabbed.
Reminiscing, not critiquing.
We always used a sickle bar mower and we hayed two hundred acres. We threw 5,000 square bales in the barn every summer to feed a hundred head through the winters. At least what wasn't sold or went in the freezer An old ford 2000, sickle mower, new holland baler and rake, pieced together or borrowed wagons and four sons and two grandsons.
May papaw believed in work and he always told my uncles
Boys, only way out, is to get it in the barn... and ready or not, away we'd go LOL
Love the memories your channel brings back.
My papaw was, is and always will be my hero.
Farming is a lot of work, but it wasn't work to me
I was with the man who taught me more about being a man, without saying much about it, than anyone.
Evan, you had a fickle sickle lol
Hi Evan, glad to see you got another piece of equipment to make life easier for you next spring. Hope you got it for a fair price with all the repairs needed and parts that need to be replaced. Good luck with things and looking forward to seeing the repairs. You and Rebekah remind me of myself and my wife, we do almost everything together and I rely on her assistance with projects as you do with Rebekah. So good on you both you work well together.
Don’t want to be negative Evan but it’s still a cycle bar. But you can usually raise and lower then back up to unplug it unless you get into dirt then you’re unplugged it by hand. Those are ant-plug rock guards you’ll like them. Also it’d be much safer to have u-joint covers. I had co-worker have one break on a mower and it killed him.
We have and used a Hesston 1110 for years prior to our discbine purchase. In spite of the new technology, they are still very effective. We are bringing back to life our Hesston. Ours has intermeshing steel on rubber rollers. Good luck!
great find Evan I think your cutting days will be just a little easier
Good morning Evan! Love watching & listening! That will be a great haybinder! A great winter project in your new barn!
a very good purchase , nice winter project
nice video, as always, hesston was bought by the italian Fiatagrj, it is normal despite being stopped for many years it still works, as for Fiatagri prerogative, "it must always work in any condition"
Hopefully you will be able to copy the deflector( if they are not available at a dealer) from the IPB (Illustrated Parts Breakdown) in the owners manual.
Love your videos. I was in your shoes starting in hay about five years ago. Started with a sickle mower and had the same issues as you with plugging. We thought about going with a haybjne but decided against it. It’s still a sickle mower at the end of the day. We bought a used 3pt disc mower and haven’t regretted it yet.
Great buy Evan i bet you can still get parts from agco if not you got the skills to make them.
Hey Evan, looks like you got a decent haybine, yes there are things that needs fixing but with you expertise you will have a good machine by next spring, and hopefully be able to cut your hay with a lot less problems than the sickle mower. Cheers my friend.
Just a tidbit of info I found online for you.. might help in finding parts. “The Case IH 555 and the Hesston PT10 are the exact same machine, with different decals and paint. Case IH, back in the late 60's and early 70's was not able to manufacture a complete line of their own machinery, so, they bought machines, like the Hesston PT10 to sell.”
Thanks for the info. 👍
Heston was a good company. Not sure who owns them now May still be parts. available. Or equipment scrap yard
Looks like a great find! It will make hay cutting next year much more enjoyable. Those old Hesston haybines run great and they were built well, just keep 'em greased!
An interesting video. We enjoy your videos.
Love the videos. You genuinely look like you're enjoying yourself and I like seeing journey.
Nice score. Oldie but a goodie, lol. Matches your old tractor. 👍🙂
Looks like it is something worth repairing. A few new fabricated pieces and some krylon and you're good to go.
Good find. I would suggest replacing all the knife sections and fabing up a skid shoe. You want to cut with it sitting on the shoes and not the hydraulic cylinder. You have a nice place to work on it this winter.
I always enjoy your videos..I like how you troubleshoot the problems then fix them..I’m very impressed with your abilities.
Don’t know if you know the saying “can’t make a silk purse out of a pigs ear”, well you sure can. Great job.
with such a good tool. you realy should take it apart and remove all rust and paint it back up again. :D
Contact Bohm family farms he runs old hay Hines like this and just rebuilt one like yours!
Evan the Mechanic, strikes again. Great job
Evan,once you get the bugs worked out of the haybine ,it will serve you for many years to come.Put a good coat of used motor oil on the cutting bar,it will make it perform better.Have a blessed day and stay Safe,my friend.🚜👍👏💯
That looked so much better, like you said, even as it is, better than the sickle bar mower.
With luck you'll get a far cleaner cut, and more hay per acre than before.
Hi Evan I think that Haybine will work well for you.That case looks good pulling that Haybine
You can use a one way cylinder, just remove one hose and install a breather. The weight of the head will let the head drop and then you have more than one tractor option. Thanks for sharing, great winter project.
old fashioned equipment!
Dont know how old those hydraulic hoses are, but you might want to replace them, if not once you work them enough they might burst from dry rot. Besides that look like a good project.
The hoses aren't in bad shape, surprisingly. I have seen worse. I recently replaced the hoses on my Disc, they were in pretty bad shape.
I bought a Hesston baler last year and the guy told me Massey Ferguson parts are compatible ,
Great find, should make things easier for you
That's a great barn find! Should be fixable and work great.
That Allis starts easy. Turn the key and. BOOM it goes !!!
Looking good buddy 👍 just curious how much did you pay for one of them I've been looking for one of them be safe out there your buddy from Nebraska
I paid $1000 for it. I had seen other ones for sales in better condition going for about $1500 to $2000
@@CountryViewAcres $1,000 is not bad at all looks like a good machine after you fix it all up what are you going to do with your old sickle bar you going to keep it around
Wow I was looking at another UA-cam that uses old equipment & I was hoping & praying that you would be able to get one like that wow so happy for you 🙏🏼👍💙
Hello Evan I'm sure you will find it's way better than a sickle mower. You have a good eye for what it needs by the sounds of it. You might find the shoes equipment wrecking yard also you may want to find a shield for the pto, great winter project have a great day.
Can you use the skid off the bar mower? Are the blades on the "new" mower the same as the ones you replaced on the bar mower? Enjoy your videos.
Should be bearings need grease on roller cage bushing on sickle bar and other places .better take care of before running
You might put a metal ring in the pull-pin hole and then tie the rope to the ring, getting the rope away from the edge of the pin hole.
Not a bad machine; you might be able to find a parts machine!
Great find Evan, i'm sure you will have it in tip top shape before spring.
Good morning from Grand Forks
Need to sand blast it and repaint it to keep it from rusting anymore…
Great video Evan. I really enjoy that kind of stuff. Thanks
Hi, Evan! I absolutely love watching you drive the Allis-Chalmers tractor.
New to your channel my husband and I are really enjoying your videos
Hi Evan, I loved the video on the hay binder, You can fix anything.
A few things, 1. A sickle bar mower when set up properly does great in thick stemmed crops, alfalfa and and clover. However, they can be a real pain cutting bunch grass and thick fescue, but brome and Timothy hay is okay. 2. The haybine may be a little better in the tougher cutting grasses since it has the pick up reel to help feed the hay on through to the crimper rollers. 3. There is no substitute for a good disc mower. After 1 horrible season with my old sickle mower, I bought a new disc mower many years ago and never looked back. Best haying purchase I ever made.
Fingers crossed that with your ingenuity and some time over the winter, it'll make a great job of next year's hay, especially as you've got a lot more to cut now... 🤞👌👌👍🏴
May turn out to be a real good piece of equipment - Anxious to see it working when you've worked your magic - Thanks for sharing...
I believe you'll find that your inside floor stays cleaner if you find a spot away from the barn's entrance to clean off debris on equipment. Can you tell I've been the designated floor-sweeper for 40 yrs?
Great new video. Would be nice to have a wider door to work inside. Nice machine. I've switched to a new Hesston now. Your rope is typically attached to the tongue with a pulley attached to the pin. Gives you 2:1 power and direct action. As far as the shoes go, I like a closer cut. The shoes on my new Hesston leave almost 3" of grass or more. Too much compared to where my old new Holland cut.
Hi Evan,
Glad you finally found a hay bine. As you repair it, you should take the opportunity of removing all the rust and doing a decent paint job on it. It will last MUCH longer that way. A good project for the wintertime.
Still addicted.
New fun machine! When running old equipment, it's best to have a second old machine as backup so keep your sickle bar mower just in case. Especially when running the stressful hay projects in between rain storms.
Evan,
I don't want to rain on your parade, but I've got to ask, who paid who when you took possession of the PT-10?
I bought one new in 1969 and I was unable to adjust it to cut Costal Bermuda, even with the help of the factory representative. It would cut sudan, red top, and any taller, larger stem hay, but it would not cut costal.
In my opinion, it was a flawed design. It would cut the grass and pile it in front of the rollers. It would wrap around the rollers, regardless of how the deflectors were set and the angle and height of the skid pads.
After several days of fighting the damn thing, the dealer took it back and I bought a John Deere and it worked flawlessly.
It was the most useless POS I ever encountered when I was farming, with the possible exception of my Lely Roterra, my John Blue High Boy and my 9600 Ford. If I had stuck with John Deere from the beginning, it would have saved me lots of grief.
If anyone reading this had the same issue with a PT-10 and found a solution, I would appreciate learning how you got it to cut shorter, small stem grass of even height, because I finally gave up.
I have Case 555, which is the same as your PT 10. The only issue I have had is the pitman arm threads stripping and separating. Way better than a sickle mower for hay.
Looks Great to me !!!
Evan. You shouldn’t have to Ted anymore once the hay is crimped
If you leave the windrow spread out it will dry faster. But then if you rake it. The leaves will fall off
I don’t like any of the equipment you buy or the brands and sometimes even the functions of the equipment for your climate regardless your channel is fun because you buy the most jacked up equipment and do the repairs I enjoy watching you do the repairs.
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