Old equipment gettin it done. We run a 1965 IH 706, 1964 IH 37 baler and we believe a 1948 5 ton running gear I think made by carriage wheel or something, i think sold by sears. Id have to look again. Eats plenty of grease and i have no issues with letting it take what it wants. Thats key to old equipment in keeping it going. That and the bill hook is getting wore on baler so we started using a heavier twine, like a lot heavier. We just did 250 bales and it didnt drop 1 knot. Smaller twine itd drop about every 8th bale or so, randomly on each side.
We certainly try to keep our equipment running in like new condition the best we can. It certainly is trying sometimes when you are just trying to get a job done like baling hay. I'm a firm believer in preventative maintenance goes a long way.
@@Cobbhillfarms I worked maintenance in the Hot Strip in a steel mill for 37 years as a Millwright and I can agree with preventative maintenance lol if it dont get grease, oil or adjusted it will fail
Nice tutorial on knotters! We use almost the same haying equipment as you, a NH 273 square baler and NH 56 hay rake and NH 644 round baler. All pulled by CASE tractors.
Thanks. Knotters seem to intimidate people but they are pretty simple once you understand how they work. The older equipment is essential to the operation of our farm. Dont have the overhead of expensive loan payments and there simple/ cheap enough to maintain. There is not to many CASE tractors being used for farming around here anymore. I can think of one farm on the next road over that still farms with CASE tractors. We have a few CASE collectors in the area that show theirs. But that's really it. Thanks for watching the channel. Its greatly appreciated.
@@Cobbhillfarms Your philosophy is nearly the same as ours. We just picked up a very good NH 275 baler for a spare from a retired farmer who was going to scrap it for $600. We figure we have less than $10,000 in our haying equipment and it is very dependable. Or, we could have $100,000 in haying equipment to do basically the same job. And, be paying interest on borrowed money. No thanks!
Good job Matt. That is some fine looking hay. Love the equipment. And i can almost hear my grandaddy saying.....Boy, you gonna regret not having no sleeves on them arms lol. I never wore long sleeves hauling hay. And i was always iching something terrible way before we were finished lol. Thanks Matt👍
Thanks. It was a long day's work but new I did something at the end of the day. I started wearing sleeveless shirts a couple years ago. What a difference in staying cool. I only wear sleeve shirts out in public when going out on the town. They only hurt the first burn of the season.
Great looking hay and bales! I think this channel is gonna blow up. Ppl love seeing old iron on this size farm. So much more relatable than watching big farmers running equipment that costs 2 million dollars on auto steer lol
Thank you. We are trying our best to keep the "small family farm" idea alive. I have always done things on the farm that I have found enjoyable to do but also at the same time it has to make sense dollars and cents wise as well. We are striving to make as much a living off our farm as possible while. With my mechanical background old equipment is where it's at. Nothing special needed to fix and parts are still readily available for most of the machines we have. I'm glad that people seem to be enjoying what we are trying to do here and the video content put here. Thank you for watching the channel. Its greatly appreciated!!
I know just enough about the knotters to get by. My friend that owns the round baler is a wizz with square balers and knotter systems. He has been fixing them for years. I will say once you understand what each parts job is and how they function they are pretty simple. There timing is key.
Hahaha. I know. It is painful. All kidding aside I do really appreciate my neighbor letting me use it though. If it wasn't for the john deere I would be out of luck as far as the round baler. I made it right the day after I baled my hay though. I helped my friend that owns the round baler bale his hay. I pulled that round baler with his IH 856. All is right in the world. 😊 Thanks for watching the channel.
Old equipment gettin it done. We run a 1965 IH 706, 1964 IH 37 baler and we believe a 1948 5 ton running gear I think made by carriage wheel or something, i think sold by sears. Id have to look again. Eats plenty of grease and i have no issues with letting it take what it wants. Thats key to old equipment in keeping it going. That and the bill hook is getting wore on baler so we started using a heavier twine, like a lot heavier. We just did 250 bales and it didnt drop 1 knot. Smaller twine itd drop about every 8th bale or so, randomly on each side.
Hello everyone great vidéo and equipement great jobs cobb hey from Alsace in France
It's nice to have a driver for your tractor
It sure is. Thanks for watching the channel. Its greatly appreciated.
I love this channel
Making that old equipment operate like its new :) keep it up
We certainly try to keep our equipment running in like new condition the best we can. It certainly is trying sometimes when you are just trying to get a job done like baling hay. I'm a firm believer in preventative maintenance goes a long way.
@@Cobbhillfarms I worked maintenance in the Hot Strip in a steel mill for 37 years as a Millwright and I can agree with preventative maintenance lol if it dont get grease, oil or adjusted it will fail
awsome video matt thumbs up and shared
Nice tutorial on knotters! We use almost the same haying equipment as you, a NH 273 square baler and NH 56 hay rake and NH 644 round baler. All pulled by CASE tractors.
Thanks. Knotters seem to intimidate people but they are pretty simple once you understand how they work. The older equipment is essential to the operation of our farm. Dont have the overhead of expensive loan payments and there simple/ cheap enough to maintain. There is not to many CASE tractors being used for farming around here anymore. I can think of one farm on the next road over that still farms with CASE tractors. We have a few CASE collectors in the area that show theirs. But that's really it. Thanks for watching the channel. Its greatly appreciated.
@@Cobbhillfarms Your philosophy is nearly the same as ours. We just picked up a very good NH 275 baler for a spare from a retired farmer who was going to scrap it for $600. We figure we have less than $10,000 in our haying equipment and it is very dependable. Or, we could have $100,000 in haying equipment to do basically the same job. And, be paying interest on borrowed money. No thanks!
Good job Matt. That is some fine looking hay. Love the equipment. And i can almost hear my grandaddy saying.....Boy, you gonna regret not having no sleeves on them arms lol. I never wore long sleeves hauling hay. And i was always iching something terrible way before we were finished lol. Thanks Matt👍
Thanks. It was a long day's work but new I did something at the end of the day. I started wearing sleeveless shirts a couple years ago. What a difference in staying cool. I only wear sleeve shirts out in public when going out on the town. They only hurt the first burn of the season.
Great looking hay and bales! I think this channel is gonna blow up. Ppl love seeing old iron on this size farm. So much more relatable than watching big farmers running equipment that costs 2 million dollars on auto steer lol
Thank you. We are trying our best to keep the "small family farm" idea alive. I have always done things on the farm that I have found enjoyable to do but also at the same time it has to make sense dollars and cents wise as well. We are striving to make as much a living off our farm as possible while. With my mechanical background old equipment is where it's at. Nothing special needed to fix and parts are still readily available for most of the machines we have. I'm glad that people seem to be enjoying what we are trying to do here and the video content put here. Thank you for watching the channel. Its greatly appreciated!!
".....or even put a block underneath it." Sounds like option One, to me...(as opposed to the several others...)
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My old 268 works almost perfect, good thing cause I know noting about fixing knotters.
I know just enough about the knotters to get by. My friend that owns the round baler is a wizz with square balers and knotter systems. He has been fixing them for years. I will say once you understand what each parts job is and how they function they are pretty simple. There timing is key.
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Sonunds like an H😅
Could you add a red filter to your camera when your on that one tractor LOL
Hahaha. I know. It is painful. All kidding aside I do really appreciate my neighbor letting me use it though. If it wasn't for the john deere I would be out of luck as far as the round baler. I made it right the day after I baled my hay though. I helped my friend that owns the round baler bale his hay. I pulled that round baler with his IH 856. All is right in the world. 😊 Thanks for watching the channel.