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Topic: 303
Posted By: Brent.eggers
Subject: 303
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 12:32pm
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Are the Allis bailers pretty good
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Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 12:48pm
I've heard lots of good comments on the 303. From what I've been told A-C was late to the square bale dance and many A-C dealers also sold New Holland balers.
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Posted By: Brent.eggers
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 2:59pm
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We have a couple new hollands they have had better days I no where a case is & looking for an Allis. Seeing how I'm an Allis man wonder if a guy can get many parts
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Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 8:54pm
303 is a great little baler. Not as fast as the newer balers, but in it's day, it could hold it's own. I have two of them. The only weak point is the shaft at the gathering hands gearbox. HTH Tracy
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Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 27 Jun 2017 at 10:05pm
Great old balers.
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Thanks & God Bless
Dennis
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Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2017 at 9:00am
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The Allis square balers have a lot of similarities to the New Hollands Knotters are the same. Haven't heard much negative about Allis balers, but haven't heard that they are over the top fantastic either. Got a friend that still bales up a bunch of hay every year with one. Did hear a good story about Allis balers a while back from a guy, though. He said that as a kid, his Dad and his uncle always put up hay together in small squares, and him and his cousins had to haul them. In his first memories of the venture, John Deere balers were used, and this guy said that him and his cousins spent more time goofing off than they did throwing bales, because their Dad's were always working on the balers. Then when the Dad's came home with two new Allis balers, the goofing off was over. Darrel
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Posted By: Ky.Allis
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2017 at 10:31am
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They are a pretty decent baler but if you want a baler that you can get parts for then forget the AC.
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Posted By: DennisA (IL)
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2017 at 2:31pm
Parts can be an issue, but with that being said the only trouble I've had in the passed 17 years is with the slip clutch and pickup cam. The clutch parts are still available but the cam was not. I had the cam fixed at a local machine shop. Last I checked most of the knotter parts are still available. I do have a parts baler standing by if I ever need a part that's no longer available.
Whatever you get just maintain it and be smart when using and you shouldn't have many issues.
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Thanks & God Bless
Dennis
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Posted By: Brent.eggers
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2017 at 9:50pm
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Thanks guys ok see what I can find. Sounds like a good one would do what I need done
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