Rotobaler fun
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Topic: Rotobaler fun
Posted By: ToddnwIl
Subject: Rotobaler fun
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 7:15pm
We finally got our rotobaler in the field today. Hay was a bit tuff but we made 25 ok bales. We don't think this baler has made very many bales as we bought from the original farm. 
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Posted By: Ed (Ont)
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 7:47pm
| Cool. Brings back memories! Lol. |
Posted By: Don(MI)
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 7:49pm
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Baler looks cherry! Nice work! ------------- Galatians 5:22-24 "I got a pig at home in a pen and corn to feed him on, All I need is a pretty little girl to feed him when I'm gone!" |
Posted By: jvin248
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 7:56pm
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. Looks great! We had a WD and Rotobaler when I was growing up on the farm. Never saw the round baler run. Only the WD mounted rear sickle mower. Rotobaler was always full of wasp nests, so I never messed with it. I believe the family bought the rotobaler before my father took over the farm (dairy) operation. Expansive urbanization in the area made the milk haulers stop picking up the milk. Not enough farms, too far from the freeway. So when my father pivoted into selling hay to horse owners and straw to home builders, the causes for no other dairy farmers were in the area. He needed square bales to sell to them and the rotobaler rusted away. We had a MF baler and later a JD, which I learned all the swear words poured over the knotters. And how to beat them with a crescent wrench. Granted, the knotters always acted up when hay was cut and rain was moving in. I'm beyond his age then and completely understand. I found a WD that was built within two weeks of the one we had on the farm. You have a great kit there. Keep going. . |
Posted By: Gary Burnett
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2025 at 9:11pm
| Looks good,I baled alot of bales with a Roto Baler hooked behind a WD45 back in my youth. |
Posted By: ToddnwIl
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2025 at 7:11am
| We put new belts and springs in it before we tryd it. And tryd to set everything up according to the book. Seemed to work really well. Hopefully make some better bales next year! |
Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2025 at 12:05pm
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My father would want 2 rows raked together when he used the roto baler. It helps feed the hay consistently and makes better bales. Nice looking baler and nice looking fields. Thanks for posting. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2025 at 12:08pm
| Big fluffy consistent rows make the difference. |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2025 at 7:18pm
| Boy you got that right steve. Finished baling third cutting trefoil this afternoon. Had lots of queen anne lace in it so i tried to keep windrows smaller and zig zags to make bales even. Couple of times got caught speeding and the end top belt would get stuck on the guard. Would have to pry it off with a screwdriver. |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2025 at 11:33pm
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Those are some great pictures of a good looking pair. I was hoping to try out my Rotobaler this year but the wheat didn't do well enough to bale straw. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |