Oxford Iowa Antique Hay Expo and Tractor show
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Topic: Oxford Iowa Antique Hay Expo and Tractor show
Posted By: allischalmerguy
Subject: Oxford Iowa Antique Hay Expo and Tractor show
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2010 at 8:55pm
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It rained on Friday night so no baling in the fields! But we had 25 tractors and many old balers in attendance. We did some demos and enjoyed good company and food! Tomorrow after noon, IF it is dry enough we might be able to bale some straw or hay. We have balers from New Holland, Massey Harris, International/Farmall, Minn- Moline and AC. Some work and some do not.
Tomorrow we have church service at 9 am and may be we can get into the field in the afternoon...depends on weather of course. |
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Posted By: allischalmerguy
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2010 at 9:00pm
  Here are two photos of our Antique Hay Expo and Tractor show in Oxford Iowa
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Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 24 Jul 2010 at 11:31pm
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My grandfather would say : All you have to do to make it rain is cut a field of hay.Darn rain always fouls up a good day of baling ------------- 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: allischalmerguy
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2010 at 7:18am
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Thanks Pat,
That is for sure! It is an Iowa law too! Mike |
Posted By: allischalmerguy
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2010 at 7:20am
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Here is a video of one of the old balers....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNkErrBNEhc - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNkErrBNEhc |
Posted By: R Aiken
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2010 at 7:52am
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The old New Holland 76 baler brings back some memeroys. When I was about 5 years old my dad still put up loose hay. One day a neighbor was baleing hay behind our barn. The first time I seen that thing I was about scard to death, never seen anything like it. And about the same time, mom went to Xenia Ohio to get baler twine for the neighbor because they didnt sell it around here, to pay the baleing bill.
I have used a few NH 77's and had one of those Massy Harris.
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Posted By: Robert Musgrave
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2010 at 1:05pm
| Our farm had a New Holland Super 68 baler; I remember reading below dealer tag/serial number plate the following tag: "The hay-in-a-day machine." I think not! If you count mowing, crimping, raking, baling, loading and unloading it covered most of a young lad's summer! |
Posted By: CJohnS MI
Date Posted: 25 Jul 2010 at 2:29pm
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Oh sweet Lord! That's what was used on our small dairy farm Was already long retired, I asked if I could have the engine, Old Lady Graves said yes, and I worked like a tireless monkey, unbolting that cast iron Wisconsin and hauling it to Clarkston High School ( I had me a buyer). Thats when I learned that ANY engine left in the stone row can rust up, and we spent the best part of a week, soaking the pistons, pulling the heads, pounding the piston tops with a block of wood and sledge. Honest Injun, we bolted the heads back down (with the old gaskets even) it fired right up, and ten years later, the guy I sold it to (Al Rabe) was still using it to haul abandoned railroad ties out of the swamps in Davisburg. It was a lot more work - but I got my money. Even so, I was a durned fool, shoulda, woulda coulda - dragged that machine home and just sat on it. I liked the looks of that baler - you could see and understand how everything worked on it. |
Posted By: Jim Lindemood
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2010 at 8:09am
| That old baler still makes a pretty nice looking bale. |