Unicorn sighting
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Topic: Unicorn sighting
Posted By: dr p
Subject: Unicorn sighting
Date Posted: 22 Jul 2024 at 7:13pm
| Rumor has it there is an intact number 10 rotobaler selling this Saturday in ohio. Anybody know anything? |
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2024 at 4:14am
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This it? https://www.equipmentfacts.com/listing/upcoming-auctions/235960629/allis-chalmers-roto-baler-round-balers-hay-and-forage-equipment?gtmlt=1" rel="nofollow - https://www.equipmentfacts.com/listing/upcoming-auctions/235960629/allis-chalmers-roto-baler-round-balers-hay-and-forage-equipment?gtmlt=1 ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 23 Jul 2024 at 5:49am
| Well that certainly is a number 10. Looks like top conveyor chain is missing. I will call auctioneer today and see if i can get some details. Never seen one for sale before |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 26 Jul 2024 at 6:53am
| They added a 66 combine with a two row corn head to the sale yesterday. |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2024 at 2:28pm
| well, got bad news and worse news. Bad news is there were at least two fools there, worse news is I was the greater one. Looks like a lot of root canals in my future. This is why old men need to have a woman ib their lives, so someone would tell them "are you out of your mind!!! IT DIDN'T WORK IN THE FIRST PLACE" dog didn't say anything |
Posted By: Sherman Farms
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2024 at 3:08pm
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Selling Price of The Baler $7100.00!! ------------- B, C, RC, 3 wc,2 wd,3 wd45, d15, d17, d19, d21, 190, 440, 7040, 918 backhoe, 12 roto balers, 7 60 combines, 40, 66,2 72,90 super, sp100, Gleaner E, F3, 3 L2, R62, and much more |
Posted By: captaindana
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2024 at 8:04pm
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Congrats Dr! ------------- Blue Skies and Tail Winds Dana |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 27 Jul 2024 at 8:31pm
| Will see captain. Winner of the sale may be the guy who bid 7000 |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2024 at 1:25pm
| she is home and safely put in the garage. Will get it greased and oiled this weekend and then back in the garage until retirement. |
Posted By: Sugarmaker
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2024 at 8:47pm
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dr. P, Yes congratulations on the baler! I do remember my Uncle had one of them and made some hay with it for a year or two, that was about 1960 ish. Regards, Chris and Cheryl ------------- D17 1958 (NFE), WD45 1954 (NFE), WD 1952 (NFE), WD 1950 (WFE), Allis F-40 forklift, Allis CA, Allis D14, Ford Jubilee, Many IH Cub Cadets, 32 Ford Dump, 65 Comet. |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2024 at 5:45am
| Thanks chris, you are my role model for when i decide to take the shingle down. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2024 at 8:11am
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Congrats Joe! Looks like it needs a lot of TLC.... ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2024 at 11:20am
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I thoguht it was an interesting concept to make you not have to stop during the tie process. I always wondered if it owuld overload the bailer with all that extra hay circulating in |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2024 at 8:21pm
| I think the trick is to make the rows a little smaller so the regurgitation doesn't overwhelm the baler. Bet it would work better with a d series where you could shift into low while wrapping. |
Posted By: DanielW
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2024 at 7:08am
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From my understanding of talking to an old Allis dealer who owned/ran one, that's what you had to do - either make half-sized windrows or run it at half the ground speed. If you think about it running at steady-state operation, you have to run it only as fast (or in windrows small enough) that the volume hay fed in during the recirc process was what the baler was normally capable of handling. But that of course means the rest of the time when it's not doing the recirc and just picking up normally, you have to be running it at about half capacity. Which no one did, and no one wanted to do.
It ultimately didn't save much/any time compared to a standard roto-baler: True, you didn't have to stop, but if you wanted it to work half-decent you instead had to run at half speed or in half-sized windrows. I'm sure it did certainly save on clutch wear and general frustration - not having to bring the whole kit/caboodle to a stop every 30 seconds. |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 1:42pm
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Well... here's to hoping you retire soon so we can see it in operation, ha. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: Steve A
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 3:48pm
| Might show my ignorance here but I'll write it anyway. Curiosity killed the cat: We had a standard roto baler, used after Allis side delivery rake. We'd always raked so it put two windrows together in a low, wide configuration. That seemed to produce the best bales. Did you have to rake in that manner with this set up? |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 8:28pm
| I probably know as little as you but the videos i have seen have always been baling straw so the windrows have been pretty small. I know when i use my standard rotobaler i rake 4 rows together. But i really only make grass hay. Probably wouldn't work to dry clover |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 8:29pm
| Wjohn, that plan lasted about a week. Already started looking for the missing parts. |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 8:33pm
| if you don't have wide windrows the bales look like footballs.... |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 8:35pm
| And the upper belt gets stuck on the guide for the lower belt. The you get to practice your swear while you pry it off with a screwdriver |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 8:39pm
| My standard works best if you feed it big wide windrows and you creep down the field. Plus it makes it easier to pick up bales if they are closer. I run a rope diagonally across the back of the baler to spin the bales 90 degrees |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 10 Aug 2024 at 10:20pm
That's good news! ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
dr p wrote:Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2024 at 7:14am
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Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 11 Aug 2024 at 7:40pm
| Next year is 30 years in ithaca. A tour in the usaf before that. Had the same staff for the past 15. I'll work as long as they want to. Single biggest reason patients leave my practice: death. Gets depressing |
Posted By: dr p
Date Posted: 19 Aug 2024 at 7:27pm
| Have the week off from dentistry so today i only saw three patients. It was raining so no fieldwork. I decided to hook up the unicorn. Couple lower belts snapped. Tried to replace them with spliced ones (endless for the top). THAT DID NOT WORK. will be looking for a set of lower endless belts. Looking forward to getting started |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 20 Aug 2024 at 6:25am
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Looking forward to seeing/hearing about your progress on this project. Darrel |