I have a couple hundred bales worth of old straw bales that either mice ate strings, were baled to loose, or whatever that need to be re-baled. My old New Holland 276 "Hayliner" baler hasn't been used in 12 years or more, but has been in out of the weather. I'd say if I cleaned it up and greased it, after cycling a few times it would tie. So one of these days I hope to get the big mess baled up tight. It would reduce the size of the mess into a much smaller area and make using the straw much easier. I've begun using it in the garden to reduce the need for de-weeding, and even better after season ends, tilling it in really makes for much better soil texture and moisture retention.
Don't remember for certain how old this baler is, but for certain we've had it at least since 1970. Used to have a v4 Wisconsin on it as Dad's biggest tractor till we bought the 175 Massey in 74 was an MF50 and it couldn't run the baler fast enough to bale like Dad needed to being he custom square baled in 3 counties. He easily baled well over 100,000 bales a year, maybe twice that, as several customers each baled 10,000 every year. Dad custom baled from around 1950 till the early 80's when hay rolling became popular. The old 276 likely has baled 2 million bales....truly!
Sorry to get carried away on your thread buddy, but you jogged my old memories!
