Dad had one when I was growing up, loved the sound of that wisconsin, ours never ran as steady as this one. Seemed like the governor was always pullin, might have needed a tune up I dunno, it was many years ago. I do remember she blew a spark plug one time, maybe the last time we used it lol.
My dad was at an equipment show and walked by one of these balers and reached out and gave it a spin. It came a hairs breadth from starting. Needless to say he bought one and it was a working beast. Finally when he was getting tired in his older age he bought a PTO baler and aside from a lot of shear pins being replaced it did almost as well.
Grandpa bought a Hayliner 68 brand new. PTO drive though. Then my Dad bought it from him in the early 80's, and we used it until the farm auction in the late 90's. it didn't need much power, but we farmed hills so we needed more to make sure we got the throw wagon up the hill too :) I see comments saying it needs 17HP, but you still got to pull it and the wagon! Oh, my Uncle bought and mounted a NH thrower unit in the mid 70's for it and then built a couple wood throw racks for it. We bought those too and farmed with them right till the end. the one was getting pretty rough, but they were made of red oak so they lasted decades. They sold for a few bucks at the auction, not much more then the running gears were worth though, wood racks were antique by then. Heck square bales were antique by then. We pulled ours with a 65HP David Brown 1200. Handled the surges from the plunger a lot better then our MM U302(gas). That baler is overbuilt anyway, you can STUFF it full of hay and nice bales will just pump out of the back. Just make sure the knife on the plunger is still sharp.
@@noonenoone4989 ford 250 was a hay baler ford sold in the late 50s with a Wisconsin engine they sold three sizes the 150 was the small baler the 250 was the medium and the 350 was the heavy duty baler for custom work.
@@dodge-ut6ti that's cool. Same engine as the new holland. New holland could of manufactured them and just put ford's name on them. I know Dad liked the feed of the new holland. It wasn't a auger and did not beat the leaves off the alfalfa.
@@noonenoone4989 The small 150 ford baler was made by new holland the 250 and 350 were from Europe l belive. I've seen one 150 and a number of 250s but l have never seen a 350 ford baler.
You need to tighten that will not on the right hand side of that Ford tractor rear wheel or you'll be ruining the splines in that hub if you keep running it loose
We did , the axle junked out a year and half later. The threads were junking out anyway. We tightened the but and the axle still leaked. New seals and bearings with the new axle
If your forking the hay out of the wagon onto the ground then forking the hay into the machine then picking up the Bales and feeding them to your livestock wouldn't it be easier just to Fork the hay out of the wagon to the livestock
@@coltnavrat7383 I don't have to read I have experience bailing with both a 68 and 69 this 68 was just in new Holland 68 that hay liners super 69 which is what's in this video is flat across the top above the pickup where at 68 the twine box cover is below the rest of the baler if you Google a 68 and is 69 you'll see the different
Ha! We had this baler in the PTO model. It was a good baler but the pickup teeth where spaced to far apart. We also had this same Wisconsin Engine on a six inch 40 foot auger. This engine was a piece of crap! I replaced it with a Tecumseh 14 horse power cast iron overhead valve engine which actually had a lot more power than the piece of crap Wisconsin engine.
We had a 2 cylinder Wisconsin on our New Holland baler and it worked GREAT. We could bale in 5th gear wide open with no issues what so ever, Maybe you had a mutt ?? Ours would start right up and run like a Champ !!
Dad had one when I was growing up, loved the sound of that wisconsin, ours never ran as steady as this one. Seemed like the governor was always pullin, might have needed a tune up I dunno, it was many years ago. I do remember she blew a spark plug one time, maybe the last time we used it lol.
I baled with one of them for nearly 40 yrs, pulled by an 8n Ford tractor..
We had the exact same set up on our farm in Australia. That Wisconsin motor was a bitch if the weather was hot , which it usually was .
When it got hot it would always vapor lock
My dad was at an equipment show and walked by one of these balers and reached out and gave it a spin. It came a hairs breadth from starting. Needless to say he bought one and it was a working beast. Finally when he was getting tired in his older age he bought a PTO baler and aside from a lot of shear pins being replaced it did almost as well.
They work well when its not too hot out side. We ended up switched the baler to pto.
Grandpa bought a Hayliner 68 brand new. PTO drive though. Then my Dad bought it from him in the early 80's, and we used it until the farm auction in the late 90's.
it didn't need much power, but we farmed hills so we needed more to make sure we got the throw wagon up the hill too :) I see comments saying it needs 17HP, but you still got to pull it and the wagon!
Oh, my Uncle bought and mounted a NH thrower unit in the mid 70's for it and then built a couple wood throw racks for it. We bought those too and farmed with them right till the end. the one was getting pretty rough, but they were made of red oak so they lasted decades. They sold for a few bucks at the auction, not much more then the running gears were worth though, wood racks were antique by then. Heck square bales were antique by then.
We pulled ours with a 65HP David Brown 1200. Handled the surges from the plunger a lot better then our MM U302(gas). That baler is overbuilt anyway, you can STUFF it full of hay and nice bales will just pump out of the back. Just make sure the knife on the plunger is still sharp.
I always like using our, that baler doesn't like damp/ green hay even if you turn the cranks back out. That bale still puts out a nice bale though
I know that sound, it's very nostalgic. I would here that in the early mornings, and it meant I would be bucking hay.
My father had a ford 250 baler with a engine made the same sound when you worked it.
@@dodge-ut6ti it probably sounds similar, but probably not exactly the same. I would like to listen to one.
@@noonenoone4989 ford 250 was a hay baler ford sold in the late 50s with a Wisconsin engine they sold three sizes the 150 was the small baler the 250 was the medium and the 350 was the heavy duty baler for custom work.
@@dodge-ut6ti that's cool. Same engine as the new holland. New holland could of manufactured them and just put ford's name on them. I know Dad liked the feed of the new holland. It wasn't a auger and did not beat the leaves off the alfalfa.
@@noonenoone4989 The small 150 ford baler was made by new holland the 250 and 350 were from Europe l belive. I've seen one 150 and a number of 250s but l have never seen a 350 ford baler.
Looking at getting one this weekend. Amish owned. Said it runs for 29 or so minutes and shuts off (fuel bowl goes dry)
I was going to say that those motors were hard to start when they were hot or in hot weather.
The 2 cylinders do suck when they get hot, then you have to let them cool down
Did this require a specific flywheel to operate with an engine, or will a standard flywheel work?
Standard flywheel works, Just 3 belts. The baler has motor mounts. Its 3 bolts to put a pto shaft on
According to the manual only requires 17HP. I have seen these balers run with 17HP Wisconsin 2cycle engine mounted on them.
This baler doesn't need much hp, you have to go a little slower and make sure the hay isn't damp at all.
@@michaelwood2297 Damp hay in any baler is not a good thing unless you plan on wrapping it. Damp hay will heat up and cause a fire.
@@Rdrake1413 I know, this baler didn't want to make heavy bricks. After the chamber was full (with 2 1/4 bales), the sheer pin would break.
@@michaelwood2297 From what I have read in the manual you are only going to get a 60 to 70lb bale.
You need to tighten that will not on the right hand side of that Ford tractor rear wheel or you'll be ruining the splines in that hub if you keep running it loose
We did , the axle junked out a year and half later. The threads were junking out anyway. We tightened the but and the axle still leaked. New seals and bearings with the new axle
If your forking the hay out of the wagon onto the ground then forking the hay into the machine then picking up the Bales and feeding them to your livestock wouldn't it be easier just to Fork the hay out of the wagon to the livestock
Hard way to bale
When we were baling, all the bales were loose when we bought them from a guy in a different town..
How many horsepower
The motor is 18 HP, every 10 degrees the engine loses 1 HP
That's as super hay liners 69 not as 68
U can't read
@@coltnavrat7383 I don't have to read I have experience bailing with both a 68 and 69 this 68 was just in new Holland 68 that hay liners super 69 which is what's in this video is flat across the top above the pickup where at 68 the twine box cover is below the rest of the baler if you Google a 68 and is 69 you'll see the different
If u look on baler in video it says 68
Ha! We had this baler in the PTO model. It was a good baler but the pickup teeth where spaced to far apart. We also had this same Wisconsin Engine on a six inch 40 foot auger. This engine was a piece of crap! I replaced it with a Tecumseh 14 horse power cast iron overhead valve engine which actually had a lot more power than the piece of crap Wisconsin engine.
Seems to work great, we also have a pto model too.
Tecumse is bad engine
We had a 2 cylinder Wisconsin on our New Holland baler and it worked GREAT. We could bale in 5th gear wide open with no issues what so ever, Maybe you had a mutt ?? Ours would start right up and run like a Champ !!
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