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npalen
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Farmall M had an option which included a generator to power a motor on the hay baler back in the early fifties.
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Farmall M had an option which included a generator to power a motor on the hay baler back in the early fifties.
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I have seen a few of the generators on M's and it was also offered on the 300 and 400 Farmalls, it mounted to the belt drive.
I had not heard of the electric powered baler. Around here the generator option was sold as a power option for power outages.
It never sold very good as it was much more expensive then a pto generator and you could drive a 15 to 20 Kw generator with the M or 400.
It was also clumsy and hard to mount and remove as it's quite heavy.
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Still amazes me how much Farmall was ahead of their time, or at least explored new ideas and brought them to market.
Oliver was also an amazing company. Read that John Deere stole some of Oliver’s ideas on planters.
Oliver was also an amazing company. Read that John Deere stole some of Oliver’s ideas on planters.