Motor for 24T JD baler

[John Barker]

Hi. I'm new here, so forgive me if I make mistakes
I have a JD 24T baler that I want to haul with my old 58 ford tractor. The ford does not have a PTO so I want to put a motor on the baler. What hp do I need to make it work? Any small engine or do I need to be specific? Any help would be wonderful... Thanks in advance.......

 

[5030]

You'll need a Vtwin at least 20 horsepower and I think there is already a V belt groove in the flywheel. International used a Wisconsin twin on some of their old balers.

 

[John Barker]

Thanks. And I know haying ain't easy....but it sure is fun... At least until the morning after

 

[5030]

Take a look at how the Amish do it. They use a gas engine to power their square balers. Not fun for me, it's business. It really don't take a lot of power to spin a square baler, the flywheel provides the inertia to push the plunger and pack the hay. other than compression of the plunger, the baler is really coasting along.

I rarely handle it, I have a regular crew that handles/stacks and loads bales. I help out ocassionally but mostly I run the machinery and write the checks.

We have around 7000 bales in the barns right now with more coming. I haven't ran rounds yet but will next week when my new NH rollbelt shows up. I wore out the old one.

I like to 'sit on it' until about December and then sell it but I have the room. Nice offseason income.

 

[rtimgray]

Hi. I'm new here, so forgive me if I make mistakes
I have a JD 24T baler that I want to haul with my old 58 ford tractor. The ford does not have a PTO so I want to put a motor on the baler. What hp do I need to make it work? Any small engine or do I need to be specific? Any help would be wonderful... Thanks in advance.......

I've got an old JD 24T baler (that works great so far), but mine is the normal PTO version. I have no idea if it would help you, but I've got the owners and parts manuals that show the configuration of the original Wisconsin engine that was mounted on it. I can scan in the pages and email them to you if you think it would help.

Good luck and take care.

 

[flusher]

Hi. I'm new here, so forgive me if I make mistakes
I have a JD 24T baler that I want to haul with my old 58 ford tractor. The ford does not have a PTO so I want to put a motor on the baler. What hp do I need to make it work? Any small engine or do I need to be specific? Any help would be wonderful... Thanks in advance.......

Something like an air-cooled 20-25 hp Wisconsin engine is generally used. Double or triple C-size V-belts between the engine output shaft and the baler flywheel.

Google "baler Wisconsin engine" and look at the images--there are dozens of photos showing how it's done.

Good luck.