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That hydraulic ram was a neat idea. Our fields are too uneven for that setup. We normally use a spring loaded pickup with an adjustable guage wheel on the outside right. Ken Sweet
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That hydraulic ram was a neat idea. Our fields are too uneven for that setup. We normally use a spring loaded pickup with an adjustable guage wheel on the outside right. Ken Sweet
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There is an auction coming up this Sat. and there is a NH Super 77 PTO that will sell. Sure would hate to see something like this wind up sold for scrap. I'd love to see one of these restored, a farmer used one of these with the Wisconsin engine behind an Oliver 77 to bale our hay when I was a kid. I remember how that thing would rock back and forth when he stopped for something. Sure brought back memories when I saw it today. The one in the attached picture is not the one, but it was it's twin, looked to be in about the same shape.
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Heck, don't let it go for scrap. Jump in there and save it. I have never been in the field with a 77. Looks really intimidating in the pic. Ken Sweet
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I sure would love to, but I'm too broke and broke down to do anything with it. One thing I remember that I thought was odd, when the baler tied, the plunger would stop at the end of the in stroke and the plunger rod would telescope out and pick up the plunger on the nest stroke, couldn't watch close enough to figure out how that worked, the needles and knotters was on the side, I was seven or eight years old then and already hooked on machinery.
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Hayfields around here tend to be pretty flat so the ram works fine.
I meant to ask: in preparing your 124 did you remove the bale chamber knives for sharpening or replacement? I need to do this job on my 124 and getting access to those knives is a real hassle. You can crawl into the bale chamber from the output end to get access to the fixed knife, but it's a real tight squeeze and very uncomfortable, especially for an old fart like myself. And you can disconnect the drive arm on the plunger, retract it, and get to the moving part of the knife.
The other way I see is through the top of the bale chamber by removing the three rails that the packer forks work through to get to the fixed knife.
I've never seen anyone service these knives before so I don't know the slick and easy way to do this job.
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance.
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flusher, if you get stuck in that bale chamber, we know how to get you out.
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We did not need to sharpen the blades on this 124, however, through the top of the bale chamber by removing the three rails that the packer forks work through to get to the fixed knife sounds like the way the design was probably intended to be used. Ken Sweet
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flusher, if you get stuck in that bale chamber, we know how to get you out.
Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.:laughing:
It's so tight in there that I couldn't reach my cell phone to call 911 and get the paramedics over to my place to perform a balerectomy if I got stuck.
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Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.:laughing:
It's so tight in there that I couldn't reach my cell phone to call 911 and get the paramedics over to my place to perform a balerectomy if I got stuck.
You are so funny. Ken Sweet
