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That tractor on the square baler brings back memories:

We used a Ford 4100 on a Massey Ferguson small square baler on the farm.

The Ford got a flat, and my younger brother knew better than to continue running. But rather than fix the tire, he just disconnected the baler and hooked up the Cockshutt 1755. The old Massey square baler was rated for about 25 hp input; the Ford 4100 made about 45 hp, so it would start to grunt when baler was getting overloaded and you knew to slow down; it as also open cab, so you were out in elements with no music so you were aware. The Cockshutt had a nice cab with a/c and radio and made almost 90 hp; it also had ability to run PTO at either 540 or 1,000 rpm.

There are different connectors for the different speeds, so you aren't supposed to be able to run them incorrectly, but the set up on the tractor required you to shift the PTO transmission to the right speed. My brother had the 540 shaft in, but left the transmission in high speed. So, he was baling at high speed - almost 2X speed of the Ford, enjoying tunes in air conditioned comfort making up for the time he had lost swapping tractors.

Then he noticed no bales were coming out the back - there were a whole pile of bent parts and a very plugged baler; it never did work right after.

Dad replaced it with a round baler. So, my youngest brother never had to throw bales - he used loader on the John Deere 4430 to drop a single round bale into the feeder.
 

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Your location checks out for a Cockshutt lol. Basically a red Oliver for the Canadian market.

Balers are about like combines, rube goldberg contraptions pretty much built to break.



I have been marveling at this video for years, it must be some kind of contest...

 
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I've seen and heard the same thing about square balers too.
 

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Another oldie but goodie:

 

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It's up there.
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I like to sit on my tractor and make vroom vroom noises.
 

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If you get it running, you don’t have to make the noises yourself.
It does run, but it doesnt go vroom... it goes CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK COUGH CLANK POP COUGH CLANK BANG CLANK CLANK! And it makes me dizzy and my eyes water.
 

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It does run, but it doesnt go vroom... it goes CLANK CLANK CLANK CLANK COUGH CLANK POP COUGH CLANK BANG CLANK CLANK! And it makes me dizzy and my eyes water.
Time to shoot that poor tractor, and put it out of its misery.
 

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