IH 47 Baler

[Jim at NineTrees]

First thank you all for your advice and Lew thank you for the email.

Well I bit the bullet and bought the 47. $900 was to good to pass and it is in really good condition.

We cleared out all the plastic twine and put in sisal (9000' ball) and timed it (thank goodness for the owners manual).

First three were a little loose, increased the tension and bingo nice tight bales. I can see why you need to use sisal and why plastic can bind up on the bill hooks, there is no sweep are to clear the knotters. So I can also imagine that you have to keep those bill hooks in near prefect condition.

So, I am going to give it a winter tune up and put in the shed until I need to bale. I will let you all know how it works.

Thanks again,

Jim

 

[tessiers]

I've got a NH but the story is the same, she wants sisal 9000, anything else and she throws a fit. I run mine with a Farmall H, 25hp so power won't be an issue, slow and steady wins the race. Guy I bought it from sheared pins constantly, figured there must be something wrong, sold it cheap. I bought it and have sheared only 2 pins in 2 years, both 2 min apart on the same plug.

Good Luck!!!

 

[Jim at NineTrees]

T,

doesn't that farmall get bounced around with the plunger?

 

[Dill]

I've run my IH 435 with both an H and a Farmall 400. They don't get shaken that much since they have weight. But since I grew up with Deere's I felt odd way up on that seat with nothing around me.

 

[tessiers]

I like being way up on that seat, doesn't bounce too much, that old H probably weighs as much as a 50 HP tractor today, it ain't no compact thats for sure.