330 baler

wonder how many of these are left out there? we sold a few of them but most were twine tie not wire like this one, one of these days I am going to go thru this one and tie some up cnt

As a kid I spent many days behind the baler stacking on the rack, but I have never seen a wire tied bale. That had to be dang tuff on the hands. My grandfather used to fix all kinds of stuff with what he called baling wire. Was the knot just twisting the wire? Is baling wire even available? Good to see someone still has one. Rod.

I missed one in IL about two years ago. I wanted it, but the online bidding got messed up, and I lost it for less than I was actually willing to bid.

Rod, yes the "tie" on a wire baler is just twisting the wire and wire is still available it is just expensive my neighbor up the road still has and uses the 283 NH baler that we sold his Dad new in 1974, when using a bale wagon( like he does, and he still uses the NH 1037 we sold them new also) to stack hay a wire tied bale works great as you can really make a tight/heavy bale his will average 75lbs in grass hay, I have wire up at the shop he gives me from his bales I will take a pic of the twist and post for you cnt

Spent many hours, in the late 60's & early 70's sweating behind a 330 Wire Tie. It had the hydraulic tensioner & the boss was always cranking it up. I'd pray for a breakdown so i could get a break, but she'd keep shoving them out, hour after hour. 1 of the 2 boss's daughters would be running the 930CK dressed in short shorts & "T: shirt.

I to spent many, many hrs. riding on the wagon pull hitch trying to keep the knotters tieing on 330s. Even with the best sisle twine, we had knotter problems. Dad was known as the "Baler King" of the Syracuse Branch. At first they had a single finger on the twine disc. Engineers worked with Dad and came up with the additional thumb on the finger to increase the disc tension, but then the twine would slip out of the billhook. When you tightened down the billhook the twine would break off at the knott.
I was 45min. late for my highscool graduation because of a 330 baler.
Loren

Almost always used a hay hook to handle the bales. Almost never had to touch the wires or strings except when disposing the wire or strings when feeding the hay.

Old baling wire was a must around the farm for temporary repairs. Most every piece of old, second hand, modified equipment had some used baling wire hanging on it handy for the repair that was sure to be needed.

Bro
The last wire twister we sold was a 160 with an air cooles 126 on it. I can fill 4 pages with stories of our experiences with Case balers. MY Dad started his experience with a stationary and an L tractor custom baling loose hay that was stored in haymows.
Loren

HAY Bro, my Dad was also called upon here to work on balers and was good at it except for the Case balers, I think it was that we was selling so many Backhoes and tractors he did not like dealing with the baler end, now swathers was a different thing as we always had them on hand before haying season right up until the 1075(last new Case swather we got in and sold) was released and then shortly after they dropped Harvest equipment, in the last 25 years or so I have "gathered" a small fleet of Case balers and become able to fine tune them fairly well, now understand this the Case baler 200-330 series are not hy-capasity balers and do not make the tightest and uniform bales, but in straw they will make a bale so tight and solid the strings will hardly leave the bale face when lifting, I also relly like the way they look and sound when hooked/and baling behind a Case tractor, my Dad once told me some 20 years ago I should have been working on them back in the dealership days and not him LOL one double edged sword is the feeder head, although I really like the way that this being attached to the plunger and it offsets the plunger "lunge" it also is a some what high maintence part, I have done a few mods to mine and they now give me very little trouble BUT I do not put that many bales thru mine any more 500-3000 a year so I do not mind the small things, one other note that the Case feeder head can give you fits in is dry brittle crops, I also found in the parts book a big improvement for this aggervating feeding problem and it does help a lot but still requires you to get shut down and push the "slug" of non fed crop into the chamber, enough of my rambling just want to say I still really like to look behind me a see the little "farm sized" Case baler chunking out bales behind me cnt

We've got 5 balers from 220 to 330. 220,s and 230,s tie better than 330. 330 has double twine disc too, but still doesn't tie like the smaller balers! But the 330 has the longer tongue and 3 joint pto shaft that allows you to not have to run so close to the windrow!! Like that!!

My first job was riding the pto powered baler when you still had to stick wires .My brother got that job an ocasionally my mom.I got the dirty job of hooking them together when i could see through the clover dust!! Later used wire that had to be twisted.Dad later changes baler to twine with the addition of the POPE attatchment that was pretty much a nightmare as in missed about as many as it tied.Baler was trades for new case with there own version an it wasent any better!!Than i purchased 133 an as long as we kept good wear blocks on plunger it was fine an made really square bales.But than turned to New Holland Best move

When I get my "200" and its parts machine home,you will need to make a trip to "work" on mine!
Great pictures Tom.