[caseman]

have you ever saw one

 

[Red Kiwi]

Nicely restored. I've seen two of them locally, one had 2 Wisconsin motors like this one, the other was a bigger one with a 4 cyl. Ford petrol motor driving it.

 

[WyattB]

Have never even heard of such a thing. Thanks for posting, that it's the neatest thing I have seen in a while.

 

[BigDaveinKY]

Yep. I've seen that one quite a bit. He just lives up the road a bit,
and for a few years brought it to every little parade and show around the county.
It's actually the only one like it I've ever seen.

 

[jhack53]

nice find i have seen some pictures of those but never seen it opperate. quite an idea for its day. i wonder why they still don't make self propel balers, we already make self propel combines and choppers, heck i have seen pictures of a self propel disk.

 

[Peacher79]

That is really neat! I've never seen one. Thanks for posting.

 

[jwal10]

They do make self propelled balers. A lot of them out west in alfalfa and in the export straw buisness. They are built right here in Oregon....James

http://www.alliedsystems.com/freeman/370sp.htm

http://www.alliedsystems.com/PDF/Freema ... 88-018.pdf

 

[mike1111]

I knew NH built one years ago but not that a company still builds one. The NH is one of those machines that I would like to operate for a few hours.....mike

 

[gordon1121]

I saw that baler one time and still wonder why they didn't catch on at the time.

 

[jwal10]

They were terrible to run, hot, noisy, underpowered, 2 motors to keep up and the dust was right in your face. I have run the newer version with 1 engine, not much better. I owned 2 of the first freeman balers without cabs, same problems. Of course early swathers were bad too but usually the crop wasn't as bad as hay. Alfalfa and red clover were bad though. Pull type swathers, windrowers and balers were at least a ways away from the operator....James