Harvesting Hay Bales

Big Tractor Power heads out to the field with a variety of tractors and hay tools. This video features the process of making small square bales of hay. Viewers will learn about a Case 2290 Tractor and 13 ft John Deere 946 MoCo mowing alfalfa, a Case 1070 Agri-King Tractor raking hay with a 12 wheel Hesston 3983 hay rake, a Case 770 Agri-King Tractor baling hay with a New Holland BC5070 baler, a New Holland 1069 Automatic Bale Wagon "harvesting" the hay bales and a Case 1070 Agri-King tractor with Great Bend loader stacking the hay. This video also shares J.I. Case tractor and New Holland hay machine history. For example did you know New Holland has built over 700,000 small square balers?

[chuckwilson]

Grew up running 1049's and 1069's bale wagons. miss those days!

[uTubed]

Thank you so much for taking the time to describe the chemical tank atop the small baler at around 4:20

[BRPFan]

I worked on many New Holland small square balers and also the New Holland pull type and self propelled bale wagons back in the NH days at our local dealership. Good video!

[uTubed]

Not-a-farmer-here: Thank you BTP for showing this operation which I had never seen on TV, magazine or some other website.

[Dwightmenzies]

Love seeing the old 70 series still going strong in the field thanks for the video 👍

[bobsmith]

Great video of classic Case tractors. So of those I haven’t seen in years.

[codyludwig]

Cool if one can afford all that equipment, Those new Holland bale pickers sure save time in the field when you got that many small bales to pick up.

[cheatinggravity]

Nice video, well done. We used to sell our best horse hay at our feed store, 15 miles away from the farm. I generally tried to keep the hauls as short as possible, but in this case I would truck it there with the bale wagon itself, as the alternative was actually alot slower and involved much much more labor.

Glad to see people out there still that aren't afraid of work. Good job guys!

[fallowcroftfarm]

Really enjoyed this video I have a 1069 bale wagon what a time saver!! I’ve Never see anyone unload it with a grabber like that I learned something new today!

[spliceoncharlie]

just caught this video. great video and thanks for sharing. to me square bales were always more efficient than big round bales. never seen one of these machines before but glad I did not, since I earned lot's of money slinging and hauling and loading and unloading these square bales in my childhood and younger years. there was bailing two times each year (late spring and late summer) and numerous square bales to load and unload and money for a young kid to earn and put in his pocket.

[bigpapi]

I love that bale wagon. I worked every summer baling hay back in the 1960's and there was nothing like that back then. All manual labor but God was it fun!

[markstengel]

Cool to watch old machinery still operating as when it was new. Equipment must have been maintained and serviced as directed by OEM's Love fresh cut hay smell Have Great Weekend 🚜

[robbybachmann]

Wounderful video about small square bale haying with some classic tractors. If you are ever in western Canada we run a similar operation except with green iron and New Holland Equipment.

[JohnDoe-jqwy]

The other reason the bales are discharged and positioned on the This prevents the gophers and other rodents from chewing on the twine. When I was on the farm I fallowed the baler and turned the bales on there side. Later, when I was "promoted" came up with a 2 x 4 that extended beyond the discharge and would drop the bale in the "rodent free" position. GREAT STUFF

[hankfink]

That is some cool machinery! I especially love the automatic bale loader and the Great Bend Loader on the 1070 is awesome! I never knew anything like that had been invented. Thanks for the great video!

[johnbrown]

When I was 15, I helped the neighbors, They just a band new white 1070 std. tran.
On are farm my mother and I had a new Holland 273 super sweep baler & a NH 1069.
Mom and I (12-13-14 yo ) would average 34, 000 bakers a year.
We had 14' 400 Versatile sweater with a rollers. Oliver 88 standard gas tractor.
Thanks for sharing.
That was so nice first new tractor I ever operated, 15 and living the dream. lol
58 now, Great memories.

[jaykettlewell]

Great to see people still using the older model Case tractors

[ThisLifeWeLive]

Erik is gonna love this video! Especially the hay accumulator!

[dakotaalexander]

Ever since I was 3 or 4 yo the very first vehicle I ever rode/drove was a massy furgeson tractor. Ever since then I have been into tractors/heavy equipment and never grew out of them

[scruffy]

Thank you BTP. Nice line of case tractor they have on thier farm. Never have seen the bale pick up machine in person. I have handle to many bales by hand. Nice looking hay. New holland has made a lot of machinery over the years. Stay safe.