Ford 7700 round baling hay

Following along with a neighbor as he round bales hay with a 1978 Ford 7700 and a New Holland 850. This field made 14 round bales. Overall, the fields don't seem to have as much material in them as usual. The late freezes hurt a lot of the early growth.
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[@nellsonstout7001]

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[@homesteadaquariusviewmaste3630]

A Big Hay Baby! 😂🤣😂
Fun stuff!

[@smallfarmsurvival4026]

Good times!

[@AaricHale]

Those were some really big bales . I like watching these types of videos . Thank you for sharing !

[@smallfarmsurvival4026]

Glad you enjoyed it! I always like it when I can film someone else and focus more on what the camera is seeing. It makes editing easier.

[@warny835]

Those are HUGE!!!...That Ford sounds awesome.Thanks for sharing.

[@smallfarmsurvival4026]

Glad you liked it. A lot of people make 4x4 or 4x5 bales these days, so seeing a 6x6 bale is pretty impressive.

[@265justy]

Never seen a cabless 7700 before..

[@cheerjim]

Sold many NH 850's and Allis-Chalmers tractors when I was a dealer. Once we convinced farmers that chains were the best way to go, then NH switched to belts. But belts I guess were the way to go.

[@bentlybud]

@smallfarmsurvival Instead of zig zagging with the baler, rake the rows 3 to 1. Go around 3 times and go back once the opposite way and have the rows lightly touch in the middle. You'll get better looking bales and won't have to go side to side

[@agirlandhercows501]

oh my goodness we used to had a bailer like that

[@iggyp7049]

We have an 850 on my family's farm, they are a great baler. Is that one of f
The newer ones with the twine box 9n the front, most ive seen had them on the side, I think they are about a 1200lb roll if memory serves my right. We sti have it, but we haven't used it in probably a decade although we are thinking about raising cattle again. I actually miss hay season.

[@localcrew]

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[@bl688]

Them old NH chain balers were good balers until they wore out and chains stretch

[@michiganhay7844]

Yeah the more chances you take though the more likely you’re gonna have a problem I’m always pretty conservative on the hay

[@smallfarmsurvival4026]

Yep. I've spent many an hour raking and cursing the clouds as they move in. Sometimes there's only a two hour difference between marginal hay and great hay.

[@raincoast9010]

How many small square bales would be in that big round bale?

[@jim169]

1200 pound round bale vs 50 pound small square bale. Big square bales are 2000 pound..

[@jwoutdoors1451]

What does the crank do

[@smallfarmsurvival4026]

It feeds the string on to the outside of the bale. Newer balers have electronic systems that do the same thing.

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