Testing out the Hay Rake I bought at auction for $275. How much need fixed?
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- Today I am going to try out the Hay I bought at an auction. The hay rake is a "New Idea 403" parallel bar rake. With some minor repairs hopefully this hay rake will work well.
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Evan, love how you not only share your homestead plans but also that you're teaching some of us green farmers how to fix equipment.
The jack has a position down down to lift, you should be able to turn it upside down for storage. The reason for painting the equipment isn't for looks, it's to prevent further rust. Clean, de-rust, and paint where and when you can. It can be a winter project. Thanks for the video. Jon
Hi imagine all those tool nicely restored and painted what a nice collection it would be
I don't disagree, but there's something about a piece of equipment that's earned its keep showing up wearing its work clothes instead of its Sunday best.
Greg O Agreed, I’m sitting here torn between “That would look awesome!” and “But they show how hard they’ve worked over the years...” lol
I like old rusty tools! It's all the more amazing to me when they work. Lol I built myself a motorized bike, and I can't wait for it to rust over so I can clear coat it! I like rat rod stuff
@@granttoye5852 cool
Just torch some flax seed oil on with
"(Light)" heat.
You need to oil the threads on the rake lift assy. And later in non hay season repair your stuff and maybe restore back to a better shape. Paint Decals etc. Liking your videos they are fun.
When you get to the baler do not mess with the knoters unless you have to just lube and sharpen. If the cutters are dull they will not separate properly and people start adjusting the timing and all hell breaks loose. Voice of experience talking here LOL.
I forget what model Baler we had, maybe IH B25, but it was designed to work with Sisal Twine… It just would not tie the new Polypropolene Twine.
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@@MrOldclunker hhb
It’s crazy how these simple machines do such a good job.
Like the acronym KISS: Keep it simple stupid !
I'm not sure if your still using the old rake but, if you weld another pipe onto the hitch arm (up higher and drill holes in it) you could just move it up to the 'operating mount' while using. That way it will always be with the rake. Just an idea...
This is a GREAT series! I love seeing that old machinery coming back to life.
Nice video. What I seen a few people do is put a bar between your 3pt arms and hook it up to that. So when you aren’t raking you can pick up your 3pt and hookup is easier.
Good job on the take. I like running older equipment for smaller operations, to save on costs!! Thank you for taking us along.
Now days........you can buy modern day equipment just as cheap as the old equipment !!!! Today...I wished I was getting started in farming...instead Im on the verge of retirement. Cheap modern equipment........ready for the field. The only real exception is the land value. Almost impossible to get started........unless a person is " totally " dedicated ! It can be done !
You ought to rethread that bolt on the rake instead of modifying it.
I'm glad you decided to use the Case!
You’re doing great. Love watching the channel.
Always enjoyable. Thanks Evan.
Take apart and sandblast all ur old equipment and paint them.. They'll look like brand new!
Yourdriver40 That would be a nice winter time project.
They would look awesome but I think he's trying to keep costs down. A 2 gallon pump sprayer with Diesel or Kerosene would do the trick and would also keep everything lubed at the same time.
I'd fix it lube it and leave it. If it got seriously broken I'd weigh it in and find another.
@@augustreil I re-use my old engine oil with a mix of diesel in a pump sprayer. It does wonders. petroleum based oils are penetrating oils and do wonders on the rusty threads.
I hope that the Case stays how it is, all it needs is a little Rusteration (look it up... restoration but bringing out the original paint/rust and clear coat)
Found your video for the compost bin. Been watching sense. Nice job and easy to follow. Keep them coming!
Really enjoy your channel. Thanks for sharing your farm with me.🌻
As always, very nice and interesting to watch your video! Thank you from Sweden!
Watch these type of videos all day. Fantastic video.
Great job.... makes my heart proud to see you using all this old equipment....
That hay baler is going to be a piece of cake for you Evan! You've got mad skills!👍
That old Case is a perfect rake tractor. Those are teeth on the rake bars, and it rakes hay into "windrows". What do ya mean needs new tires, those are in great shape for a rake!
Great job Evan, you have things going your way so far 🤞. Looking good, hope the bailer does the job well for you too! Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.
I love watching your videos. You have a good blend of talk and action there and you always seem to accomplish something worthwhile. You also seem to be getting a lot a good advice from your subs. Way to go!!
Hey, I do like that barn, those beautiful old barns I slowly leaving this world. Enjoy your Vlogs!
I gather from the first video I watched (you learning to cut hay properly), you are new to farming. From this video, seeing equipment you are buying, is a very smart move. So many new farmers go bankrupt buying new, very expensive equipment. Do as you are doing, buy cheap. As long as it does the job, that is all that matters.
That rake looks very cool, and relatively simple to maintain. Looking forward to seeing your efforts with the hay baler!
I really enjoy your budget farming endeavor. You will get great satisfaction when you pull this off... Can't wait to see you tackle the hay baler. Great video
Enjoyed your video! Very informative...you amaze me at all that you know how to do! Can't wait to see your hay baling skills!
These take me back. I was running a sickle mower and hay rake on our farm in Oklahoma when I was 12 years old.
Your doing good Even keep up the good work.
Very good video. Clear, easy to understand dialog, and video. Nice job, and good luck finding that spring for the suspension.
that was very interesting to watch you harvest the hay
That looks like it would be so much fun! Restoring and using old equipment in my mind is great "relaxation" therapy not to mention how rewarding it would feel to see it working and producing.
Evan, you look like your in your element here and just loving it!!! Rescuing old farm equipment and repairing it to working order looks like fun times. And I'd bet that you could turn this into a profitable side business if you wanted to. These videos prove that, with right skills
set, anything is possible. Keep the videos coming! Thanks!
Can't wait till you hit the Hayfield! Great video as always.
I guess the local hardware/farm equipment shop loves you!
I love old farm machinery and I always am impressed how people came up with the mechanism.
On the base of your jack always use a block of wood. Helps it not to sink into the mud plus a couple inches more height.
💥 Just came across your channel! I’m enjoying seeing the older machines working in the field. Good stuff! 👍
*Keep on tractoring!*
Yeaaa. Good luck Evan. Love the channel and content.
Love watching the video when they are not too short .
I enjoy buying old stuff to use with the chores. Sometimes you get into more than you planned to, but it generally comes out to be a bargin plus you get the joy of knowing you fixed something that you can use and also saved money. Good luck with the baler.
Very nice. Looks like you figured everything out.
In searching for sickle mowers today I found your channel. I think this is the fourth video of yours I’ve watched so far and I am definitely subscribed! As a long time mechanic I can appreciate when I see someone that knows how to use tools. Except for dropping your impact on gravel. 😂 I’m very impressed with your videos so far. Can’t wait to see a bunch more of the older ones and get caught up to speed with the new ones. Great video! I LOVE the mower and rake! I bet the baler will be VERY interesting!
Awsome! Better equipment than i started with! Good luck
Nice looking Case ! I love those machines, we have a 930 Comfort King...Good luck on your new farm.. we run a small 60 acre Ranch on this end..Oklahoma.. Best regards...R.
It's so much fun watching your videos , especially when you are testing your second hand farm equipment for the first time and we actually get to see how well it works , and then you making adjustments .
Did you and your wife grow up on farms?
You have a beautiful collection of vintage machinery.
I used to run one of those, thanks for the reminder.
Growing up on a farm,you are using the same equipment my Grandfather used we had a twine baler ,even the Allis Chalmers Tractor.Great memories,thanks.
You are making hay while the sun shines ! Nothing better !!!
Evan VS The Hay Baler. Can’t wait! Love the videos! Larry in FLA
Gr8 job on the repair love the channel just keep on trucking at your own pace money is tight time is plenty
You really got yourself a deal!😊❤️
You are doing a amazing job
so glad i found this channel
I had the same rake! Worked good let a freind use it and still has it
Great job putting that rake to use. When we used to rake we made sure the tines didn't dig into the ground and contaminate the hay or straw, it also put stress on the equipment. Of course that depends on how level your ground is. Love your videos, keep 'em coming.
It is called side delivery rake. You can get tines and everything at Tractor Supply
You might prefer the bolts that are on the tines and brackets. The square holes on the brackets are designed for carriage bolts. This allows you to hold the tine in your hand with your thumb or a finger on the head of the carriage bolt and put the nut on the backside. Some people find this easier than using two wrenches, but your impact seems to make it easy enough.
A lot of the rakes that vintage didn't really have a jack. They had a stand with a small chain to hold it in place. when you went to hook up to it, you backed up alongside the hitch, and then got down and lifted that puppy up onto the drawbar. JD got around that by putting wheels up there so you hooked it up like a wagon pole. Dad thoughtit was silly to have ore wheels running down the hay row and knocking the leaves off the alfalfa so we didn't have a JD lol.
I grew up with a New Holland 56. That machine weighed more then what you have. I couldn't lift it until I was 13. What a gut buster! The NH had a gearbox for the ground drive with a cable that would pull a disconnect so it didn;t have to run all the time. It was a 5 bar rake and worked pretty well, it also had two adjustments for height (L and R)so you could fine tune the level.
Oh one other thing, it's just a hay rake. Gear up one gear on your tractor and cut the throttle, you don;t need to run at 540PTO to pull a rake. Makes the job a little less noisy and easier to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air.
As for tires, its a hay rake. Check that tire out, if it is old enough to be a bias ply you can put a tube in it and run it till the cords show. If it's a radial you might as well change it out.
I really love this old farming gear.
Even when people say, that it's too dangerous: It made work a lot easier in its days.
Thanks a lot for the video!😊👍🏻
As a kid and teenager I spent my summers on a small Ohio farm. Your equipment reminds me of the time a 12 year old was allowed to drive the tractor putting up straw and hay. All the equipment was simple and straight forward, especially the chain driven manure spreader with wooden box and beater bars. Thanks for bringing back those memories!
Weld you another bracket on one of the top rails top store your trailer jack on when using the rake. That way you always have it with you, instead of trying to remember where you laid it down.
We live in farming country and there is a little store where you can get and/or order any parts you need for just about every kind of farming equipment.
My NH bar rake has a gearbox. I've never used a rake with a belt drive like yours, but personally after watching this video I am kinda glad about that lol. Hopefully she continues to work pretty well for ya!
Like you I'm getting my hay equipment piece by piece and trying not to spend a lot. We picked up an old IH hay rake that is wheel driven with steel wheels. Needs lubed up but that's about all, not bad for a lawn ornament. Keep the old equipment vids coming, love it
fantastic machine saved as works , they were built to last then
you nailed a lot of this. rake teeth are supposed to be level to the ground like you said. we eyeball it... low enough you are into the stubble to pick up cut hay, but not low enough you are touching dirt ever. that is usually how you snap off rake teeth.. hitting dirt on uneven terrain. On the jack. we have one we just bungy cord up or back, away from the 3pt hitch arm. or, buy or cut a pipe to make another mount and weld it out of place on the rake just for jack storage. Manufacturers do that now. mount one for jacking the equipment and a second one for storage while equipment is in use. On the baler. you will figure it out although I used one for years and never took the time to understand how the square bale knotter works. a lot of moving parts there.
Excellent video, enjoyed the content.
Go to Tractor supply and get a draw bar for your 3-point and hook up that way and once you set your depth you can use the hydraulic lift to pick up the tung. will also make it easier to hook and unhook also you might replace the spring assembly's with automotive shocks....
I made a video a few years ago about how to use a side delivery hay rake. Looked like you were doing pretty good, but maybe I have a few tricks there to make things easier for you. Great to see you are happy with the rake and willing to learn how to do all this.
Looks like a good working rake to me. Well done!
Nicely done sir!
gotta love the Case tractor
Older equipment seems to be simpler and easier to repair. Your have great depth perception turning the tractor to put the hay in straight wind rows. Do find new belt, keep it handy. POSITIVELY, do not have a rider on the tractor, while using equipment. Many older farmers got seriously injured using the equipment you are using. I was not a farmer, but I helped my grand father using these types of tools in the summer. My father pulled my ear, if I did not do the maintenance and inspection prior to pulling out of the barn yard. That rule has followed me through out my working career. I worked on other farms as I was younger during the summers. They warned me as to how dangerous they are. Many times I was told that a neighbor farmer was killed by getting tangled up in the machine. Great to see you are using the older method of farming, on the cheap.
Hey CVA, crank the jack all the way up, measure a block ( wood or cement ) that fits under the bottom of the jack, place the block under and crank the trailer up off the hitch, you're done. Daaaaaa Take a bungee cord and hold up the jack handle to keep it out of the way, fixed. Daaaaa again. Have fun raking & bale before it rains. No Daaaaaaa this time you knew that.
JudithB We had a flat bar with knobs on the ends so it attached between the lift bars. It had a ball hitch on the center of the bar and we hitched the rake to that. Our hay field had swales in it so it was easy to lift the front of rake as we drove over the swales. Just a thought! Its interesting to see you repair the old equipment as my ex did all that stuff. I do remember the baler being a major pain every year. We bought an old manure spreader for $25.00 and got it running, it was a hoot to watch that thing work!! LOL
Make yourself another pipe stub to place the jack on in a safe place on the frame of the rake when not being used. That way you won't be chasing it down when you want to unhook the rake.
Our family were CASE dealers from 1932-1986
You can't beat the old stuff, very easy to repair. Probably good for another 30 years
That is just so cool! Thank you for sharing the drone footage. I'm a city girl but I live in farming and ranching country in the Texas Panhandle and have never seen this before. Everything is modern Combines. Loved it. Will you be painting it Red?
I love the old tractors
Many years ago my father had a rake similar but it had a mechanism to disengage rake from spinning--believe it was a New Idea--think it had a cable that ran on top of frame and spin could be controlled from tractor seat--do remember it was a great rake
Good luck with the bailer. My first one was the bailer from Hell. Never did work and I did not have the "skill set". I guess sometimes you get the bear and sometimes it gets you. I think that you do have the skill. Good job with the rake.
Tyres are consumables which should be counted outside of the price of machine. Your getting on really well good luck in the future. Hello from Ireland ..
You re doings things right, haying old school style. Looking forward to seeing you working on the New Holland. Maybe some drone shots using the sickle mower. Nice!!! 2 thumbs up
I would replace the other tines and start with all new ones and replace both those ride springs. lots of used tires to be had in most towns for a few bucks each or even the donut spares from a auto salvage if the pattern will fit.
Somewhere out of the way on your rake, weld up a holster/storage holder for your jack. Be a bummer if you needed the jack but it's on the other side of the hay meadow.
Nice Score on the rake , Back in the Olden Days done by hand .LOL
You need to drop a jam for every piece of equipment you did good on!
You should call this one I stole a hay rake for a song
I was holding my breath,then I started screaming,it’s working,it’s working.I’m so happy for you Evan. You are so smart. I am so happy I found your channel. I can’t wait to see you start cutting hay. I will be waiting and watching. Lord bless you ,Rebecca and your homestead .Ive got to go back and watch this again, lol
CS Nanny wait til you go back and binge watch the other vids! Lol! Its great!
The old Machinery will Outlast the new ones
I am glad to see your enthusiasm, you need to talk to a few experienced farmers. Don't be shy , they are willing to share there knowledge with you . You just have to be respectful to them and not abuse them. Listen and learn. They will help you get your mower set up ( I noticed you did not have a very good crop cut) makes it harder for the rake to move and windrow , plus a lot of crop left behind. Repair to the old rake was good that helps a lot. Wishing you all the best in your endevers. America needs the small local farmers more than ever. Just do not get frustrated , tomorrow is another day.
The rake worked well and you got a bargain.
Well it’s June. You must be ready for first cutting. Better get crackalackin’ on that baler! Love the equipment videos and everything about the channel.
Rake worked good. Snow tire on left rear. Weld a second bung on upper rail of frame to store jack. Put a 4x6 block under jack for more height. I do.
Just said the same thing, studded snow tire !
That's how I got started. On the cheap. I'm a mechanic by trade, so wasn't intimidated with equipment that was bought cheap because it needed repair. I still have most of that equipment and it all still works, but I've upgraded along and along, now I've sold my cows and cut hay...
Looks good!
Love old farm equipment, just subscribed (UK)
I'm a new sub, and so far good videos.i have a nh 55 bar rake, I put a ag tire on it for 50.00. Ag tires will work better for heavier windrows.thoses rakes are so light that used car tires will probly slip more.. look forward. To ur baler vid.
Bolt a piece of 2X to the foot of the jack. Weld another ring up higher on the rake frame to stow the jack.