Baling Hay With The Massey Furguson 1734 Small Round Baler

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Using our Small/Miniature Massey Ferguson 4'X4' Round Baler For the first time.

[@somethinburnin]

This was the Hesston 530 back in the 90s, we had one with ramps, gathering wheels and manual tie. Damn good Baler!! We ran it mostly with our Zetor 7211 or Deutz D68-06. But once the Zetor was down for a bit, and the Deutz was doing other stuff, so my Uncle and Grandpa loaned the 2510 Diesel John Deere to us, we put it on the baler. It was a PERFECT combination. We got it when we upgraded and purchased a farm near us, that was set up for Round Bales. Flip a door up from haybarn to manger, and just roll the bale out. By the time you got to the end, it was just a bit of the core, and you would feed the calves in the calf stalls just past the cows on the pipe line. 50 cows on the line total. Within a short time frame, there was 4 of these balers in our neighborhood.

[@wildcatwilly]

That's awesome. Where are you from?

[@somethinburnin]

@@wildcatwilly Seaway Valley NNY. We are on Quebec border, in the case of the other farm we had, literally. Back field had international boundary markers

[@wildcatwilly]

That is incredible. Glad to meet you. How you enjoy the content.

[@somethinburnin]

@@wildcatwilly Allot actually. I tend to breeze through and enjoy allot of farm related content. Those what if I could farm again things, or try to see whoelse used similar equipment.

[@wildcatwilly]

I understand that I'm really concentrated on the bulldozer at the moment. In the future I hope not to be a shop guy and be out playing on the equipment.

[@kennethperian4370]

Great job showing and telling,about your baler keep up the good work see ya next time see ya bye.

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@bradyhaynes5373]

Thanks for the video! I’ve been kicking around the idea of getting this baler. I have a farmall 45c cvt tractor and was worried I wouldn’t have enough horsepower! Thanks again!!!

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks for watching.

[@Mainly-boy-outdoors]

Thank you for posting this I've looking at farm Equipment for the future of my small to medium farm.

[@wildcatwilly]

You are welcome! Thank you for commenting on the video.

[@wildcatwilly]

If you can find one of those little hydrostatic tractors they are worth their weight in gold. Stay away from CVT transmissions.

[@crpfarm7011]

I have a 1734 baler, our dealer told us to shut the PTO off when dumping a bale. Bales look great! Love my little baler we run about 400-500 bales a year threw it.

[@wildcatwilly]

Wow that's awesome! Thanks for watching.

[@somethinburnin]

This baler, I will tell you with the wheels, we had a Massey Harris 3pt hitch PTO drive hay rake. We could easily double windrows, and with the rows rolled up against each other, no weaving was required. 2nd and 3rd Cut we could do Triples. Our haybine was a Badger 1009 9ft.

[@wildcatwilly]

They are tanks! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@khtractors]

Those balers are nice for low horsepower tractors. There are lots of them around where I live. Only down fall to them here is they will turn over on slopes. I’ve repaired two that were rolled, ended up building axle extensions on them. I have the 1745 baler which has been great! Just found your channel.

[@wildcatwilly]

Well thank you for watching and the advice. I'll will keep an eye out on the slopes.

[@ThetreeDraggon]

Dang! that is a nice baler. I bet that would work nicely on our Branson 4225ch. I could only wish though at this point in time that i could do that for a living. 👍❤️

[@wildcatwilly]

Keep on hustling brother you'll get there!

[@ThetreeDraggon]

@@wildcatwilly thank you good sir I shall. 👍

[@brucelewis1017]

The first round bailer I ever run was a vicon back in late 70's early 80's

[@wildcatwilly]

Cool

[@ruhlfamilyfarm8047]

I just bought a Hesston 530, my first round baler. Last week was the first time in the field for me with this baler. It is in good shape, probably built in the 90's and doesn't show a whole lot of wear. After reworking the manual tie system (welded a reinforcement on the twine arm which was built way too light for all the banging it takes, ground the anvil perfectly flat and sharpening/adjusting the twine knife - it was incorrectly installed backwards), I got the twine cutter to work. The next issue was that the tractor hydraulic system was too weak to open the tailgate completely (it would only open about 2 feet before the hydraulic relief valve would pop off. I fixed that with two steel washers behind the compression spring in the relief valve to set the relief pressure setting higher. The tailgate now opens all the way. Now I can make a full diameter bale, but the bale will not roll out of the baler! I have to carry a 10' long wood stick to push the bale out one side at a time before it will roll out. My baler does have the unloading ramps. I see that you continue to let the belts run while unloading the bale. The operator's manual is not explicit on this - It says "operate the tractor hydraulic lever to open the tailgate completely. The bale will fall out of the chamber" which it does not. Any suggestions? Thanks!

[@wildcatwilly]

Can you contact me on Facebook I have a video that isn't aired yet that will probably help you I would send you a private link.

[@wildcatwilly]

Leaving the belts run would rub some of the twine off the edges of the bales so we shut the baler down when unloading bales. I would lock open your baler and polish your side walls with a cup brush on a grinder.

[@ruhlfamilyfarm8047]

@@wildcatwilly Yep I figured it had to be a friction issue in the bale chamber. I will try your suggestion with the cup brush. The next window of good weather around here is next week. It takes some doing to work the bugs out of a new to me machine! I baled for years with a NH 268 square baler when the boys were around to help me handle the bales, but those days are gone and I'm forced to modernize. Tractor power is still a 1945 SC Case (rake tractor), a 1948 JD B with a 45 loader and bale spear, and a new modern 1959 Cockshutt 560 (haybine and round baler). Thanks!

[@ruhlfamilyfarm8047]

@@wildcatwilly OK will do. Thanks!

[@user-cb7ir6rc1t]

For a small bailer it looked like it made nice bails

[@wildcatwilly]

It does very well. Thanks for watching.

[@79xlch]

Hop it works for you. We just bought the MF 1840 square bailer. It worked like a dream

[@wildcatwilly]

They are really nice we bought a slightly used one. I have another video of it on the channel.

[@glennbryant1292]

I can't get over how few bales you make.

[@wildcatwilly]

What do you mean?

[@raymondhull3838]

We still use a welger ap61 small bale machine and find such a demand foor the bales for so many different uses, big is not always best. Honest rays smal bale stfaw

[@wildcatwilly]

I agree. Thanks for watching

[@BobSmith-iu3hx]

That baler looks like it is brand new.

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks it's like new! We love it

[@cody8590]

Wow exact same thing as my old hesston 540 haven't changed the design at all.

[@wildcatwilly]

Nice... why change if it works.

[@cody8590]

@@wildcatwilly mines a 92 so that's about 30 years. I get out and clean the hay out of the gate on mine every so often or I have problem with it latching kinda like what you guys were experiencing.

[@wildcatwilly]

I will have to try that. Where are you located at?

[@cody8590]

@@wildcatwilly branson missouri

[@wildcatwilly]

@@cody8590 Nice how many bales do you run per year?

[@smithhomestead1589]

What size tractor was the LS?

[@wildcatwilly]

New Holland tc45da... 45 HP

[@bradjenkins932]

Do you have to turn off pto to dump bale?

[@wildcatwilly]

You don't have to but we've noticed that it helps keep the twine on the edges if you shut it down.

[@dougdayboll4424]

I just purchased a 54d new holland what a tractor I agree with the comintator on theis tractors they are very impressive

[@wildcatwilly]

Yes they are better than the old stuff

[@crazyhass84]

My neighbor baled my hay with a 20 yr old one of these. It was way slower than this... royal pain to start bales. I could bale 2x as fast with my small square baler... So i swore i would never spend money on a baby round baler. Hopefully it works out for u

[@wildcatwilly]

It's really fast but it does like perfectly dry hay.

[@jeffpurdy2347]

Would you mind telling us how much you paid for the baler?

[@wildcatwilly]

It was quite a pretty penny. I would check TractorHouse.

[@davidray5653]

Hello I was wondering how this baler worked out I just purchased one how r they

[@wildcatwilly]

They are fantastic. They work better after about the first hundred bales. I feel the twine system could be designed a little better but if you keep it WELL LUBRICATED. You won't have much trouble. There are a couple of bolts with washers I believe on the right side of the baler. They have paint behind the washers and it makes them stick sometimes.

[@joeydalia2572]

Does it have electric tire or hydraulic

[@wildcatwilly]

Electric but could easily have either...

[@Brandon-td2sm]

How much does that bale weigh approx?

[@wildcatwilly]

They weigh a lot more on Hay. Straw they are pretty light I think 300/400 lb. Thanks for watching.

[@cyoungso]

What's the story with this property? Warehouse with adjacent hay field.

[@wildcatwilly]

Our main company uses the warehouse for storage it sets on a 27 acre commercial property that is over 100 years old... It has larger areas where buildings use to sit that have been torn down and turned back into grassland.

[@bradleamon4466]

Are these balers sold in Australia if so how much do they cost

[@wildcatwilly]

I'm sure that they are check your local Vermeer dealer.

[@wildcatwilly]

Where are you from in Australia?

[@jwmfarms]

1734 was 39" wide by 52" in diameter.

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks.

[@scrappynotcrappy]

What are you using to rake?

[@wildcatwilly]

New Holland side delivery.

[@scrappynotcrappy]

@@wildcatwilly I'm purchasing a MF 1734 baler and a drum mower BDR185. I'm trying to make a decision between a side delivery, rotary, or wheel rake. I'm new at this and I'm not sure what would work best for baling 35-50 acres with this small baler. Most of the side deliveries I can find online are pretty beat up or really old. I'll keep a look out for a side delivery. Do you have a specific model # New Holland side delivery you prefer?

[@wildcatwilly]

I've always used New Holland. Had an Alice Chalmers Side delivery wasn't really that great. They are pretty simple to work on. I have had no experience with wheel rakes.

[@wildcatwilly]

We like side delivery because we have small fields.

[@wildcatwilly]

Charlie said you won't regret any of the machines you have bought. He also said take your time and learn the machines they won't be in good adjustment for about a year. It takes time to get them shined up.

[@crazyhass84]

I dont like the large gap between the belts. Thats what gives u all that hay left in bottom on inside the chamber. I know these r "cheap" round balers but dang...

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks for watching.

[@andrelacombe2131]

Nice baler .keep wiving ... LoL 😆

[@brucelewis1017]

Just make bigger wind rows where it will fill up the mouth of the baler

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks for the insight.

[@skeets6060]

specs on the tractor

[@wildcatwilly]

45 HP hydrostatic transmission

[@tractorsold1]

Any bale too large for one person to pick up is not small. I've handled plenty of 60 lb. round bales.

[@wildcatwilly]

Thanks for watching.

[@kingmanzano]

Wheight

[@wildcatwilly]

What are you asking?

[@danielhammontree8023]

He's driving fast? Lmao I bale at 10 mph.

[@wildcatwilly]

I'm sure you're running quite a larger machine???

[@danielhammontree8023]

@@wildcatwilly only a 468 megawide.

[@wildcatwilly]

That'll wrap it up quick haha pun intended

[@HarrisPropertyMaintenance]

Might be worth dropping your pickup down a little bit more, seems like it’s leaving a bit behind

[@wildcatwilly]

Really I will certainly try that we are using it tomorrow! Thanks!