First Time Ever Baling with an Inline Massey Ferguson 1840

Trying out my new to me Massey 1840

[@brianolson1211]

bought a 1839 about 10 years ago, best thing i ever bought for the farm, and my sanity

[@rickwaters5267]

We used to bale with IH from the 50’s into the 70’s. Used a Hesston 30 stakhand for the next 30 years. Rebuilt it 3 times. Finished up with aJohn Deere 530 round baler. Still missed the old squares. Just easier to feed. Thanks for the video.

[@TheRice07]

Love your videos Dennis. I have an older in line Heston baler and I love it. I'm rebuilding several hay wagons and your older videos on your wagons was very helpful. Thanks again!

[@DLHFarms]

Awesome

[@almyers8074]

Good morning Dennis! Glad to see the baling process is ever improving. I like the in-line setup and more camera angles. Thanks for the ride-a-long.

[@w.tranbarger1727]

Thanks for the video, I love your baler and sure you will also. I run a Hesston inline baler and its the cat's meow! What I've found is you have to keep the knotters clean, much hay will collect on them with these balers and tend to foul the knotters if you don't clean them, wish I had the knotter fans. About every hour I need to clean them by hand or blow them off with a hand held blower. Yes, these balers make bricks that your customers will love. The key is run quality twine, no cheap stuff or the strings will break or not always tie well. I make 32" bales to stack 3 across, end to end on an 8' wide truck or wagon bed. And they stack well since they are good tight bales. At 32" the bales come out every 10 strokes or about every 10 seconds in thick hay. I start with 3 guys on my 20' wagons pulled behind the baler, then drop down to 2 guys, then one as the wagon fills. I offload with a grapple that lifts 12 bales at once to stack in the barn. Biggest problem is finding 3 guys to help me. I'm interested in an accumulator the reason I'm watching your video. Mine is a fast haying system that an accumulator can't match. I have an old guy to run the baler and I do all the unloading with the grapple. Fine if I have help to stack the wagons. Pucker factor goes way up with 20 acres of hay on the ground and my help doesn't show. Reason I need an accumulator as a back up. I sell the small squares for horse hay and my customers all love the solid bales.

[@deanbrown4512]

I have a Massey 1837 bought about the time I bought the accumulated like the first one you had. They both work good together. You won't regret buying the 1840. You will also enjoy being able to bale any direction you want. I think a camera on the bale chamber looking at the accumulator.

[@ryangrimm9305]

Glad you can appreciate the weight of those bales; as a 13 year old one of my farm chores was following the baler and lifting them up onto a wagon being towed by another tractor. The baler was pulled by an Allis-Chalmers row crop from the 1940s IIRC, and the baler was of similar vintage. MIND YOU, this was in 1967....

[@chucklesx]

I can see the next upgrade to the fleet being a bigger rake, the new baler could handle double the size of windrow with ease. Not a bad problem to have, higher productivity/efficiency is always a good thing 😊

[@dustinadams9136]

Great looking new tool Dennis should have some happy customers with bales that look like that! Thanks for sharing.

[@jrgenthomsen3841]

Thank You for the video great seeing you again,so glad to see that you’re new baler works,looking forward to seeing more video’s

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@michiganfarmer5208]

12-14 strokes per bale is where mine makes the prettiest and most consistent bales. That inline will make a bale down at 8 strokes per bale but the consistency is a little more off. I've run our inline for 5 years now. Absolutely love it. Won't go back. I can turn which ever way is more convenient to me.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes that’s what I’m seeing too. If you stuff it too hard you get not so pretty bales, but the NH is the same way. If you force it the bales look bad.

[@Tools-Tested]

Nice upgrade, thinking about getting a in-line my self. Thanks for the video!

[@lescolvard2694]

I have the same baler and preservative system, and it works great. Consistently makes solid 36” bales in 12 strokes, sometimes fewer!

[@williammatzek4660]

Over the yrs i've bucked a few bales. I can hear every stroke the plunger makes.

[@DLHFarms]

Me too

[@almyers8074]

Good morning Dennis! Enjoyed watching you work while I had my morning coffee. Nice little brush clearing machine. Looking forward to baling season.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks 👍

[@stuartroland9605]

Your new baler sure looks to be making some nice bales .they will look even better when the paint is all off the slides .Take care and have a great haying season.👍👍

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@michaelmcguire1431]

I really like those balers. I hope it serves you well! Really enjoy your videos. Thanks for all the time you put into making them.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks so much!

[@hylineprime]

Every change of the pressure setting requires the baling of about 5 bales of hay to change, because of the hay in the chamber. It's not immediate . Good luck with your new baler Dennis. You will love that inline !

[@boltactionshooter]

Beautiful hay and great looking bales! I know how you are feeling!

[@memyselfandifarmer]

Once again thanks for the Norden AF10 videos. You sold me on it. I have been running my MF 1837 baler with 5 EZ trail hay baskets and wanted something more ME friendly. I have no tension on my baler and only rely on the back force on the sliding board of the hay baskets and AF10. My production is down 50% here in western PA this year.

[@DLHFarms]

Mine has been on par with last year so far except for this one field.

[@TraviesoNC]

Good stuff. We are going into our 3rd season with the 1840 and can’t be happier. It doesn’t make banana bales and the longer chute also helps with making firmer bales which is good when picking up with a grapple. Also can move along a lot faster than my buddies NH5070. We mounted a wireless camera on the back for those hard to see spots. The only problem we’ve had is with the PTO slip clutch right in front of the flywheel. It can be stubborn engaging at times so be sure not to grease the joint near the clutch to much.

[@DLHFarms]

Awesome glad your liking it

[@stephensfarms7165]

Hey Dennis, I hope the family is doing good and growing. I like your new hay baler. Nice looking hay bales. Enjoyed watching.👍👍

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks! Everyone is doing great!

[@Snowtruckdriver]

Back in the early 70's we put up 1000 acres of alfalfa 4 times a year for a rancher in Eastern Washington. We had 3 John Deere 214 wire tie balers and we packaged our alfalfa in 125 pound bales for shipping to dairyman on the coast.

[@deniscousley6905]

As young men we brought in the bales on a trailer loaded by hand and the baler was set tight for bales for home and loose for selling as you got more bales per acre when loose.

[@HerrHalmakenreuter]

nice Video. 30 Years ago i bought a old MF 20/8 bailer . it was almost 15 years old or so at that time , the straw bales it put out were 35 metric kilogramms.Very good bailer greetings from east Frisia

[@johnrose9840]

You've got an excellent set up there. I would love to have a setup like that

[@Husker3435]

Another good one Dennis, glad you new purchase is working well. Keep em comin and hope y’all had a great memorial day weekend 🇺🇸

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks yes we had a good weekend! Hope you did as well!

[@Husker3435]

@@DLHFarms 10-4 hoss👍🏻

[@jonathonfitzgerald1991]

I'm little late but really enjoy your videos! Keep up the good videos!

[@mikeembrey9176]

Hope everything continues well for your baling season looks like a good setup 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@aafarm1652]

Very nice set up! Like the new baler! Know you will enjoy it! Great video!

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@niallcasey2057]

Glad to see a man enjoying his work and efforts . Good machinery helps a lot. Good luck with the MF .I love mf machinery.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks 👍

[@samuelscragg7052]

Definitely different than a normal baler. I like tension adjustment. I have Deere 338 baler and I like the hydraulic bale tension on it. You’ll probably really like this machine after getting use to it. You hay looks really good.

[@DLHFarms]

Different but still liking it so far after baling over 8000 bales with it.

[@nmwelder6994]

The massy Ferguson Heston balers are great balers. We run a 2290 which is a big square baler. They are tight strong bales that have no give. One thing to keep an eye on is the knotters. If they get slightly misaligned they will jam. Another thing is keep a short tail when you tie the twine balls together. That can cause a jam

[@DLHFarms]

Ok thanks!

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

Most Hayers use a Square Knot ...... We use a fishermans bend......a smaller more compact knot on both the 1840s and the Bale Barons

[@canvids1]

Happy for you with the new baler and that things so far working out for you. Some nice set up.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@timerfarms113]

I made the switch a few years back to an inline and never looked back. Hope it treats you well. When i put moisture tester on mine i put the pads on top and bottom since the cut edge is on bottom little more accurate reading.

[@shannondaniel6599]

got one last year best thing ever bought and saves alot time and they make a tight bale the inline is the way to go

[@DLHFarms]

Yes!

[@wilfordschultz7410]

Very impressive. Nice unit.

[@vernt4583]

Nice to see making a new video!! The in-line Baler’s are the best way to squares bale for the Accumalator or bale bundlers. I have kinfolk that use two of the mf in-line with the baron bundler producing approx 100 k small squares per year..

[@DLHFarms]

That’s awesome!

[@chuckg9805]

Great video. Good to see ya trying and enjoying new stuff. Use of the head camera is great. I hate seeing youtubers using a hand holding a camera and making their life tougher than it needs to be just so they can film video. Also to keep the safety patrol away - ya got both hands on the job!

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@richardleigh1762]

In line balers work just great Dennis , good set up .

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@dennisplace2641]

I had the incase balersameas yours. It is a hard baler to beat. Loved mine, was in and out of field's fast.

[@ni1469]

I’m probably going to an inline once I upgrade. One less change of direction for the crop, higher throughput due to less change of direction, and the biggest reason is it’ll be easier for my kids to bale corners with since it can drive down the row instead of judging distance beside it

[@donstravelsandrants.]

Love the new Massey baler Dennis. Your 360 camera is great.👍😊

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks! Glad you like the 360

[@donmacdonald7758]

Baler runs great, and works well with your accumulated. Nice!!

[@DLHFarms]

Yes noticeable difference in how well the accumulator works with these bales.

[@donbrutcher4501]

Thirty years ago, I moved out here from the burbs. When the farmer hayed the field across the road, he used an old square baler (kachunk, kachuck, kachunk, sproing) and a non-turbo tractor (purr, snarl, purr snarl). Now he uses a turbo tractor and round baler - (whine, whine, whine, clunk). The new equipment "ain't got no melody". Gonna have to have a talk with that boy!

[@francishier4698]

One of the best balers out there I've used one and case had one similar to it

[@DLHFarms]

Bahaha your right round balers don’t have a melody at all

[@2xKTfc]

My favorite hay equipment is a bale accelerator that throws them into a trailing wagon! kachunk, kachunk, sproi-whooOoOmP-kaploing! Round bales ain't got nothing on them square ones.

[@ArnieD17]

@@francishier4698 Before AGCO bought Hesston, Hesston built balers for Case.

[@ABMFARM]

I was dissapointed when you said you parked the New Holland Baler, But after seeing this thing eat hay...Man I am impressed and like it!...you seem to be able to bale faster with it too, but maybe that's the video? if not thats great speed is time and time is money farming! Great Video again.

[@DLHFarms]

It it’s a little bit higher capacity, makes better bales and is easier to use and keep on the windrow.

[@79xlch]

Mine missed the first two ties. The pressure for our hay is 75 to 100. It broke the twine over that. Love ours. It will eat up some rows

[@chrisrexroat3240]

I've been considering trading/buying one of these balers. Was trying to find input of someone who went from side pull to inline and now you've bought one. We are running a 348 Deere which is comparable to your New Holland so this is some really good information. Thanks for the videos!

[@DLHFarms]

There is a learning curve especially in heavy hay like 100 bales per acre but so far I really like it. The bales are more consistent and work better in my accumulator.

[@Whitaker_Farms]

We swapped from a new holland about 5 years ago and I don’t seem us ever going back. I can’t think of one bad thing about the Massey inline.

[@w.tranbarger1727]

In line balers are faster since the hay goes directly into the bale chamber. Also great for alfalfa to preserve more leaves in the bales. Bales are tight and solid, just keep the knotters clean with fans and use quality twine. Cheap twine can't always keep up, breaks sometimes and doesn't always cut and tie well.

[@user-kf9fv1qj9u]

Great video

[@ihus9950]

Bales looked great Dennis, 1840 was chewing threw them windrows, we cut and Baled about 10 acres last week, holding on the rest of 1st cut because of weather. Hope your MF 1840 works out well for you👍🏻

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks hope your first cut does well!

[@richarddemers1750]

Dennis. They hay really looks good and the bails are consistent. You do an awesome job. To bad you didn’t live closer to New Hampshire or southern Maine. I need 250 square bales just saying. Great video.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@PA_Wilds_Coyote]

Love your baler. Can’t wait for more videos

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks!

[@PA_Wilds_Coyote]

Miss your videos. Would like to see your new Massey baker in action

[@ianbetts4435]

Well done for finding that dud bearing, that saved you major frustration.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes!

[@davegenske8973]

Thanks for the video

[@matthewroth2257]

That baler will run circles around your old one. We have an 1840 and love it

[@DLHFarms]

So far I like it

[@stephenshea7277]

Hey Dennis great to see some new videos. I was wondering where you were hiding. Baler looks great hope you have good luck with it. Take care.

[@DLHFarms]

Sometimes life is overwhelming and I have to cut back somewhere KZbin is the first to go since it’s a hobby.

[@stephenshea7277]

@@DLHFarms I hear ya, life gets to hectic sometimes. Family first for sure.

[@JohnJohnson-vx2wr]

Great video Dennis. Nice looking baler. Now you got to teach Shannon how to use it.

[@DLHFarms]

Yep she will catch on fast.

[@wesleysmith5580]

DLH Farm's has hit a home run, I thought you were going to like the Massey. 😁 My daughter's loved running them. Any day I got kicked out of the baling tractor and was relegated to loading trailers was a good day. God Bless

[@DLHFarms]

Haha I can’t wait to see what my wife thinks about it.

[@wesleysmith5580]

@@DLHFarms That is the goal !!! Happy Wife, Happy Life 😊

[@wesleysmith5580]

​@DLHFarms How is the enterprise progressing? Please don't tell me you or the boys forgot to put down the toilet seat and momma is possessed ??? They can become midevil the first time the bottom hits water !

[@79terrafirma]

Got my 1840 hooked up to a bale bandit. Make a 42 inch, 65lb bale. Solid and consistent. Do about 15k a year through it.

[@DLHFarms]

Awesome!

[@RobertKliethermes]

What does that tank/sprayer do on the baler? Edit: I see in another one of your videos it's a preservative.

[@txsidewinder]

Super Nice !!!

[@samuelscragg7052]

Hope your weather is better than our has been. Cutting one day raking the next baling the next. It’s really dry here. Row crop guys are starting to get antsy about the rain. My grandson said all that needs to happen is for me to lay hay down and it will rain it’s not working for him. The row crops around me are starting to show signs of stress.

[@DLHFarms]

Sorry to hear that. We got some rain today maybe it will head your way.

[@tc6573]

With health and safety in mind. It is surprising Massey ferguson put the pressure adjusting knob were it is! Manufacturers usually want to keep you away from the working end. Looks like a good job anyway. 👍

[@DLHFarms]

Yes it’s kinda strange

[@ccclc6159]

good video & nice baler, I used to run new holland & jd liked them both, jd was kind of a pain trying to keep from making banana shape bales, if I ever go back to small squares I want to try the inline, at 14:55 the math might be a little over optimistic🤣

[@DLHFarms]

Never was good at math haha

[@kenzodrow9604]

glad to see you back i was cleaning out my utube files and almost deleted you out thought maybe you quit videoing

[@DLHFarms]

No just had to take a break for a while.

[@terrybagwell8957]

i like that the fan reverses also to blow the chaff off of it

[@DLHFarms]

Yes that’s a cool feature!

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Enjoyed the video. Baler seems like it will be a nice upgrade. The only thing that seems annoying to me is trying to see the baler pick up. Turning all the way around would kill my neck lol Maybe a camera system would solve that issue. That was a great price for the baler! Also, great editing on the video- I know that must have taken awhile!!

[@howardyounger5456]

yes it does but you learn to listen to them and not to turn around to much. those 1840s will take the hay.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah if you have ever ran a round baler it kinda the same and cameras can help too.

[@davelively1901]

Friend of mine in MD has a center line baler....loves it. Wonder if big windrows can slide under tractor belly without rolling a bit.

[@DLHFarms]

Haven’t had trouble with big rows yet

[@howardyounger5456]

i have the exact same baler. bought it brand new. i bought it 2 years ago. i gave $ 29,500 for it. i have baled about 12000 bales so far. broke about 4 0r 5 bales. all of them where from me tying the string together wrong. sheared one stuffer bolt, my fault also. amazing baler. the only thing bad i have to say about it is it is very hard to grease.

[@DLHFarms]

Hmm I thought it was easier to grease than the new Holland especially the driveline.

[@wonthedoit05]

Will you make a short video of the bale weights.

[@bjenkins803]

Man what a smooth baler. What a difference compared to your old baler making that noise with your old new holland.

[@DLHFarms]

Yes! Yes! Yes! This baler is impressively smooth and doesn’t really rock the tractor either.

[@atomicwedgie8176]

@@DLHFarms Plus the torque of when the baler is running is more... inline. Easier on the pto of the baler and tractor!

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video and nice looking hay and baler.

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks Frank

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Dennis thats pretty cool. Ive never turn right in a field either interesting. I agree that tank cant sit there. I don't have new equipment but my baler is mint does not miss. Id like talk you on the phone sometime would that be okay? Great video see you then.

[@DLHFarms]

Yeah we could probably do that

[@dagnolof]

Hi Denis, Great baller combination. Something else, when you have time can you explain about the small long camera that you have, that you can place on a lot of places with a magnet. Thanks in advance, fabrizio

[@DLHFarms]

Yes I’ll try to make a video of my camera sometime. It’s an insta 360 x3

[@michaelolenick4078]

You need to make some more videos was missing you.

[@user-kf9fv1qj9u]

Nice looking bales

[@DLHFarms]

Thanks 👍

[@halwilliams1682]

Those small square Massey balers are well built. I hope the AGCO bean counters in GA don't insist on cutting the manufacturing costs and reliability

[@DLHFarms]

I agree

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

The fools will find out the hard way when they do, new sales drop and load ballers go up, pups out of school don’t understand that

[@doublejfarmshomestead4501]

I like that baler.

[@tfisadog5260]

What brand video monitor on the baler and accumulator from the cab are you using. Thanks

[@DLHFarms]

Amtifo from Amazon.

[@rubenmanitowabi]

There dang good balers the standard

[@randybarber5308]

👍👍👍

[@tp8030]

What's the acid for? I baled with an old mechanical Hesston and JD. Both baled great. That's high tech stuff there.

[@DLHFarms]

It’s a preservative for high moisture hay that keeps it from molding. It’s actually something that is naturally produced in a horses gut.

[@doncc6080]

Cool little baler. I notice though it does not offset like the big balers.

[@DLHFarms]

And that’s a good thing. Easier to feed when driving over the rows, you don’t have to fold and unfold at every feild, and it’s narrower going down the road.

[@MrJohndeere3720]

does pretty good :)

[@DLHFarms]

Yes!

[@chrisblake9600]

Nice set up! Do you know what your bales per hour output is? We have an inline Hesston 4590 with a Holscher accumulator, it seems we could easily out bale the accumulator capacity. We have tossed around the idea of a Kuhns accumulator but we havent seen any around the central KS area to watch in action or talk to operator about.

[@DLHFarms]

The last hay I did I was baling over 314 per hour and that included the time turning corners and stopping to check bales. That was also trying to keep at least 10 to 12 flakes per bale.

[@chrisblake9600]

Thanks!

[@deanbrown4512]

Where are you going to put the tank.i have a 1837 I got from Nance Equipment. I had my sprayer on a John Deeree 346. I really enjoy baling with the Massey.

[@DLHFarms]

The tank is already on there. Watch the video before this one on my channel.

[@bjenkins803]

Hope y'all are well Dennis! Are you still liking this baler? My neighbor is wanting to upgrade and is interested. Thanks!

[@DLHFarms]

I am. It is so easy to use and does a good job. Not a lot faster than the bc5060. Some faster but not night and day.

[@Doug-In-TN]

What size is your Tractor pulling the baler? I have a 6110R, makes for a long day climbing in and out of cab alot. I noticed you got out walking down the steps..bad habit I have too. Enjoyed your video

[@DLHFarms]

It’s a 6110R also it’s been turned up to about 140hp. I’m doing better by walking down the steps cause I used to open the door go down one step and jump. I finally figured out that’s why my Knees where killing me so I quit.

[@MrRandalhandle]

Looked like your cruising along pretty good you know about how fast you where going? Im pretty sure in similar windrows with my old 268nh I’d be under 3 mph haha.

[@DLHFarms]

I was going about 5 to 6 but these weren’t heavy windrows

[@MrRandalhandle]

@@DLHFarms no they don’t look like it but I’d still be going Mach turtle with my setup haha. Kinda my dream set up you got there.

[@aidenkoster6427]

Great balers

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

We baled and bundled with one 1840/5250 combo...... but the number of people required to get it out the field and under cover equalled the number of people required to round bale the hay, and round baling was faster....(running 2 rakes and 3 balers) ......plus the rounds can wait in place for the same crew to transport and store.....

[@DLHFarms]

But there no market for round bales here no money to be made with them. People with horses and goats want square hay.

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

@@DLHFarms I did not say that we round bale for sale...... We Round bale for OUR benefit........ Our main objective is converting to small squares...for supplying contract customers..... There are problems with converting rounds to squares and most the equipment supplied for that purpose will not work in unison without modifications.. Our "Modified". set up will allow three people to load a 21- bale bundle every 6 to 7 minutes,,,, 39 bundles( 53ft trailerload) in roughfly 3 1/2 hrs And the bales have that just baled look and feel!

[@DLHFarms]

Ok that makes sense. I have thought about doing it that way I even have a Simpson unroller but rebaling is a pain, I decided that I would do as much as I could in the feild then rebale when I had no choice.

[@farmingforfunandprofit940]

@@DLHFarms We also use The Simpson but it has Been Modified and set up for contineous feeding.... not stop and go .. The Windrow coming off the Bale is control fed into the baler almost the same as it does in the field.....the cores are stil a problem we are ripping them apart by hand presently...... Cleaning up is the hardest part

[@ArnieD17]

@@farmingforfunandprofit940 The Farming Insider might interest you as they also run a rebaling setup.

[@frugalhayfarmer8112]

How do you like the shape and look of your bales? I have a hesston 4600 inline baler and the bales look so much better than the old balers

[@DLHFarms]

I think they look great

[@adamschimmoeller739]

What camera are you using and how do you mount it to the accumulator?

[@DLHFarms]

Hero 9 in the cab and insta 360 x3 on the accumulator with a magnetic base.

[@tricountyfarmer5640]

What kind of camera are you using on the accumulator?

[@DLHFarms]

Amtifo

[@thr8061]

You should love your MF baler. They have done a great job putting out 1000s of nice tight bricks. They have worked in all kinds of accumulators & grabbers. Take Care & God Bless.

[@DLHFarms]

I think it’s going to be a nice addition to the farm!

[@shaw19902]

How you like the inline vs the traditional square baler now

[@DLHFarms]

I wouldn’t want to go back to an offset.

[@tylerpatton8570]

Was your new Holland giving trouble ? I’ve running a 5070 and considering switching to Massey. Be miss tie to many bales lately

[@DLHFarms]

No problems with it still got it.

[@tylerpatton8570]

@@DLHFarms but do you prefer this inline bailer now? Do the bales stack as good?

[@DLHFarms]

Yes I prefer it over the NH. Bales stack just as good.

[@colonialroofingofnorthcaro441]

Trying to figure out what size john deere your running

[@DLHFarms]

6110R

[@francishier4698]

Damn good baler case had one similar to it a neighbor has one and I think he has 280000 bales on it

[@DLHFarms]

I think hesston made the ones for case so it’s basically the same baler as what I have.

[@lescolvard2694]

AGCO/Massey Ferguson is the maker of all the in-line balers, some are just rebranded.

[@jacobsmith4215]

What kinda preservative are you using?

[@DLHFarms]

Harvestec you can get it at most John Deere, New Holland , and Massey dealers.