GOPRO in the Baler! American 80 Baling Oat Hay

[@anderleof]

You are the first farming channel to put a camera inside a baler that I have seen. Well done.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you!

[@9976mwhite]

Great video! It is great to see how it operates from the inside. I do round bailing with a New Holland bailler (the kind with the bars, not the belts)behind a JD 6300 or JD 2130(which is a tough job for the smaller machine!) at my wife’s family farm here in Ottawa Canada. We also do squares for ease of handling. It is a horse farm, so the hay has to be clean, dry and NO rain or it gets musty which the horses don’t tolerate.

[@ghenry85]

It has certainly been dry mate. I'm south of Ottawa.

[@tomcleverley18]

No wonder modern day horses use diesel fuel.

[@vaughndibble4598]

We need Thank Allis Chalmer for the round baler concept thay where just a head of there time

[@Murphyslawfarm]

Cool video in the baler

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks, Murphy!

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day Chris the White American 80 is very cool mate. 👍

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@whathobogrohknows]

Murphy Law is that you?🤨

[@walterlaubscherjr2011]

Nice video nice inside camera angles

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you!

[@donmacdonald7758]

Great shots inside the baler, well done. Thanks

[@pfisterfarms1046]

I’m 14 and just started my own KZbin channel

[@jazzerbyte]

As they used to say in the old advertising "It's been a Gehl kind of day"

[@rustybuttrusty9960]

The inside of the baler cam is awesome, thanks for it..

[@bigDH123]

Awesome footage Chris, and i loved the story about the guy going into the baler.

[@TheHelgadog]

Amazing video! Really interesting to see the inside of a working hay baler! Thanks for taking time to video of the machine working! White 80 looks really nice.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@ronaldpietrowski7046]

Great video never saw bales from that view really nice.

[@mischef18]

Thanks for posting bro that is the first time I have seen how one of these works. Interesting story you told regarding someone going through the baler. Cheers

[@ohboy2118]

What shall we do with the body? I know put him through the Baler! 🙄 I think it was in the Balkans war they used to dispose of people through a chipper into pig pens. Ain't nothing left of forensics to find after that. Amazing how far humans go to destroy other humans!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Not only put him through the baler, but when someone rules it an accidental death and you've gotten away with murder, why not sue the manufacturer and draw more attention to yourself in the hopes of making a buck. Greed got them!

[@mrscake1687]

to someone who thought that the way a round baler worked, was witchcraft :-D , and couldn't get their head round it at all, your video explained it perfectly! Just brilliant, thank you so much. And just for the record, Mr Cake now has a Herman T shirt to go with his hoodie - the detail on the print is amazing, and more mundanely, they wash really well too :-)

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thank you! And thanks for the purchases! I have been really impressed with Teespring. They must be getting caught up. A couple weeks back I ordered a t shirt on a Monday and had it Saturday with regular shipping.

[@duanecreativemachine]

Ok that was one of the coolest views I've seen in a long time.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@straightpipeacres6365]

Hey Chris. Awsome video footage there buddy!! Spot on man👌🍻

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Made it!! Like the story about the sticker, sad deal that Jeff mentioned 😪 Always gotta be on your toes!!! Great footage Chris!!! Thanks for the video!!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks for watching!

[@wingrider687]

Love the bale chamber footage Chris!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks!

[@davelane644]

That's the 1st time I've ever seen the inside of a round baller

[@shawnklemm1532]

Those are some great action shots! Fantastic work!

[@johndavidstutts]

Nice work on inside of baler in operation. My hay was heavy this year and I sure didn't run that kinda ground speed with my 1470. Gehl made good equipment, sad they dropped ag.

[@johnwarren-649]

You got some Kool shots of the baler Chris.

[@christinamoneyhan5688]

That was some really great camera shots. What year did White make that style and color of tractor? Thank you.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

They were made from 1989 to 91. They could be ordered in 4 colors, Oliver green, White silver, Cockshutt red, and Minneapolis Moline yellow.

[@shawnpoynter1900]

Very cool. Also I noticed that the 2nd belt from the left side of the baler possibly has a tear at the laces. May be something to look at. Great video.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Thanks

[@juststuffwithwolfe4482]

2:33 oh so that’s what t looks like on the inside of a baler

[@craigmiller4259]

Is an American 80 a 2-70 with a Cummins? Should have bought one when they came out.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Pretty much. The hydraulic pump was moved to the engine, they added a differential lock, hydraulic pto clutch and a few other bells and whistles.

[@craigmiller4259]

Is the over under shifter electric also?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Yes.

[@craigmiller4259]

Thanks Chris,there aren't to many around. Must be pretty reliable.

[@tomcleverley18]

B3.9L Cummins Engine. It is probably turbo charged, but I am not sure. We have had a White 100 since 1989. That is B5.9L Cummins powered. I think that ours has somewhere between 11K and 12K hours. Engine was overhaul + new clutches a bit ago when it had around 9K hours. I think that if they'd lined up 5th and 6th gears and had them synchronized along with the appropriate F/R combinations that they'd be the absolute perfect tractor. They're still great tractors. Not much to go wrong and very dependable. I also love MF Dynashift

[@lukestrasser]

Chris, who makes the side pickup wheel kit for your Gehl? Seems like a nice addition! The American 80 is an easy keeper for baling, hardly uses any fuel with that small Cummins!

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The crowder wheels was a factory option. The 80 stays on the round baler all summer long. I rolled up some straw yesterday and that air conditioning was nice and cold!

[@lukestrasser]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris That's awesome Chris, I will have to look into the crowder wheel as an add on kit, seems to work well. Greetings from Japan, I'm getting (slowly) caught up on videos.

[@powerram92]

any reason why you went with gehl and if you could get a different brand what would it be?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

We were a Gehl dealer, and also a Hesston dealer. I think the Gehl made a nicer bale, it was the machine we sold more of. If I had to get a new one, I'd probably look at a Hesston. I hear good things about New Holland, but my local dealer is dropping them.

[@iandaniels5653]

can I ask what sort of baling twine do you use and how much a roll

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It's plastic, 20,000 feet Orange Line that I get at Tractor Supply Company, runs $25 for the 2 balls that make up the 20,000 feet.

[@peterhaan9068]

Chris - Fantastic shots of the internals of the round baler! Any chance of seeing the tying up operation along with the string knotter? Maybe it was the camera placement but there seemed to be a lot of valve train noise from the American 80. It also seemed to vary in nose level. Oiling problems?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The round baler doesn't tie a knot. It puts a couple extra wraps of twine on the edge, cuts it off, and when the bale is ejected, it expands and the twine gets tight and stays in place. Must be the camera placement, the engine sounds the same as it always has, like a Cummins 4Bt.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The twine process starts at 3:40 The arm swings over , the hay grabs it and pulls it in the chamber, I stop forward movement and the twine arm works its way back wrapping the bale. It pauses for a couple extra wraps on the end and then returns home where the twine is cut off. I then eject the bale , close the gate, and start the next bale.

[@peterhaan9068]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris Thanks! I didn't attach any significance to all the machinations and the whys and wherefores of what was happening.

[@ollie-lk5dx]

Would love to have the 80!

[@billwhitman1529]

Do you weave with the 1475 or does it have the variable throat?

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

If I rake into a single windrow, I have to weave. I normally use a V rake to pull 2 windrows together the same width as the baler pickup and because of that I don't have to weave. Makes a nice even bale every time.

[@ghenry85]

Chevron belts must be nice. It's dry as fart out here. You can cut hay one day and have it dry enough(maybe not perfect) to bale the next afternoon. We got half an inch since first of June.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

We were running dry, got 2.5 inches about 2 weeks ago, but that is running out.

[@OliverGuyAidenDunham]

How many Oliver’s you have

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

Somewhere around 43.

[@OliverGuyAidenDunham]

That Oliver Guy - Chris Losey that’s awesome we have like 20 olivers a few whites to

[@scruffy6151]

How many bales did get of that. How's alfalfa look.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I got 22 whole bales and one half sized one. Now that the oats are off, the alfalfa looks good. Now we need some rain.

[@scruffy6151]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris better get busy doing your rain dance lol.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

The combine is ready and the wheat is just about there. If that isn't a rain dance, I don't know what is. Lol

[@scruffy6151]

@@ThatOliverGuyChris ain't that the truth lol. You have a good day. God Bless.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

It worked! We've gotten about a half inch so far today.

[@davidfarmer3218]

my neighbor was baling corn stalks with a vermeer baler they dont really know what happened they found a long steel poker by the baler and he was in the pick up and a fire started. they think the rubber rollers rubbed on his jacket till the fire started. they never really figured out how he got in there they think he was holding on to the poker it grabbed it and was to quick for him to let go.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've heard of guys getting pulled into corn heads the same way. It all happens so fast our nervous system can't even react before it's too late.

[@aaronskinner9224]

Chris if I could afford to be off work a while, I’d just about come work for you for free during harvest, tillage and planting seasons just to be able to drive some of those beautiful tractors! Great video, hope y’all had a wonderful Independence Day.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I've got a friend that does exactly that. :)

[@morgan398]

First for once

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Mark it on the calendar!!! Doesn't happen too often anymore. But that's a good thing!! Means Chris has a lot of good Subscribers!!