Hay baling 2024

[@KeithRankins]

Well your video made it to the manufacturer family of that One Wheeler. The old one you have was made in the early 70's. Everett Rankins designed and built about 300 of them. The Keith was Keith manufacturing from OR that helped build the first several. Amazingly my Dad just passed away last month at 96 and still lived alone and was still welding up his feeder bar kit and knotter latch kit for the 500 series baler about a year ago! He designed or helped design over 15 patents in hay equipment since the 1950s.

[@FailureatRetirement]

That is amazing and I love this! Thank you so much for the comment and watching the video! I hope I didn’t mess up your information too badly. I don’t recall seeing your equipment until the last few years. The young man who owns the balers is a huge fan of your equipment and told me the basic information that I shared. Early in my career I worked one summer for SWECO and then went on to build lots of farm equipment for various people. Nothing as innovative or patented like you guys did but I can definitely relate to the struggle. Again, thanks for watching and commenting, it’s an honor 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@Damien80279]

Amazing machine! Thanks for sharing!

[@FailureatRetirement]

@@Damien80279 thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@reppfarms4493]

Keith- Sounds like your Dad was a Failure at Retirement as well! Love the story!!

[@MattScott-c6r]

Good video I grew up around new holland balers and the Wisconsin engine I think sounds the best

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Must have been such a sweet sorrow when the jerking plunger progress went away on the change to round bales... all smooth action in one rolling direction except for the round bale ejection.... I helped with small square bale collection off paddocks in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. hot summer days, sweat and dust... and ice cold drinks with a huge farm lunch....

[@FailureatRetirement]

We don’t have many round bales here although they do seem to be a little more common in the last ten years or so. The big farm lunches really take me back. The amount that I ate given how skinny I was really highlights how many calories I was burning every day. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@robertcook792]

I guess they still make balers with engines on them. My grandpa and dad bought the first NH self tying baler around these parts. Pulled it with a 9n ford. It was back in the early 50’s. Soon after Dad bought a 881 ford diesel and pto drive NH baler. I think it was a 68 hay liner. Like to this reminds me of growing up.

[@FailureatRetirement]

I’m not sure if you can still buy an engine driven baler. I recall hearing something about the manufacturers all going to PTO rather than get them to meet emissions requirements. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@craiglacey9827]

I baled a lot of alfalfa and wild hay on our Montana cattle ranch, back in the 1960s, 70s and early 80s, first with a JD 216T and NH 280, and later with a NH 285, all tractor-pulled. We later acquired a used NH 1282 and a used NH 1283, both self-propelled. The 1282 was a pleasure to operate, but the 1283 ran at a higher plunger speed and had all types of problems! Interesting video. Thanks for sharing!

[@FailureatRetirement]

Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@jamesbarbour8400]

As old as that kit is, it still manages to get the job done and doing it well too. Interesting design, that three wheeler job.

[@FailureatRetirement]

It works really well. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@nickbullard42]

That baler will work a lot better and make better bales if the hay is raked right.

[@FailureatRetirement]

For sure. They raked it expecting to bale the next morning but we got a huge wind that moved it around a little. They had to wait another day for the wind to stop and to get dew again. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@udo5479]

Amazing Video and Balers Greetings from Germany

[@FailureatRetirement]

Thank you and thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@mejorgy]

Brings back memories of my dads old NH290 baler. I also noticed the broken bale…Between the needles and knotters that was a source of many cuss words!

[@FailureatRetirement]

For sure. They didn’t break very many this year. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@westsidesjvalley]

Actually the patent for the one wheeler was from the father Everett Rankins who just passed away about 3 weeks ago. Keith Rankins was the son. They had a custom hay service in southern end of San Joaquin County and for years his shop was on Union Island out on Tracy Blvd, then in the late 90’s he got his own place where Mountain House development is now. Rankins also built a better cross feed system for new Holland balers that you see, built a quick release kit for the knotters as well. They also had their own self propelled hay rakes as well with the one wheeler, I believe they had 6 of them. They probably had 20 balers in their custom fleet, another local south delta custom bailer was Kenny Joseph that had about 15 balers all set up by Rankins. Everett Rankins also patented his own automatic bale wagon that was more complex than what Gordon Grey had on his unit, but had each layer 90 degrees from the previous layer, New Holland bought out Gordon Grey and the rest is history. The first squeeze was also produced by Everett and Cardoza

[@westsidesjvalley]

Keith was from Keith Manufacturing in the 1980’s that mass produced this equipment.

[@FailureatRetirement]

So cool. Recently there was a rake for sale on marketplace.

[@FailureatRetirement]

@@westsidesjvalley I really like knowing the rest of the history. We don’t know much about them up here and not much of their stuff has made it this far north. Home grown manufacturing fascinates me because I worked for SWECO one summer in college and then I went on to do so much of it early in my career. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@reppfarms4493]

Failure: that is really slick Self propelled unit. Great video…

[@FailureatRetirement]

It really works great. Very maneuverable and the baler has plenty of power to run it.

[@BuzzRetirementGarage]

Sorry. Just getting here. Now i got to see the entire process! Never before in my life! Thanks for doing these videos. Buzz

[@FailureatRetirement]

You’re welcome. I’ve been doing actual work and I’m way behind myself. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@grounded-beef]

Morning that is so cool I’ve never seen balers like that we don’t have anything like that around me. I like new holland makes the best balers.

[@flemsnopes3135]

You must of had one heck of a rain after it was cut to be so bleached out. Too bad. It still takes the same amount of work. Thanks for sharing how other hay growers do it.

[@FailureatRetirement]

It was a pretty decent rain that lasted all day. It’s hard to keep good color in ryegrass anyway but the rain sealed the deal. When they started baling everyone thought the hay came out better than expected. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@speedwagon7562]

@@FailureatRetirement, can you give approximate weight of one of those bales…, and were they all lifted by hand onto a truck or wagon…?

[@FailureatRetirement]

@@speedwagon7562 the goal is to get them about 95-100. Sometimes they will go a little under or above that. They are all picked up and stacked with a New Holland bale wagon. If you look at my videos from about a year ago there are a couple of stacking videos. I haven’t been able to make a new one yet this year. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@helencantimagine]

I enjoyed this video. Many boys I grew up with would bale hay in the summer for extra money. I haven't seen a field that big.

[@FailureatRetirement]

This particular field is about 22 acres. When I was farming full time several of my fields were about 50 acres. I have a playlist labeled “funny” that you might want to check out. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@helencantimagine]

@@FailureatRetirement I'll be sure to check it out. I also want to check out your trains. I just finished watching the video about your "time." I hope some young people do watch it. Good message.

[@FailureatRetirement]

@@helencantimagine thank you!

[@RetiredFarmboy]

Never seen one of those balers. Would be sweet to have one

[@FailureatRetirement]

They’re really neat. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@DarkVoidIII]

With the mixed bales, why didn't they just do a short bale to empty it out?

[@FailureatRetirement]

It takes even more hay to push it out and when you finish a field it’s all gone. Also, nobody really cares about one weird bale out of thousands. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@DarkVoidIII]

@@FailureatRetirement Speaking of a weird bale, what do they usually do with it?

[@FailureatRetirement]

@@DarkVoidIII it depends on the animals you have. You offer it for feed, let them eat what they want, and if they refuse it you use it for bedding. Some animals will eat it all, some will only eat the part they like and refuse the rest.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Looks like the mower needed an adjustment...whether man or machine?😁😁

[@FailureatRetirement]

I always think that they could cut it a little shorter. I think what you are probably seeing is some that got knocked down. We had a rain several days before we cut and that took some of it down. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@dieseldoctor25]

I have never seen a one wheel,Cool

[@FailureatRetirement]

They really are cool and it’s surprising that more aren’t around. Someone from the family that built them left a comment with more of the history about them. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@401KDexters]

Dude, 50K views, You Go Girl!!! 😂😅😊

[@FailureatRetirement]

People from all over the world just love hay baling. My video from last year is around 167k and still gets over 100 views a week. Last year at this time my top city was Dublin, Ireland. Go figure 🤷🏻‍♂ Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@lloydk851]

Very interesting. Couple questions. What is the engine used on the Ford pulled baler? Where is this at?

[@FailureatRetirement]

I’m going to have to ask about the engine because I’m not sure, it may be a Perkins. Northern California. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@FailureatRetirement]

Looks like they have a Deutz diesel.

[@slee8475]

Deutz diesels are usually air cooled, no radiator, unless they customized it

[@FailureatRetirement]

@@slee8475 oh, good call. I googled it, never trust the internet 😂. I’ll ask the owner when I get a chance but we’re both a little busy at the moment.

[@westsidesjvalley]

@@slee8475 that’s a Deutz 3 cylinder air cooled engine 54hp, that’s not a radiator, but the inlet screen :)

[@johnsadventures6783]

How many cuttings do you get in a year?

[@FailureatRetirement]

On this ryegrass just one cutting in the spring. One of my friends usually will green chop early, then irritate, then cut a second time for hay. That doesn’t work every year. Alfalfa is about five cuttings I think. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Will you pin that comment from Keith Rankin....?

[@FailureatRetirement]

great idea.

[@grounded-beef]

Morning that is so cool I’ve never seen balers like that we don’t have anything like that around me. I like new holland makes the best balers.

[@FailureatRetirement]

One of my regular commenters is from the area near where they were built. He has more interesting history in his comment. They are really cool. Thanks for watching 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@grounded-beef]

Morning that is so cool I’ve never seen balers like that we don’t have anything like that around me. I like new holland makes the best balers.