Raking and Square Baling with the Farmall M

Hey everyone!
Today we start out raking with the 1940 Farmall M and International number 30 wheel rake. After that is completed, we take the M back out with the John Deere model 24T square baler to bale up the field!

[@geneguenther4325]

Thanks for the video Connor! Nice seeing the old iron working!

[@budl4656]

Thanks Connor for the video looks like work

[@scottshaver5495]

Conner, that rake was doing a good job raking 👍🏻, and the hay looked good too. Back in the day I looked at the back of a John deer bailer many days now at 70 my hay days are far and few lol 😂. Great video, and really nice camera work. Thanks Conner, God bless you. From Kentucky 😊.

[@Jethrosgarage]

I spent lots of summers either running a 24T or loading racks behind a 24T. Yours makes a really nice dense bale from the looks of it! Yeah no live power isn't ideal but baled a lot with either a 1947 John Deere B and a mid 40's Minneapolis Moline RTU. I also recall baling oat straw for a neighbor with an older 14T, running it with his IH 656 gas with a TA, I can't belive how many bales I jammed out that day dropping them on the ground.

[@ronzezulka6646]

Hey Connor,,,looks like everything is working pretty good. Finally dry enough to get some haying done. The MD you mentioned is yer dad's isn't it? Remember seeing a video you did awhile back on a visit to the home place. The cows were out on that one,,lol.

[@ThisOldFarm]

@@ronzezulka6646 Yes it is my dads. It had blown the head gasket and was pushing coolant. I was having trouble locating a machine shop that would work on it could work on the cylinder head as it did have a tiny crack in it. I haven’t started the process back up after returning because it’s sitting outside and I don’t have anywhere to put it inside. Plus I still need to retrieve my engine hoist from the former location.

[@theda850two]

​@@ThisOldFarm, Smokey's machine shop. Fergus Falls Mn.

[@johncrisman576]

I have not seen anyone bucking bails in a generation. Very common 50 years ago.

[@ThisOldFarm]

@@johncrisman576 Yup, we’re still pretty old school in that sense! Not thrower, no bale basket, just good hand stacking!

[@IndergaardAcres]

The M seems to be running well! Looked like you were raking a mud hole in the beginning there.

[@ThisOldFarm]

@@IndergaardAcres The M is doing awesome! My issues with the carburetor have seemed to all worked themselves out. I’m just bummed it leaks oil like a sieve. Yes, there was a mud spot in the field, baling it we ended up having to ditch the hay as we were making a bigger mess with ruts than anything else.

[@lukestrasser]

Seems awful wet in there yet

[@ThisOldFarm]

@@lukestrasser Only a small lower area, which we needed up leaving behind when baling as we were making a bigger mess with ruts than anything else.