Belt-Driven, New Holland Bale Thrower Mounted On Deere Baler

Belt-Driven, New Holland Bale Thrower Mounted On Deere Baler BALERS Balers 23-3-35 Instead of spending thousands of dollars on a new baler equipped with an automatic bale thrower, I saved money by mounting an old belt-driven, New Holland 53 bale thrower on my Deere 14T baler. The New Holland thrower was manufactured in the 1950s or 1960s. I bought it at a farm sale for $75. The thrower was originally powered by a gas engine. The Deere baler had been equipped with an aluminum pan thrower which was a pain to use, especially after I started using a disc mower - the thrower couldn't keep up with the volume of hay going into the bale chamber. The New Holland thrower is belt-driven off the baler's big flywheel through a series of pulleys. I can adjust thrower speed right from the tractor by pulling on a lever which opens and closes an adjustable pulley. I made the conversion three years ago and have used it to make about 2,000 bales a year. I spent less than $300. A new baler equipped with an automatic thrower would've cost at least $18,000 so I saved a lot of money. I think the same idea could be used on any baler equipped with a pulley on the side of the machine, including Deere's 24T and 224T models and maybe even the company's 336 model. (Ray Starr, Jr., 881 Bridge St., Ravena, N.Y. 12143; ph 518 767-2957)

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