Wire Baler Converted To Twine

Wire Baler Converted to Twine HAY & FORAGE HARVESTING Balers (6) 12-3-33 Tent Riegle paid just $500 for a 10-yearold Massey Ferguson 126 wire tie baler at an auction because, he says, few farmers are interested in tying bales with wire anymore. Also, the wire twisters were worn out al-though the rest of the baler was in good shape. "No one in our area knew how to fix the wire twisters. I decided to convert the baler to twine and began looking for knotters from a MF 124 baler, which is the same model as the 126 wire tie baler except for the twine," says Riegle. He couldn't find a used 126 baler but he did find knotters for an older MF 12 baler, made in the early 70's which he purchased for $145. "The MF 12 knotters are virtually the same as knotters on a newer 124 baler except for the fact that they drive from the right rather than the left as on the MF 124," says Riegle. To solve the problem, Riegle simply disassembled the knotters and reassembled them in reverse order on the left side of the baler. Because the MF 12 and MF 126 use the same gearbox to drive the baler, there was no compatability problem. "It works great, I got an excellent baler, which could have costs $6,500, for under $1,000. If I had been able to find knotters from a 126 baler the conversion would have been even easier," says Riegle. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Terry Riegle, Rt. 1, Sparta, Mo. 65753 (ph 417 485-7709).

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