Post B80nm47La9ebXV1vbU by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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(DIR) Post #B80j4Wuyk2uaIvEKO0 by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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Dad got rid of his old Massey-Ferguson No. 3 baler. It was beyond repair and he was going to scrap it out but he gave it to me for project metal instead. Looks like there will be a lot of good material to scavenge.There's a local ag auction house and I'm wondering if I shouldn't bring some of the parts there if I can't use them or if selling them would be better than using it for a project. But usually you spend several hours preparing the stuff for a hundred bucks or whatever and in the end it isn't worth the time and effort.
(DIR) Post #B80j4XJnFmlFXsq944 by meowski@fluf.club
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@alcade beyond repair is kind of subjective. some people really like old farm equipment. unless it's completely rusted to heck someone may want to take it on. a lot of new farm equipment is all full of DRM software
(DIR) Post #B80nm47La9ebXV1vbU by alcade@clubcyberia.co
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@meowski that's a very fair point and in all honesty I don't have enough knowledge of vintage farm machinery to judge for myself. I will say the previous owner considered it beyond repair and my dad bought it and with many hours and a little money he got it working. He told me he enjoyed baling hay and the machine itself but it's been a money pit since he got it and he said (among other problems) that a lot of the internal parts were worn out and it suffered from severe overheating. The clutch is out and the knotting mechanism is too worn to work. I'll look around a bit before I begin disassembling it but not sure I'll have much luck.
(DIR) Post #B80oLnFPmVDndwq9CK by meowski@fluf.club
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@alcade buying equipment with software locks like new john deere stuff has is unthinkable, for me anyway. i'm sure most people are like ehh whatever, don't care if my tractor is spying on me and i can't work on it myself. i got football to watch.