New Holland Bale Wagon Advice

[cowman]

Maybe we need to import a few of these frenchmen to show us how it is done? Seems to me they have their act together and know how to get things done?
Actually I kind of like the whole concept of deviding the country into zones! Maybe we could do it for just about everything? Maybe things like healthcare, education, language policy, enviro standards, gun control, taxation etc.?
In fact, we could take it a step further, and make the "zones" basically autonomous? That way the "zones" could take care of their own people, make their own laws and rules, pay their own way? How about four "zones"? Ontario, Quebec, Maritimes, western Canada? Maybe we could scrap our useless Parliment and just have four leaders sitting down once a month to kind of co-ordinate things? Each "zone" could have their own money or we could just use the American buck?
Sounds good to me.

[ivbinconned]

Welcome aboard Bez; Cowman and I have been preaching for a couple decades that there is nothing "equal" in the way the feds treat the provinces. In fact we are treated, each, in a very SEPERATE manner. So we just want to make it official!!

Bez perhaps you could enlighten us as to how the the re-named ASRA program works in Quebec and rewards Quebec feeders with the $300 per calf?

[ALLFARMER]

The NH 1033 was if I remember correctly a 103 bale unit (a pull type) I sold NH parts for 3.5 yrs and sold close to nothing on these pickers. The 1033 in my opinion was the most common models built. Brake pads on the third table is on thing to check out. The other is a plastic pulley or something to do with the bale positioning Good luck

[les]

used a nh 1037 for years...20000 or more bales a year and had no problems with it at all.

[carebear300]

I bought my 1033 balewagon new in 1978 and have had very good luck with it. We just use it for straw bales the last couple of years but up until then used it for everything. There is a little bicycle chain and sprockets on the hydraulic pump that have to be changed quite regularly(chain once a year). We have had trouble with the springloaded cables and brakes on the load table. Nothing to really watch for except that it hasn't been abused too badly, for example everthing is pretty straight. I really dont think that you can wear them completely out but I guess anything is possible.

[oxbow]

THanks for the responses. The little things like a small rollerchain or brake pads don't scare me too badly. Springs can get expensive. I looked at a selfpropelled wagon in Texas, and Amen on the rack looking torn up. Yikes, it looked like they hauled bolders out of the Grand Canyon with it. I was thinking self propelled because we get short of tractors when things are going crazy, but the difference may allow us to put on another tractor which we need anyway.

[tojo]

I've travelled through Quebec on numerous occasions and have seen first hand the agricultural political infrastructure in that Province. It is probably the only Province in Canada where the politicians are kept up to date about the situation(s) in the primary sector. They are ver-r-r-ry well organized and very powerful. They are very professional in the art of lobbying ... something that the younger farmers in the rest of Canada were not taught after the "good times" in the '70's and early 80's (which plays right into the hands of the politicians and bureaucrats) It seems to me that rather than critize them, we should salute those who are on the cutting edge, and who are undoubtedly helping all of us farmers in the rest of Canada who have sat on our butts. Without the actions of those in Quebec to keep the Feds and their own Government in line, we in the rest of the country would be a lot worse off. We are all farmers in a vast country ... we had better learn to work together and stop our in house bickering....we have other battles to fight in a common front!

[ivbinconned]

tojo; no one else here can claim to have brought more lite to this form about the Quebec ASRA progams, or for that matter Western Canada than myself.
It was my digging this information out that brought it to the attention of the Alberta Ag minister.

Some of these details are repeated in the tread "unfair"! Check it out.

No where, not once, have I ever criticized the Quebec producer! If anything I have criticized us for letting ourselves be so divided.

I have criticized those "Canadians" who have to take responsability for giving the west the mushroom treatment for a decade telling us to vent our anger at the Americans and Europeans for subsidies while at the same time doleing it out in Quebec!

If you think that by being nice we will eventually be treated equaly and fairly....well, you must have just got here.

[larryle]

The self propelled models make stacks that are taller and this makes a difference if you are putting them inside or under tarps,25%fewer stacks

[seedman]

If you are interested in a self propelled wagon fairly reasonable, I may just have what you are looking for.
We have upgraded to a 1069 SP wagon, and are selling our 1046 SP wagon. It has a 6.9 litre diesel moter which has excellent fuel economy, 4 speed with a 2 speed axle, automatic tie, rubber in good shape, Bostrom Air ride seat with a self contained compressor, less than 50 hours on a brand new main hydraulic pump. We are asking $8750.00 Can. for the unit. Let me know if you are interested, I can send you some pics if you like.