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Steam Baler
Unlike today's baling systems which move with the
tractor the steam baler was a stationary machine. It had the wheels
so that a team could move it from one working location to another,
but once on location the hay was brought to the baler. A small steam
engine was used as the power source rather than as with the hay
press, a team of two horses walking in a circle.
The plunger and gear systems used to compress the
hay are quite formidable and people had to be careful working around
the baler. You can see the large pulley wheel on the right which
would run a belt to the steam engine and get the power needed for
operations. This particular pulley wheel is an old vehicle rim and
not likely the original part.
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