On The Hay Man’s auction are a pair of vintage New Holland SP166 self propelled square balers. The sale bill info indicates only 200 SP166’s were sold new back in the day.

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Big round and large square balers, windrow mergers, double or quadruple rakes, disc mowers sometimes connected five in tandem, steamers, bale carriers—are all designed for speed and volume, he said.

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Last year they overhauled nearly 100 balers, most of which had been bought from Linn Benton over the years, said Garmin, who has been service manager at the company in Tangent, Ore., for 18 years.