Thanks so much for everyone involved in making this video of me baling straw the other day possible. Darr Farms Newcomerstown, Ohio. Shurtz Farms, West Lafayette, Ohio. Colton Buchanan for taking the videos. And of course Big Tractor Power. Once again thanks everyone for this opportunity to have me baling on here. Never woulda guessed this would happen in a matter of days lol. Thanks Matt Stein Stein Farms in Fresno, Ohio.

@markkeister6057

12 күн бұрын

Tractor looks great

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

@@markkeister6057 thanks. Could use some work for sure but it’s a pretty solid piece of old American muscle

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

Matt thank you for sharing your cool tractor.

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

Matt thank you sharing your cool tractor and baler and filming the extra sound footage. I appreciate Colton for sharing these great harvest views.

@Stein911

9 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower thank you so much sir for having interest in it and putting it on your channel. Very much appreciated. Appreciated by more people than just me. Never woulda thought I’d be on here. My gratitude and thanks goes to you and everyone involved in making this happen!!

It's really cool to get to see all the older 2WD tractors you've been getting on here lately. 👍👍

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

It’s been a good year for 1980’s row crop finds.

Always loved my 4020 but those 88's are hands down the best looking tractor ever built to me.

@Stein911

11 күн бұрын

I’m honestly a Massey guy, but I agree with you. Since a kid I’ve always liked the looks of an 88. When came across this 54 I had to have it lol.

@markkeister6057

11 күн бұрын

@@Stein911 Even the garden tractors look cool. Lol

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

The 88 series are stand outs.

@Stein911

9 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower for sure

Great footage Jason. I’m more of a city girl, and I asked my husband “how do you make the hay square?” Hahaha

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Truthfully it’s more like a big rectangle but the ends are perfect squares. It makes it easy to stack in transport and storage.

Great job capturing the process! The International 5488 is a beast when it comes to baling straw 💪

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

The 5488 is a great 80’s classic.

Great to see the old Tractors doing the job Jason , love the sound from the exhaust with those bursts of power👍👍

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

The IH 466 engine is a nice one to listen too at work.

Thanks for the video, it's always great to learn more about all the existing and new machines out there

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

It takes allot of work to track down, travel and film these machines. I enjoy getting to share their history.

I always thought the 86 series were the best looking tractors IH ever made, but i think the 88 series is a real close second. Good find Jason👍

@thomashanke6750

12 күн бұрын

I agree, still running an 886 ROPS only tractor.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

The 66, 86 and 88 series all legendary IH machines.

One of my dream tractors, definitely looks good balding straw👍

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

The 548& is a stand out.

@Stein911

11 күн бұрын

Thank you. It does a pretty good job!

Sharp looking and sounding tractor!!

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot. The videos make it look little better, but it’s pretty decent older iron.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

The 88 series sure stand out.

Those 88 Series IHC tractors are awesome! I delivered many a 88 Series tractor back in the day! Thanks for the video Jason!

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

They are a nice tractors. That is neat to hear that you delivered them new.

@BRPFan

12 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower Ya back then when a Farm bought a new tractor it was a big ordeal when it got delivered. Family, Friends and Neigbors all showed up to see the new tractor being delivered. Sometimes it was celebrated with a BBQ as well. It kind of ages me but it doesn’t matter! 😂 It’s a crying shame that IHC was bought out! The dealership where I worked at sold a lot of IHC equipment from press drills, tillage tools, tractors, combines and ect…

@Stein911

11 күн бұрын

@@BRPFanI remember those days. Farms and dealers were like family. Now it’s more of pick a number type thing. The good ole days! But they still live on with the older iron still holding its own!

@BRPFan

11 күн бұрын

@@Stein911 You are so right the Dealers and Farmers were like Family! Today it’s so different! Those sure were the good old days! Sure nice to see some tractors are still working away!

@Stein911

11 күн бұрын

@@BRPFan thanks! Appreciate people like you!

I worked for my neighbor back in the 90s. He had 3- 5488. All of them had MFWD.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Very very cool. A FWA 88 series is near the top of my filming wish list to feature.

Nice drone work!

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Colton did a good job filming the 5488.

Jason, thank you very much for the video. I enjoyed watching it.🙂🇺🇲 Happy 4th of July.🇺🇲

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. Happy 4th of July 🇺🇸

Great Red Power video!👍

@bigtractorpower

10 күн бұрын

The 5488 is a great tractor to get to feature. Thank you for watching.

I ran a 5088 back in the day ,excellent machines imo the pinnacle of IHC .

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Very nice. The 5088 is a great tractor. I hope to find one to feature sometimes I have been able to film a 52 and a 5488.

❤😊 BACK IN 76 THE FARMER THAT I HELPED GOT A 450 DIESEL FOR THE SUMMER TO USE AND IN 77 WE GOT 656 HYDRO TO USE!!! BOTH HAD FAST HITCH BECAUSE THE CULTIVATOR WAS FAST HITCH . BOTH TRACTOR'S WERE RENTED FOR THE SUMMER FROM BOORS INTERNATIONAL OF NORTH MANKATO MN ..THE 706 GERMAN DIESEL WAS LEASED TO GREEN GIANT IN LE SUEUR MN FOR PEA PACK AND CORN 🌽 PACK❤😊

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Canning crop harvests were very cool in the 70’s with FMC LV and Hammocheck combines pulled by tractors. Were they running a two row FMC or IH sweet corn picker on the 706?

@Timkrenz-gr6ol

11 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower NO UNI PICKERS WERE USED IN 76 !!! 75 WAS LAST YEAR FOR THE MOUNTED PICKER

@Timkrenz-gr6ol

11 күн бұрын

Most of what I remember back then in the lot was IH 234

I know the channel is called Big Tractor Power, but I love those mid size tractors as well as the smaller base, specially if they are classic

That's one pretty sweet looking tractor

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

It sure is.

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot for the comment. Does a pretty good job baling so far this year.

Really good looking tractor. Duals look great and sounds mean.

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

Thanks. It’s came together pretty well.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

It’s a cool baling team.

NICE tractor and setup.

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

Thanks. First year I’ve had the binder on this baler. It works good actually.

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

It’s a nice baling team.

I’ve never seen an IH 5488. That’s a good looking tractor and big New Holland square baler. Baling winter wheat straw is similar to what they do in South Georgia, which is baling peanut hay during peanut harvest. Peanut hay is in round bales down here. The transmission in that tractor was the same as in the IH 7288 and 7488.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Yes the STS transmission was used on the Super 70 tractors. Watching peanut hay being baled is really neat to see.

That and combines are some of the most amazing machines Planters as well

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

I agree. Forage harvesting too.

What a great baling setup😄👍 that farm takes care of his equipment for sure👍👍

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

I am always excited to get feature well cared for classics.

Pretty cool to see combine grain cart and baler all in one feild don't see that very often

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

Yes, they run a very efficient operations. It’s a fun time baling straw for them every the past few years.

@Blackwellll3066

12 күн бұрын

@@Stein911 nice

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

The more farm machines the merrier 😁

@Blackwellll3066

11 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower oh yea

Loved it!!!

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching. It’s a nice baking team.

@Stein911

11 күн бұрын

Thanks!

Super💯video. As always.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Thank you James.

Nice simple combination doing the required job, looks well cared for too...

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

It’s a nice baling team for sure.

I always thought that line of IH tractors were cool looking.

I bale some barley an wheat straw I use a jd 2940 an jd 338 baler great footage

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

Very nice baling team. I like the 2000 series. I have had a chance to film a few 348 balers. I have never had a chance to see a 338 in action.

Excellent video once again big T 👍👍👍 this channel just keeps producing the goods. Looks like a great baling team as well...

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

This 5488 was cool to feature.

Never seen anyone cut wheat so short.

Round baled winter wheat straw for a few years. Other wise we bale mostly soybean straw and corn stalks in the fall and some hay in the summer with a fleet of New Holland 560 round balers and CaseIH MX Maxxum tractors. I have also run a 2x3 New Holland big square baler for about 25 years.

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Very cool. The MX Maxxum is a good tractor.

Nice setup 👍👍

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

It’s a cool baling team.

@Hinesfarm-Indiana

12 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower for sure 👍👍

We got the same exact setup down here in Nebraska

@bigtractorpower

2 күн бұрын

Very cool baling team

Great video Jason long time subscribe to your channel. I have a story My Father work for IH and Case IH for 27 years in California. He has pass this year. I have found stuff he has keep over the years one of them is the original parts book for that tractor 88 series.

@Stein911

11 күн бұрын

Sorry for your loss and cool story. I give a small body part for that parts manual lol

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

Dustin thank you for watching. I am sorry to hear of your dad’s passing. That is neat he had such a long career with Case IH in California.

How affective were the screens on top of the hood at keeping debris from plugging the radiator. I just blew out my radiator bush hogging around fields. JD 6150 HX 20 mower.

sweet looking tractor👌👌👌👌👌👌

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Great classic.

Very nice video. Love the styling of the 30 and 50 series IH tractors. What’s the deal with the JD combine not putting down a well shaped windrow you can easily bale? You shouldn’t have to rake it first, like in this video. Maybe they just need a red combine to do the job right.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Allot of farms rake straw to help air it out and lower the moisture level ahead of the baler rather than waiting a day to bale.

Good video.

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Thank you Frank.

We used to bale straw on our farms small square for the hogs ,round bales of hay & straw for the cattle

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

Very cool. What brand balers did you run?

On our farm , we got a 7810 John Deere running a new holland round baler, and we mini square too

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Very nice. The 7810 is one of the all time great John Deere tractors.

Nice equipment 👍

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching.

Not bad !😊

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching.

@williamgreenway9893

12 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower no , thank you

He might be going 4.5 mph

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

The farmer said that they baked at 7. I was not in this field in person to film it.

@bradleylong1686

11 күн бұрын

I have the same tractor...definitely not 7mph.

Hi from Dexter🏠Missouri

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Hi James.

FIRST! now thats one brute from the 80s

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

It’s not too bad for sure. Have it turned up to the moon so she’s a little spicy and has plenty of power.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for your enthusiasm to be the first to watch.

Happy Independence Day bigtractorpower

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Happy 4th of July.

Amazing tractor 🚜 😂🚜💪

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Great tractor from the 80’s.

@carloscordova6934

12 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower yeeaaaa 👍😁💪

Sounds like that DT466 would grunt with every progression of the bale. Expected based on the load?

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

A Big Baler at 7 mph cranking out a bale a minute puts a 5488 to work. You feel the fly wheel and plunger.

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

Yes it takes a little to compress and form bales. Can make a 400 horse tractor talk too I’ve done it before lol

👍👍👏👏👌👌🚜🚜

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

😁👍

What kind of animals was the farmer feeding these Straw bales to

Cream of the crop from IHC. I bale with a 1086 and an RBX 561.

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Nice baling team.

@Stein911

12 күн бұрын

Yes, I’ve also like the looks of a 5488 since I was a carpet farmer as a kid. After getting this not long ago I def like them pretty good compared to the older IH.

Wasn’t this the last series of tractor made at Farmall Works?

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Yes the 5488 was the last one built on May 14,1985. It is in the Case IH museum in Racine , WI

👍👍

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

Thank you Mark.

❤😊MY FRIEND BY ALBANY MN HIS NEIGHBOR WITH ALL THE KIDS AND COW'S JUST BOUGHT A 5488 JUST LIKE THIS ONE❤😊 COOL 😎❤😊

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

Very cool.

Would a tractor like that be able to handle a Krone baler, or must it have more HP?

@IG10705

10 күн бұрын

Depends on the HP requirements and such. Most likely it will

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

I have not had a chance to film a modern Krone. I recently filmed a new 4x3 Case IH big baler. It was on a 310 hp Magnum and ideally a 340 hp tractor would have run it better. I would say the bigger the better.

I always wondered if the lugging due to the plunger stroke, us hard on the tractor

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

A big baler will work out a tractor. They can push it around for sure. I have never operated a big baler so I am not sure as to what the wear and tear is running one.

@Stein911

11 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpowerthey can cause some where but nothing crazy. That lug or surge really isn’t any different than if your shift the power shift. Everything cause wear but it’s nothing crazy here for sure.

How do you get audio with the drone footage?

@bigtractorpower

12 күн бұрын

A go pro mounted on the machinery.

@cliftonhoward9470

12 күн бұрын

@@bigtractorpower ah cool. Thanks

@poorassfrmboy

12 күн бұрын

I really wonder too?? I didn’t know how to put words to this question, my son has a drone and films me and I wondered how to capture the machinery noise as well…?

Every time the baler strokes you ca see a puff of smoke from the tractor exhaust.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Big balers take allot of power. You can feel each plunge. I recently filmed a 310 Magnum on a new Case IH big baler and while a 310 is big the baler really needed a 340.

John deere 7920 hesston 4755 3x3 big squares

@bigtractorpower

10 күн бұрын

Very nice set up. I like 7920 tractors.

Finally made it out the shed 😅

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

You must not be a red fan 🤔 all kidding aside this one is a very well cared for 5488. It sure has stand out paint at 40 plus years.

@MC-ns9ef

11 күн бұрын

I like all tractors just being humorous.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

@@MC-ns9ef I get it 😁👍

I’ll never understand not putting a monster muffler on your tractor. My head hurts just from the video. How could you even start to hear a bearing failure.

A local guy has the exact same rig.

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

Very nice.

Short exhaust pipe? Why?

@Stein911

11 күн бұрын

Why not? Serves the purpose and is way up there getting struck by tree limbs and such when have to go thru places that have them. Can’t please everyone. Thanks for watching!

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

Thank you for update Matt.

@benkpsnyder

9 күн бұрын

​@@Stein911hey bud. It wasn't a complaint. Just an observation.😊

see them for sale but they seem to have trans issues ?

@bigtractorpower

11 күн бұрын

I have not really heard of transmission complaints on the 88 series. These developed into the first generation of Magnum tractors.

7 m.p.h?

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

That is what the farmer told me.

Not baling at 7mph I’ll tell you that.

@nschelling6420

12 күн бұрын

Agree. More like either side of 4 mph. The BB940 is not known for high throughput.

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

This is what the farmer told me that is running it.

Come on now fella. Fking chrome pipe 200 bucks at the most and you rocking a that. ?? What tha f

@IG10705

10 күн бұрын

You are bothered by a chrome stack? That's hilarious

@SouthernFarmingTV

10 күн бұрын

@IG10705 nope . Just the sawed off midget one

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

The farmer explained in another post that he travels along allot of tree lined roads and fields and found the shorter stack avoids snagging tree limbs. It only takes one limb to mess up the day.

Man baling up confetti isnt fun, especially with a round baler, those rotary combines beat it up something awful

@bigtractorpower

9 күн бұрын

Not an easy task. Big bakers seem to handle better than other forms.