McCormick Deering No. 50 - AW hay baler with Farmall CUB tractor engine Antique power. Part 1

Please note, due to length of the video, (probably due to it not wanting to start,) I will probably have about 3 different videos of this baler.

This baler is a McCormick-Deering No. 50-AW Pickup Baler. Powered by a International Harvester, Cub tractor engine. By the engine code this is a 1952. This is a wire baler, the twine version was a 50-T. I do believe that these were made from 1944 to 1952, so this one was on the tail end of things.
I picked up this old haybaler at a local tractor show, the Threshermans Reunion in Pontiac, Ill. It was in the traders row, a local scrap man evidentially brought it in. I am glad he thought it was too good to junk. I was in good looking shape, not all rusty, engine free, plunger was about stuck in place. It looked like it had not run in, who knows 30 + years. Well don't know if I got took but $575.00 later it was mine.
It does not have an electric start so we had to hand crank it. The part 1 video got lengthy as it just did not want to start. I will be uploading some video of it baling as well. I hope you all enjoy.

Видео McCormick Deering No. 50 - AW hay baler with Farmall CUB tractor engine Antique power. Part 1 канала rjfcsa