Tractorman810 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 was just wondering how many varients they produced of this model please? asking as i have a blue chassis with blue wheels version in the collection ,and have just picked up a mintish green chassis version, minus its bale ramp at the rear, but otherwise intact, have seen a blue chassis yellow wheel one on ebay also, secondly, did they all have rubber bands fitted to them?? was wondering as some seem to have holes in the back of the body on the bale ejection area, for possably a roller for the band, others i have in the scrap bin do not have these? neither in the collection have them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 As far As I know this was the first one Sean blue chassis and wheels Certainly mine had a rubber band which is now broken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super6 Posted September 14, 2010 Share Posted September 14, 2010 In no particular order:- blue chassis and wheels, blue chassis and yellow wheels, green chassis with blue wheels, grey chassis and blue wheels. I think the grey is similar to/ the same as the MF chassis colour I'm sure I've seen a green chassis with yellow wheels so it wouldn't surprise me if there was a grey chassis with yellow wheels. The latter versions did not use an elastic band and let the bale drop out in front of the chute! The yellow wheeled version I have is like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted September 14, 2010 Author Share Posted September 14, 2010 cheers paul, great help, never seen the green one before hence why i had a punt on it , got it for 5 quid, inc a old green muck spreader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 who took over from bamfords bailer was it welga and if so when did they change over to the red and silver chassis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Bamfords balers stopped being produced when Kvernland bought out the Company. They also own Lister. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archtech Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Bamfords balers stopped being produced when Kvernland bought out the Company. They also own Lister. as always a wealth of information Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 Talking of balers, Allis Chalmers bought the Jones' baler Company in the very late 1960's, the first of the Allis ones was the formerly blue Jones Star MK4 baler, you still find a few of these that have been overpained in orange. In the model world, Bruder made a Welger baler about 4 years ago based I think on the AP45 conventional baler, came in a plain polythene bag, powered by 2 rubber bands to work the packer fingers and the bale chamber/pickup. I found 2 of them but never seen any more since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorbob Posted September 15, 2010 Share Posted September 15, 2010 my dad and his brother, got a jones mk12 baler ..dad baled with it this year with the mf 4225 4x4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughmaster Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 I'm sure I've seen a green chassis with yellow wheels I have seen one also (recently on eBay). There are early yellow wheeled versions (with the wheels/tyres as shown in the pic posted by BC, and I have also seen several later yellow wheeled versions (with wheels/tyres as on the 8 wheeled trailer). David Pullens' researches led him to believe the elastic band was deleted only a couple of years into the life of the model (the reason being that the particular size of elastic band that it used went out of production and an alternative source could not be found). The Bamfords BL58 was an imported design, built under licence (as indeed was most of the Bamfords range of equipment), but I can't recall who the original manufacturer was . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archbarch Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 a very good baler and very well replicated by Britains, one of the best implements theyve made along with the Acrobat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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