Growing up, we had a Cutditioner 272(?). Lost track of how many acres it cut. Bulletproof. other than routine greasing, the only maintenance I recall doing was knife sharpening/replacement.
There were a few of these in my neighborhood. I did not hear many positive comments. Usually a big break down and then they bought a different brand. No personal experience with them.
Those would have been international harvester machines had they stayed in business, the mowers are the same as the ih 90' series mower conditioners ND the disc cutter bar the same as ih mounted disc mowers, we had 1 mounted and 3 of the 1190's case ih built them also for a few years then went with hesston, then new holland. Love watching the old sales vidoes.
It's my understanding that Ih had actually contracted with NI to build their hay line. They also built choppers, mowers and rakes for ford as well. When Case IH bought 50% stake in Hesston they must have sold all the old ih design stuff to NI. They continued some of it for a while. I have yet to see a White painted NI chopper. Glad you enjoy these! I have many more to put up.
@@dickkeesey8889 yep that was my understanding, new idea could not manufacture the same equipment in their livey until the buy out from what I'm told .
The Ford Square baler at one time were built by massey and the round balers were gehls , kinda ike massey round balers were built by vermeer. Crazy how companies intermingled
Don't cut it till you tried it. A straight hard pipe grease gun works great on most farm machinery that put any effort into simplicity. You still need a backup for the special ones.
We sold over 400 New Idea Cutterbars and most are still running today. Thanks for the great videos and memories.
Glad you enjoy them!
Growing up, we had a Cutditioner 272(?). Lost track of how many acres it cut. Bulletproof. other than routine greasing, the only maintenance I recall doing was knife sharpening/replacement.
Best mowers ever made. You simply can't beat how easy the cutter bars are to rebuild compared to a gear drive mower
I miss the New Idea brand.
I do too AGCO IS CRIMINAL
There were a few of these in my neighborhood. I did not hear many positive comments. Usually a big break down and then they bought a different brand. No personal experience with them.
What hp do think the tractor running the 5209 is?
Those would have been international harvester machines had they stayed in business, the mowers are the same as the ih 90' series mower conditioners ND the disc cutter bar the same as ih mounted disc mowers, we had 1 mounted and 3 of the 1190's case ih built them also for a few years then went with hesston, then new holland. Love watching the old sales vidoes.
It's my understanding that Ih had actually contracted with NI to build their hay line. They also built choppers, mowers and rakes for ford as well. When Case IH bought 50% stake in Hesston they must have sold all the old ih design stuff to NI. They continued some of it for a while. I have yet to see a White painted NI chopper. Glad you enjoy these! I have many more to put up.
@@dickkeesey8889 yep that was my understanding, new idea could not manufacture the same equipment in their livey until the buy out from what I'm told .
The Ford Square baler at one time were built by massey and the round balers were gehls , kinda ike massey round balers were built by vermeer. Crazy how companies intermingled
@@morgan398 new idea did offer the choppers square balers and mowers in orange at the same time.
@@morgan398 ford square balers were built by long early on. I thought that was the case till they quit.
Ok, what self respecting farmer uses a grease gun with the straight hard pipe tube attached? 😂
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Don't cut it till you tried it. A straight hard pipe grease gun works great on most farm machinery that put any effort into simplicity. You still need a backup for the special ones.
had 3 of them never had all 3 running at the same time couldn't keep them running no matter how much you spent to try too.