has anyone used jones balers?

[SMID]

@wr. That it a dexta with jones baler decal on the bonnet and db loading railway wagons ?https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-golden-harvest-1959-online..

 

[Selectamatic]

Was it you, @Selectamatic who posted a link to a youtube film on the Jones factory a few years ago? At the end of the film it showed two new balers being taken to the railway station. One behind a Major and the other being towed by a DB tug. Pretty sure the title was "Jones Baler factory, Mold 1958-59" but it isn't on there anymore.

No, sorry, not me...

 

[wr.]

@wr. That it a dexta with jones baler decal on the bonnet and db loading railway wagons ?https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-golden-harvest-1959-online..

By Jove! You're quite right. How the hell did I miss that at 9 minutes. The film I was actually thinking of had the railway bit right at the end so this must be the whole film.

 

[wr.]

On the day our Mk 12 arrived, my father couldn't be at home so I had the day off school to take delivery. Two mechanics from Burgess in Abergavenny came along with it to "start it off" on some bales of hay which I cut the strings for them to feed it through and check all was working as it ought. I think one of the mechanics was a young apprentice named Simon Turgiss from Abergavenny who does a lot with vintage tractors now.

 

[DaveJ]

By Jove! You're quite right. How the hell did I miss that at 9 minutes. The film I was actually thinking of had the railway bit right at the end so this must be the whole film.

Reginald Tildesley's Welshpool depot brings back memories. Sadly demolished to build the Welshpool bypass. My Taid and Father were customers for many years - including I believe an earlier Jones baler with it's own engine. Dad always said it was a faster baler than the Claas that replaced it.

 

[Sharpy]

@wr. That it a dexta with jones baler decal on the bonnet and db loading railway wagons ?https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-golden-harvest-1959-online..

Thank you. Really enjoyed that.

 

[DeeGee]

Thank you. Really enjoyed that.

So did I......so did I........so did I.......so did I enjoy it but the version I watched had numerous repeat frames throughout.

Typical Welsh, never could make a decent film; remember many years ago watching the XXX rated ‘Ewe really turn me on 2’ with other members of the Vale of Clwyd Young Farmers Club at the old Denbigh Palladium, and the Swedish subtitles were way out of time from all the hot action.

 

[Farmpress]

Here's our 12T which my father bought new back in the 70's. Only come out to bale a neighbour's neddy idiot cubes now but never gives a moment's trouble

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Hello WR. I'm a freelance agricultural journalist gathering info and pics on Jones Balers for an article in Classic Tractor magazine and this great photo caught my eye. Any chance you could email the original one or similar to [email protected] together with your name and contact info? All the best - and happy hay making! Peter Hill

 

[Farmpress]

Our's are still in yearly use, nowhere near as busy as they once were, but enough to keep us going.

The early Jones Balers were made to work behind the Threshing Machine, as time progressed they were made more to be used behind the tractors of the time, the Jones Minor, Royal, Major etc eventually became the Star, and Super Star, ours shown below, the Super Star I believe to be the best baler of it's time.

The only baler painted blue, because Jones secured a large American order Super Star balers, on the condition that they were painted the same colour as the Fordson Power Majors that the dealership sold, blue and white.

I remember Mr Jones junior, son of one of the Jones Brothers who founded the company, telling me that the Super Star was designed to run behind a Fergie FE35 set to flat out.

Jones made several ventures into other fields, manure spreaders, grain drills, mills, hay tedders, and most notably the Combine Harvester, with the Cruiser Combine drowning near the shore when Allis Chalmers pulled the plug on the project, in favour of their own Gleaner combines.

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During the Star and Super Star production, Jones sold the company to the Allis Chalmers company, who integrated their products into the AC lineup, with limited success.

The Jones name made way for AC, and sales fell sharply, so much so that the Jones name was reintroduced, the balers could either be purchased in Jones or AC Colours, there are even stories of already built balers being repainted in the old colours to help shift them.

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Accountants got hold of the job, and the Mk 10T and 12T were introduced, still very capable balers, but a lightweight thing compared to the heavy duty construction of it's forerunners. Later AC found themselves in difficulty and the company was sold to Bamfords of Uttoxeter, who already made their own BL, Bamford Long, balers.

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After the 10 and 12 the content of the Jones Baler became less and less, an early example of Badge Engineering where a Bamford, such as a BX9 was Badge Engineered as a Jones Mk 16, below. Few Jones parts carried on into these balers. Bamford's fortunes were on the way down, and after an uncertain period, the job came to a close.

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Hello Selectamatic. I'm a freelance agricultural journalist gathering info and pics on Jones Balers for an article in Classic Tractor magazine and these great photos caught my eye. Any chance you could email the originals to [email protected] together with your name and contact info? All the best - Peter Hill

 

[2wheels]

we had a jones baler, can't remember the model but the best thing about it was going down the road for a nh68. the jones would bale say 10 bales perfectly then throw a couple loose ones for no apparent reason.

 

[ford7000]

did anyone notice the extension lead getting run over and cut in half at about 5.58 on the golden harvest video ?

 

[FarmerD89]

I’ve a Jones baler ( not sure what mk it is maybe an 18) with a central oiler on the back ?

I’m having a bad time with the Clevis not fiting a drawbar was there a specific hitch for jones balers ( case Ih tractors here )

 

[wr.]

I’ve a Jones baler ( not sure what mk it is maybe an 18) with a central oiler on the back ?

I’m having a bad time with the Clevis not fiting a drawbar was there a specific hitch for jones balers ( case Ih tractors here )

The clevis on our Mk12 was a pain so I cut the bottom part off years ago.

 

[Tha Ulsterscot]

Looking for tines for a Jones mini tedder, if anyone can help, Thanks.

 

[bob the farmer 1324]

We had a couple of mk 2 s then a mk 12 T , the mk 2 s were built like battleships twin wheels on the heavy side could make bales like bricks , The mk 10 T and 12 T were basically the same apart from a wider pick up on the 12 T . A flimsier machine than the older ones but never let us down , the draw-bar had a foot of 4 inch x 2 inch channel welded underneath to position the chain for the pressure control coupler for baling straw when things were damp underfoot.

do you know how much a mk 2 is worth now? cleaning out an old shed and one has come into my possession

 

[SMID]

do you know how much a mk 2 is worth now? cleaning out an old shed and one has come into my possession

I,d really only be guessing its quite a while since our one went for £450