[AT] Vermeer big round balers?

[Larry Mason]

We use a 605C to bale our hay. It starts fairly easy and makes nice bales
(assuming you remember to weave a bit while pickung up the windrow). We have
been using this baler for 2 to 3 years now and it pulls  much easier than
the baler we now use as a backup. We had a bearing go out but it was a
fairly easy fix.
Larry Mason
Hackensack MN
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Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:01 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Vermeer big round balers?


>
> In a message dated 8/14/2005 7:44:47 AM Central Daylight Time,
> pinecrestdairy at acsnet.com writes:
>
> My first  baler was a Vermeer, one of the first ones out. It did a nice
job
> on  alfalfa, but I could not bale straw with it. I could never get even 1
> bale  of straw through it. The straw would build up in the front of the
> machine  and not enter the chamber.
>
>
> I had a 605 A.  The first model produced.  It had a continuous  wide belt
on
> the bottom.  If the straw was too dry, it would not start a  core.  I put
weld
> beads across the steel rollers to grip the straw and then  baled it when
> everyone said it was too wet.  I learned to bale wet hay with  this baler,
and
> have baled right behind the swather many times.    Folks around here tend
to wait
> too many days until the hay is just powder dry  before baling.  I like it
> with some moisture.  Never had a problem  with horses eating moldy hay
either....
>
> Cecil in OKla
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