[AT] Loose hay/round balers

[CBear81438 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/27/2005 10:49:54 PM Central Standard Time,  
alfg at sasktel.net writes:

Had a  look at a nice looking NH 847 round baler trade in today. Its in my
price  range and doesn't look beat up like some. I'll have to see what shape
the  chain is in and what it might cost to replace if necessary.

Ralph in  Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/



Ralph:
Down here, everyone runs from those chain type balers.  Tehy tell me  that if 
you put up very  much hay, you will replace those chains about  every 2 
years.  In the past 3 years there have been about 8 of those balers  at auction.  
They bring from $500 to $1000....  I would recommend a  Vermeer.  They produce 
the tightest bales.  If you can afford the  netwrap, your hay really is in 
good shape. It looks like it was just baled when  you unwrap it...I have had 5 
round balers, and worked on a lot of them.  A  friend of mine let a Hesston 5800 
rounder go for 250 at auction last  summer.  I almost choked him when he told 
me, cause I could have saved it  for parts...  I would recommend against a 
chain type baler..
 
You can really bale a lot greener and it makes great hay.  Sometimes I  get 
mold, but I think a ot of it is within the first 6 inches of hay.  It  is from 
the rain.  Snow is really the worst thing on them..  That is  why I would 
recommend a netwrap system..  If you got the time, you coauld  fabvricate a 
netwrap device. I have got a few ideas for one that feeds in above  the feeder.  
John deere uses one at the back of the baler...  really  screwy...
 
Cecil in OKla