[AT] RE: AT Digest, Vol 16, Issue 30

[Andy Glines]

What about little round bales?  Don't you have a few rotobalers sitting 
around?
>   12.  Big round baler? (Indiana Robinson)
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>Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 22:12:14 -0500
>From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
>Subject: [AT] Big round baler?
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>	Son Scott and I are looking at big round balers and like with many other 
>things the more
>we look the less we are sure of.   :-)   Does anyone have particular 
>preferences in big
>balers? Some we have been warned away from then the next person we talk to 
>will say that
>they had one of those and loved it... We looked at about 10 of them Sunday 
>and one that
>was reasonable and in good shape was an IHC 241. Is anyone familiar with 
>those?
>	I might mention that we will likely be baling less than 50 acres a year 
>with one (the
>rest will be small square bales). Also repairs don't scare us much. By the 
>same token we
>don't want to start out with a basket case or a real trouble maker.
>	We have noticed that some have wide belts at the sides. What is the 
>purpose of that? We
>also looked at some that had a twist in two of the belts???
>	Thoughts appreciated.   :-)
>
>--
>"farmer", Esquire

>
>Francis Robinson
>Central Indiana USA
>robinson at svs.net