[AT] out with the old

[Edchainsaw at aol.com]

this past summer I was using my 32yr old  852 New Holland baler when  it  
exploded --  bracket that hold the idlers on the back for the main  bale 
chains metal fatigued and that was that...  
 
I was in the middle of a field and me, dad and the land owner had paid for  
a trip to the Corvette Sink hole the next morning.
 
We called our Dealer and he had a used baler we could use,  one of  those 
little things  4x4 I think it is. In 1 hour he had it up to me and I  
finnished the field , but then the pricing began...   fix a 32 yr  old baler. that 
just broke chains, idler shaft, radles and who knows what else,  or price a 
newer used baler.
 
He had a bigger used baler, It had more bales on it than my  852.   That 
4x4 was just to small, and it was  20,000,    Next option was New Holland is 
changing balers  this winter so old inventory is reduced...  the 5x6 baler 
BRAND NEW was  36,000!   FOR 7 HEAD   NO  WAY!...     well the OLD used 4x6  
was 28,000???  
 
I now have  a loan for a baler.....   and I still have the  852 in the shed 
because NO ONE WANTS THAT THING...  I like  the old  baler a whole lot, and 
my cows like it better too... they have a time with the  tight newer balers 
hay.
I did see something encouraging the other day:   a 3 yr old baler  the same 
as this new one for 35,000 lol