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Finnbair2020 08-21-2012 16:15:12 71.241.133.193 Report to Moderator	I'm looking at a 504SI baler to run behind my Oliver 770. I would be getting the baler from a dealer. It was a flax baler and was converted back to do dry hay. I've read that these are pretty decent balers-- would it be hard to make it into a baler that could do silage? The dealer says it is set up now for just dry hay-- [Reply]   [No Email]
KEH 08-21-2012 16:59:35 209.213.30.15 Report to Moderator	Those are some of the best balers Vermeer made. The ones with hydraulic bale tension in addition to the springs are best. Does the 504SI stand for Super I or is it referring to the ones made to bale silage? The Silage I dosen't make as good a bale in dry hay. There is a Super I model with extra little springs bekow the big springs but the hydraulic models make better, tighter bales. I have a 505 I, not Super, and it does a very good job, but I would like to have the hydraulic tension model. Silage balers have heavier shafts and bearings, how many I don't know, but any of the models can make silage bale, It's just that making large numbers regularly is not a good idea. A relative just finished making 30+ silage bales with a 605K. He just makes them smaller. KEH   [Reply]  [No Email]