JD Seller and Tx Jim?'s

What are the differences between the 467's and the 468's? Also what is the differences between the 400's and the 500's? Differences between the 567's and 568's?

I'm not either of those guys, but I've been told the 468 has larger sprockets and chains. I have a 467 with 468 sprockets & chains for that reason.

The difference between the 400 and 500 series is the width. The 400s are a four foot wide baler and the 500s are a five foot wide baler.

The main up grade from a 7 series to an 8 series is the heavier chains and sprockets. You also could get the larger tires as an option.

There really are few major differences between the 6 series, 7 series and the 8 series. Mainly just a few options that became available. Also the monitors kept being up graded.

I would just look at condition of any of them and price. There are good deals out there right now on all hay equipment. The livestock guys are taking a beating with high feed prices.

I have bought some real good balers in the last six months in the low teens, real low teens. I have heard of some not breaking 10 K on sales but I did not see them to tell what kind of condition they where in. A baler that needs many repairs like belts, chains and sprockets can easily need a few grand spent on it. So just make sure of the condition. A higher priced one very well could be a better buy.

If the baler you are looking at is close to a JD dealer pay to have them do a baler inspection on it. These inspections would only cost about $175. They would list anything they see that would need repaired or shows excessive wear.
JD has preprinted inspection forms that list all the things that should be checked.

One word of caution on any of the balers newer than a JD 535. The JD 566,567, and 568 all have the bale counter built into the monitor. So if the monitor has been repaired or changed the bale count will not be correct for that baler. So look at the belts, the chains/sprockets, pickup and the sides of the bale chamber. These are the wear areas and will give you an idea of how many bales the baler has actually baled.

I have seen guys send the monitor away to be repaired just to get it zeroed. Then they bale a year or two with it an then represent it as a low bale baler when they go to trade it or sell it.

So go on condition not bale counts.

Thanks you, I have my eye on a couple. I'm going to look at them tomorrow. I usually run my baler through the shop every other year, I know how pricey it can be and have my eye on buying a good baler. Thanks for the suggestion on having it run through their shop.

I'll add to what JD Seller stated although I never really understood why JD did it that way but the 4XX balers actually make 46" wide bales and the 5XX actually make 62" wide bales. The 2 later models(8&9) have the RC80 roller chains that my neighbor states the only advantage over RC60 is the chains cost more to replace. The 2 later models have a roller in frt of pickup attachment that mashes the windrow down to aid in feeding in the hay to the baler.

I've only owned one JD rd baler that I'd consider a bad one(LEMON) and it was a 466 with a Mega-wide pickup. I needed to hire someone to follow the baler to pickup up the pieces of the PU fingers when they fell off the feeder finger crankshaft.

When I was still in the dealership shop we did a few inspections for guys that where buying some equipment. The common way was for the seller and buyer to split the inspection cost. Then we gave each one a copy of the final report.

If that buyer did not buy the piece the seller had the report for any future buyers.

Some times the seller wanted to hide that inspection. LOL Pages of bad news!!!

Also not either of those guys but have had a lot of experience on JD round balers. The 500 series 7 or 8 and the 400 series 7or 8 are excellent machines. We see more 400's here as a lot of the hay will be trucked and the narrower bales are desired for this.
Our dealership tried to market some non OEM belting a few years back. It wasn't a good value and I can only suggest to stay with original belting.
As far as chains, I would agree that 60 chain and 80 chain will both likely wear at the same rate.

I thank you all for your input!

What's the difference between the 467 & the 468. That was the question.

(quoted from post at 15:41:28 01/20/13) What's the difference between the 467 & the 468. That was the question.

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I thought that was answered.

Roller in frt of pickup fingers on XX8
RC80 drive chain instead of RC60 on LH side on XX8
Larger chain sprockets to accommodate larger chains on XX8
Option for extra large tires for a smooooth ride on XX8
Shorter hay compression rods on the XX8 over the XX7

I was asking Tech 7. You and I said the same thing. Tech 7 said we didn't know anything about balers. Went on to include the 5oo series and talked about belts they use to stock.

I don't care about what they stock or the price of eggs in China. He didn't answer the question.
Wayne