hesston 5580 round baile or gehl 1860

troy25 · Feb 21, 2013

i have a good hesston 5580 round bailer now and was looking at a gehl 1860.. i have no problems with my hesston but i would like to get a lil tighter of a bail out of it.. witch bailer is better and whats the things u hate or like about the bailes.. does anone know a trick or adjustment i can make to my hesston to get more tension on the springs.. mabe take a link out of the chains on the springs.. or anthign

Anonymous-0 · Feb 21, 2013

Others have said try slowing ground speed. I will try that, if I have the time, LOL!

troy25 · Feb 22, 2013

what about the gehl 1860.. are they junk.. i know they aint a open throught.. but its cheap.. i mean dirt cheap.. any thoughts on it

rrlund · Feb 22, 2013

I've been running Gehls since 79. Never had an 1860,but I don't have any reason to think there's anything wrong with them. I think the 60 series balers had a roller in the bottom instead of a table belt. Had the air over hydraulic tension too.
My next new baler,I'll probably go the other way,from Gehl to Hesston,but only because they don't make the Gehls anymore.

ihman73 · Feb 23, 2013

Generally more rpms and less mph is a starting point but your conditions may dictate otherwise. As far as what you got vs. the Gehl, just remember the Gehl is now a "make your own parts" machine when you need something special.

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