Hesston 4600 square baler

Paul swpa

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Any one have or used one of these inline square balers? Were they one of the first inline squares (lots of problems)? Good baler or one to avoid?
 
We had one when they were pretty new at the time and they were a darn good baler, big capacity and made a nice heavy bale
 
Thanks for the replies. There is one for sale not too far from me, we could stand to have a little newer baler (more reliable) than what we have now. Went to a dealer on Friday that had a couple newer (316 & 570) New Holland balers that ended up being trashed too bad for us to even think about, for way too much money.

Called the Agco dealer this morning for info on the Hesston 4600 balers and he has a Hesston 4570 for a little more than what the 4600 is listed for. Now I'm wondering which one I should go checkout? Each is about an hour away one West and one North.
 

We have a 4550 that dad bought new. Not one problem ever from it. I could count on both hands how many bales its missed in its life. That is normally when we tie the two bales of strings together and it is where it is trying to tie the bale.

The only down side of them is on one side of the bale it isn't as "pretty" as a side delivery baler.
 
I would go for the 4570. I'm pretty sure it's newer than the 4600. I'm also pretty sure it is the same baler, but with different paint as the MF 1837 - which IMHO is an excellent baler. 100 strokes per minute, wide pick-up and still low minimum hp requirements. If you want to see more about the 1837 MF - go to the MF website. I think this baler was just refreshed this year to include more shielding - which I don't care for. The new model is a 1838, but it is essentially the same 1837 baler. IMHO - the Hesston/MF inline balers are a most simple baler to work-on and have an outstanding reputation for making perfect square shape brick bales.

I tried to buy an MF 1835 (Hesston 4550), but the dealer sold it out from under me. Wound up with a JD 348.

If the 4570 is in good shape and is newer than the 4600 (which I believe it is), IMHO - it's worth the extra cost.

Don't think you will be disappointed in an inline baler.

Good luck,
Bill
 
I'm not trying to steal the thread, but, someone knows of a good forum that don't mind talking about the Hesston small square
balers, please post a link. I've kind ran up against a wall trying to find much information or stocking parts vendors for my
Hesston 4550. Especially in my area the prevailing attitude is if it's not the large square machine we won't even talk to you, OR
they'll say "we've heard of them but never actually seen one". I had some fairly complex issues getting my chain sproket/stuffer
fork timing right according to the manual (always looked to be about one tooth off) when I would recheck the marks. That's been my
experience with the 4550. bjr
 
Thanks for the info Bill Va. Yes, from everything I have been told or seen the 4570 is newer than the 4600. Just have to see if the funding can go high enough to make the deal, after we get to look at it of course.

I really have liked your posts on your balers too.
 
Google haytalk and agtalk. More focused on modern/new equipment and as such there is much discussion about inline Hesston/MF/Challenger balers.
 
They were considered very good balers. I've never run an inline small baler but have put more than my share of bales through a inline large square hesstons. The hesston inline concept is the best you'll find for making consistent bales. The limitation especially on the small balers is they lack throat capacity.

I'd like to get a 4600 just to have a second small baler to run. they are getting a lot of age on them, but they still bring a pretty penny when you find a decent one.
 
We bought a 4550 to use with our bale baskets ( didn't think the JD 14-t would take it). I was against the idea but I gave in to my brother. After one summer I fell in love with it. No banana bales, just good solid bales. Other good things are they are easy to transport and store.
 

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