NewHolland balers.

DeltaRed

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I always used to say "you couldn't run fast enough to give me a NH baler"LOl.But,I once let a JD dealer talk me inti a 283 NH baler about 20 years ago.The biggest pos I,ve ever owned.Turned out it had a bent bale chamber.That's story for another time. Before the 'smoke cleared',I ended up owning 5 of those SoBs.A 78;282(2);283(3) and a425. True,they wern out when I bought then.But they baled a lot of hay for me over the years.Mostly custom work.. Some only lasted a year(or less!)But I had lots of partsLOL!.But more importantly,I learned so much about balers.I also read/studied the books often.I could probably fix em with my eves closed. You might say I got very intiment with NH balers,especially knotters.About 5 years ago I got a CIH 8530 inline.Acctually it kind of fell into my lap you might say.The absolute best baler ever1The NHbalers are all gone now. Sold;parted out; junked/scrapped.I couldn't be happier!
 
We all have different types of luck with a given machine. I can't say that the older NH readily lets a person down but there is plenty to watch for as they wear. In any event glad the CIH is working out for you. We had a NH 270 that worked well for us and when we needed a wire baler the JD 347 worked out well but always seemed to break one bale per load most days.
 
Since CIH and New Holland are the same company is it possible you still have a New Holland? I grew up baling with a 270 and the only problem I remember was when we switched twine bundles we would miss a bale. Got a brand new 570 in 1995 and finally rebuilt it a few years back.
 
ran 327 deere and 570 new holland back in my baling days. deere was not near as picky on make uniform bale, new holland you had to really keep it stuff or bale size all over place. what nice is i no longer own any bale equipment. rent all land out, land nets more this way than it did when i hayed it. go figure
 
Was not sure when that baler was made. I have never seen a Massey or Hesston in this area,most are NH and rest are deere. Well there is a few Claas round balers I guess.
 
I have a lot of faith in NH balers - the more known ones, i.e. 68 (which I have), 273, 276, 311, 315/316 models.

But I get it - the frustration of a piece of junk equipment, be it a NH baler or something else.

I really like our JD348, but will be dragging out the old 68 for some tandem baling in the next few weeks on second cutting. The JD makes bricks everytime, tight and lots of flakes. Now that we have done a refurb on the 68, it makes bricks too (and no banana bales), just much slower.

I tried to buy an inline at our local dealer (they are ultra scarce around here), it had been setting on the lot for a year. When I inquired about a deal, the dealer gave me a price and then put me off over the weekend saying he might could do better. Turns out he sold it out from under me.

Did you ever try a JD, MF or late model IH baler?
 

I have an old 270, it misses a few but I only put up a few hundred squares per year, the rest are rolls with a late model NH BR7070.
Always wanted a Hesston style inline square baler but couldn't justify the cost for the few squares we bale.

Only gave $600 for the 270 several years ago from the original over, always stored in the dry, at times I'd like to have something newer but it keeps on baling.
 

All balers need to have all of the adjustments in the manual checked and reset every 10,000 or so bales. It is so much easier to do in the off season, or even mid season during a break.
 
We run a New Holland 270. Has been pretty much trouble free and a good baler for us. Granted it is in nice shape and not abused. Only misses a bale here or there when switching twine rolls as 4520bw said. I would say well over 75 percent of small square balers in our area are New Holland, along with rakes and haybines. And yes there are JD and other dealers just as close as the new Holland dealers. Pic of the 270 and Oliver 1750.
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Buying a worn out junk baler and expecting it to work without a hitch is simply dreaming. Any baler is going to require upkeep, doesn't matter what brand or model. Comparing 50 year old balers to something almost new is wasted effort.
 
We used to custom bale with a NH 273, put about 60,000 to 75,000 bales a year thru it, only gave us problems one time in all those years.
 
Interesting to see so many positive comments about a NH270. I just bought one a few weeks ago as a back-up to my NH276.
The 270 seems to be a baby version of the highly touted NH 276.Same feeder system, shares many parts. A really good baler for the money. My initial impression ( after getting it re-timed, set to specs and well lubed) is very positive.
First 200 bales are bricks and the knotters seldom miss...did 125 in a row, to finish the field.
 
I cant believe you sold the NH balers those were some very good balers of course made the big bale and bought a cih hate to say it but I am disappointed in you jdseller. LOL
 

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