This is a different JD 4450 for her and a new to us JD 568 baler. The Prior JD 4450 was a quad range and this one is a 15 sp. PS. I bought this tractor with a bad PS. From the flywheel back the power train has been completely reworked. I took every single thing out of the housings and started from scratch. It had been ran with a bad clutch pack until it would not move and there was metal every where. It works well now but like a neighbor says " it just needed some money" LOL well the SOME was bigger than I had planned.
The baler will be a step up. The JD 567 she had been using was the one we bought new in 2002. It had over 85,000 bales through it. More than 2/3s of them corn stalk bales. We do/did major maintenance every winter on them to keep them going but its getting worn. It will be the backup bailer as it is not worth much to sell. The JD 568 has just 9500 bales on it. It has the SUPER large tires on it. You have to watch as they stick out past the tractor tires. We will see how the Mega wide pickup works on corn stalk bales. The other balers we have all are just the Mega pickup and they would out bale the older wide pickups in shredded corn stalks.
We bailed some hay yesterday afternoon and both performed well. AC was a little cool with the weather we have been having. LOL Grand Daughter says to not mess "HER" bailer up until she gets back from vacation or I am in trouble. LOL
The baler will be a step up. The JD 567 she had been using was the one we bought new in 2002. It had over 85,000 bales through it. More than 2/3s of them corn stalk bales. We do/did major maintenance every winter on them to keep them going but its getting worn. It will be the backup bailer as it is not worth much to sell. The JD 568 has just 9500 bales on it. It has the SUPER large tires on it. You have to watch as they stick out past the tractor tires. We will see how the Mega wide pickup works on corn stalk bales. The other balers we have all are just the Mega pickup and they would out bale the older wide pickups in shredded corn stalks.
We bailed some hay yesterday afternoon and both performed well. AC was a little cool with the weather we have been having. LOL Grand Daughter says to not mess "HER" bailer up until she gets back from vacation or I am in trouble. LOL