roto balers

williamjshaver · Nov 26, 2021

how much should you expect to pay for one in good shape...ready to go.

old · Nov 26, 2021

Depends on where you are. In my area you can buy one for well under $100. Matter of fact I saw one sell at and auction for $25 a few years back and it was the better white top one

williamjshaver · Nov 26, 2021

interesting, i'm in ny, mohawk valley.

williamjshaver · Nov 26, 2021

whats the connection with the white top....

old · Nov 26, 2021

The white top ones where the newer improved ones

plowman · Nov 26, 2021

Hi I have one for sale. I am in Ohio. Thanks Steve 419-618-0017

williamjshaver · Nov 27, 2021

in what ways can you make balage with them.

old · Nov 27, 2021

Sure they will make bales but there hard to handle plus the machines while they work are a pain in the back sides. I owned one for a summer and sold it that fall and got a square baler

504 · Nov 27, 2021

AC Stopped building the round balers,then around the early 70s they started building them again. The old ones were all orange, the new ones had a white top.

williamjshaver · Nov 28, 2021

thanks... just wondered how much i should expect to pay for a good working one...

MJMJ · Nov 28, 2021

Unless you have a very specific reason to want one, perhaps nostalgia, keep looking. A normal round or small square baler will be better for you in just about every way.

rrlund · Nov 28, 2021

I remember reading one time about a guy who would no til corn in strips in the hay. He'd use one of those AC Roto Balers to bale the hay and he'd roll the bales between the corn rows. Then in the late fall, he'd turn the cows in to pasture the late hay. They'd eat the corn, then the stalks and round bales, He never had to take the cows or any feed to the barn.

Traditional Farmer · Nov 28, 2021

Once we filled the barn up with those small round bale we'd bale the late hay and leave it in the field then turn the cows in during the Winter.Bale them tight and big they'd keep really good.

rrlund · Nov 28, 2021

I've seen them picked up out of the snow in the field.

williamjshaver · Nov 28, 2021

great idea love it... being resourcefull....

1206SWMO · Nov 28, 2021

I've seen them sell from $50 up to $700..The one below sold near Greenfield,MO in 2010 for I think $700....Neighbors said that it probably hadn't baled 1000 bales..I gave $400 for one that had baled 1632 bales..

williamjshaver · Nov 28, 2021

nice looking machine.....that much eh....

williamjshaver · Nov 29, 2021

yes thanks, just looking right now.

jvin248 · Jan 3, 2022

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The Vermeer big round balers were apparently created by a guy who used the AC round balers as a template for making the bales and the weatherability of round bales. Took him a while but he got it scaled up and now more big round bales than square bales these days.

We had one of the AC balers that I only ever saw sit in the fence row and had hornets living in the twine hopper. I never saw it run.

We only ever used small square bales when I lived on the farm. My father used to cuss at the square baler knotters because they always got temperamental when you had a thousand bales to do and the weatherman changed his forecast to rain soon.

So if my father would rather fight with square bale knotters than an AC round baler, that told me all I needed to stay away from the hornets.

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This post was edited by jvin248 on 01/03/2022 at 12:16 pm.

GarryinNC · Jan 8, 2022

I have always wondered why they designed the top to look like a Piper J-3 Cub Airfoil. It looks good. Maybe just a design thing. Did they start a roll fairly easy?

Garry

Traditional Farmer · Jan 9, 2022

Started bales just fine as long as the hay was dry,not a baler to use on wet hay.

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