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NH 489 What do you know about em??

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MH

04-26-2006 07:17:53




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Looking at mower conditioners as hay season creeps up on us (been borrowing a 477 that is going to be sold at auction) There is a 489 for sale locally that I am going to look at. What can you tell me about them, good or bad. What should I look for, and when were they built??
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MH




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Deputy Tom

05-04-2006 10:49:00




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 Re: NH 489 What do you know about em?? in reply to MH, 04-26-2006 07:17:53  
Hey MH, If it goes for what you can afford, by all means purchase it. NH makes the best. I bought a 469 that had bad rolls but it took 2 days longer to cure the windrows. I bought it for $500 and mowed with it for 5 years. Then it rusted out and the knives were cuttin at a 45, so it went to the back 40. Got a brain fart and bought a Hesston PT10, what a mistake. It clogged in first and second cut, even in 1st gear on the JD4020. I finally traded it in on a NH479, good rolls and newer wobble box. It works fantastick. I can cut and then bale in 3-4 days even with a heavy crop. Hope that helps!

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boo

04-26-2006 15:55:58




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 Re: NH 489 What do you know about em?? in reply to MH, 04-26-2006 07:17:53  
Well..let me say something. My daddy bought a 479 (haybine) in the mid 70's . One hay cuttin' machine. 5 years later we bought a 488. Those two machines in the field was a pretty picture. At that time Sudex (Sudan Sorgum) was the thing and it WOULD NOT dry unless conditioned. Same goes for alfalfa. These are without a doubt tough machines...but they pretty much are old. You might have to do a little work on it like Tn Ford farmer said but it'll be worth it. I don't know where Tn Ford farmer is at ...but I'm about 30 miles north of Memphis in SW tn. Good luck boo

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TN Ford Farmer

04-26-2006 07:55:23




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 Re: NH 489 What do you know about em?? in reply to MH, 04-26-2006 07:17:53  
489 is a very good machine. I have one that cuts about 400 acres a year. No major problems. I have another one I will be using this year as it has the stub guards on it. Things to look for are slack in the gearboxes. Take the flywheel on the blade gearbox and turn it back and forth, it should not move much until the blade moves. Any sign of slack here could mean a rebuild soon. Same goes for the roller gearbox. One weak point is the tongue pivot, they have a tendency to break especially if treated rough. Some 489's had bad rubber on the rollers. Rollers can be replaced and are not that high. The blade belt needs to be kept tight and adjusted regurally to keep it from slipping in thick hay. As with all sickle haybines the sharper the blade and the better the guards the better it will cut. Hope this helps!!

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MH

04-26-2006 08:34:13




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 Re: NH 489 What do you know about em?? in reply to TN Ford Farmer, 04-26-2006 07:55:23  
Thanks TN. You mentioned stub gaurds, I've always wondered what conditions/crop call for these, I believe the 489 I'm going to look at has them.



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Ken Macfarlane

04-27-2006 13:21:33




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 Re: NH 489 What do you know about em?? in reply to MH, 04-26-2006 08:34:13  
We use one, the rollers went bad and it was expensive to repair. Our cutterbar bed is bowed from hitting something and it wears knifebars a bit quick.

Hmm, other than that it works well. I think ours has stub guards, not really sure to be honest, never had to replace one yet. Have gone through many of the serated knives on it, especially the 1.5 knives on the outside edge.

Oh and metal survey posts don't cut well at all hehe.

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