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New Holland 850 Round Baler

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Ron-MO

06-23-2006 05:07:49




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Looking for a few tips on the 850 balers. I went to look at a non-running 850 last night. Price is very attractive, baler has been shedded until about a year ago, so it looks good except for dirt/oil from the chains, etc. Hand tie. Twine box is on the front of the baler rather the side like I have seen before. Price - $200. One floor chain is hanging on the baler. There is hay in the floor, and I cannot see the condition of the other chains, but the owner is a co-worker and says that if he remembers correctly he lost two chains when trying to back up, and bought another baler. One tire is flat, but I believe air will put it on the road home. Any advice on the chains - repair the one, and buy a new one to replace, or buy two new to get it going? Also I am seeing conflicting information on the bale size. Some report 5x5, 5x6, 4x5. Which is corrrect? Owner says he thinks it is 5x6, but can be tied smaller. Thanks in advance for any help. I will likely go pick it up Sat. morning unless someone can convince me otherwise. I don't think I can go wrong on this baler unless I go crazy on putting on new parts.

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Dennis Sneath

11-22-2006 07:37:28




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 Re: New Holland 850 Round Baler in reply to Ron-MO, 06-23-2006 05:07:49  
I'm looking for a 850 round baler with twine box on front of unit.Sounds like this one would be good for parts...does anyone know where it got to??? Let me know.... 717-355-1279



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BarnYard4020

06-24-2006 04:38:33




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 Re: New Holland 850 Round Baler in reply to Ron-MO, 06-23-2006 05:07:49  
You might consider buying that old 850 anyway. They are pretty heavy and you should be able to scap it. Scrap prices are way up now. Offer him a little less and scrap it out.



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old

06-23-2006 08:09:57




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 Re: New Holland 850 Round Baler in reply to Ron-MO, 06-23-2006 05:07:49  
The 850 is a good old baler, but it can also be a bog pain in the @$$ at times. As per the book the 850 makes a 5-1/2X5-1/2 bale. Now you can make them smaller like 3X5-1/2 up to the full size. Chains can cost you a lot of $$$ to replace/repair. You also need at the very least 55HP tractor to pull one. The manual says 55-75HP by the way. Also you can still get the manual for them from NH, I know I have both the baler and the manual. If you want more info just asked, I'm no expert but I have been baleing with one for about 4-5 years now.

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Allan In NE

06-23-2006 05:25:41




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 Re: New Holland 850 Round Baler in reply to Ron-MO, 06-23-2006 05:07:49  
Boy, I dunno, Ron. Think I'd pass on that one.

I can smell $3K in repairs before you even make your fist bale.

Guarantee you it's gonna need a full set of chains, both floor and apron, bearings, sprockets and rollers not to mention how thin is the sheet metal getting?

You can buy a fairly decent 855 for $2K. The 850 makes a 5 X 5 bale.

Allan



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Ron-MO

06-23-2006 05:42:54




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 Re: New Holland 850 Round Baler in reply to Allan In NE, 06-23-2006 05:25:41  
I see your point. I certainly do not want to spend that kind of money on the old baler. Perhaps I should point out my intended use for the baler as well. I am currently square baling to sell to horse owners. Last year I squared about 1600 bales and sold every one last winter, but i ran out of room before all the hay was baled, and had to "hog" it last fall. I am the process of squaring this year and have about 1200 in the barn, but am running out of room again and would like to put the rest into big round and sell. I would not bale more than about 15 acres with the big round baler this year, and would very much like to pay for the baler. Maybe I am dreaming that I can put the chains back on and put it to work this year for $500 total out of pocket.

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Allan In NE

06-23-2006 05:54:38




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 Re: New Holland 850 Round Baler in reply to Ron-MO, 06-23-2006 05:42:54  
Heck, who knows? Might work out okay.

But in the long run, don't ya think you'll end up spending more?

After ya make a couple of round bales, you'll never wanna see a small square again and this means you'll have to change over your whole operation. :>)

Hope it turns out well for ya,

Allan



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