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seth_ia

03-11-2007 18:40:10




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I run a Hesston. After running my 4800 Hesston I would not consider another brand. All Hesstons have a very similar design(except 4700) that has changed very little over the years. The main change has been adding a electronic monitor/control and replacing the 200 drive chain with one huge gear box. These are minnor changes in terms of the bale quality and performance. New Holland would be a distant second. There is to many things to break on them. Hesstons are much simple in design. I considered a Deere, before buying my Hesston. My Hesston is ten times the machine compared to a Deere. Deere was a very cheap version of Krone. Deeres lack a stuffer and double knotters. Both of these are must haves, not just options. As previously stated new Case-IH balers are New Hollands. The old were Hesstons. A quick way to tell the difference is that the Hesston made balers have sharp square tin ware. The New Holland made balers have round fronts. I think Hesston has something like 75% market share. If buying a Hesston I wouldn't worry about dealers being close. I don't have a Hesston dealer closer than an hours drive that has ever even seen a big square baler. I fix mine myself and get my parts from either Livingston Supply in OK or Maize Corp in KS. Note that I live in Iowa. Can't say enough good things about the mechanics' advive from Livingston Supply. I perfer the 4x4 bales for my own use. There are half the bales to handle and they hand feed as good as 3x3s. If your planning to get a new baler then I would get a 3x4 4790. 3x4 bales truck better and the balers are higher capacity than either 3x3 or 4x4 balers. How many bales a year are you planning to do? Are you going to do custom work? Shout if you have any questions.

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