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Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124

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BRK

07-20-2007 19:00:51




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Looking to upgrade my baler have found all the above balers for sale, only $200-$400 difference
between any of them.
Would like to bale faster but not at the expense
of reliability.
Anything to look out for?
Will they all do the same job in varying sizes
of windrows?




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Walter Squires

07-23-2007 13:20:52




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
The first balers I owned were Fords, 530 then a 532,Then I got smart and bought a new 336 John Deere, I thought I had died and went heaven after the Ford fiasco.
Got a hair up my butt and traded for a new high capacity 320 New Holland kept it one season and went back to a 346 J.D. and then several years later I traded for a 347 when they came out.
There are lots of N.H. bale wagons in this part of the country and let me tell you nothing works better than a J.D. baler for them because of the uniform and square bale.
My choice would be a John Deere baler hands down!

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Jim/Iowa

07-21-2007 19:09:31




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
The JD 336 is really still in production! They renumbered it twice, from 336 to 337 to 338. The changes along the way are minor. This is one piece of equipment that John Deere got right, the first time, and as stated, is a "signature" piece of equipment. A 336, that is in good condition, will bale nearly like a new one and will give very little trouble, given normal and customary maintenance and care!

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BRK

07-21-2007 18:03:15




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
Right now I am using a NH 271, it has given me 0 problems but it is alittle slow.This baler has never seen the inside of a shed.But is very well maintained.I will always keep it as a spare.

What I want to do is cut my time down,so I would
like to find one thats a little faster and or I
can rake two rows and bale.
Between the NH 276 & JD 336 which one will help
me get my baling done faster?
Good or bad points about either?

Thanks for your replys

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Jason Simmerman

07-21-2007 19:15:29




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-21-2007 18:03:15  
Well, not sure on the specifics but I imagine just by looking at pictures of the NH machine it operates somewhere around 71-75 strokes a minute. Most of them had the super sweep option which means it can put a chunk of hay up in a hurry. Now the JD also appears to often have the super sweep setup so I imagine the two machines pretty close in terms of capacity, but I might be wrong. I'm basing my option off my experience with my dad's NH 310 that he currently uses. That machine hands down will put up some serious hay. We used to have a New Holland 68 which probiably has similar capacity to your 271, and pulling a wagon behind it would take usually 40 minutes to get 100-110 bales up onto our wagons. I think the best we ever did with that machine was 30 minutes or so a wagon load. The 310 has a thrower on it and it normally takes 30 minutes or less to get a full wagon load which is about 100-110 bales roughly. That puts the 310 about 25% faster than the old 68. The 68 definately had alot of wear on it though too in it's defense. Being you already have a NH baler I'm sure you know some of the quirks of em. They all are basically built 90% the same reguardless of capacity. The differences are in little changes in construction IE the roller bearings on the plunger vs the wooden blocks on the plunger ect ect. Some balers New Holland made use the rotating packing arm like the 68, 271, and similar models. Some use what I call the slider assembly which is what the 268, 310, and similar models use. Being you are familar with the NH stuff it wouldn't be hard for you to learn the 276 but, don't count the Deere out eithor. If you have local Deere support then consider it as much as you would the NH baler. Pick the machine that is the most mechanically sound and you can't go wrong. Even though I grew up on red machines and I'm partial to them that doesn't mean that they are the best machine in this situation if the red machine has had the tar kicked out of it or dealer support is 50 miles away. Same applies for the green machine too.

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georgeky

07-21-2007 20:42:13




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to Jason Simmerman, 07-21-2007 19:15:29  
Plunger speed is 79 strokes per minute at 540 on the 276. In good thick hay it will bale 2000 bales a day.



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Matt Weltz

07-21-2007 07:09:47




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
John Deere hands down. The 336 is probably Deere's signature square baler. Never had any trouble with ours.



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Don-Wi

07-20-2007 22:52:59




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
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I'm partial to Massey balers. We've got a #12 and while it's a smaller capacity machine, we can still stuff a good amount of hay through it before it breaks a shear bolt. A 124 is newer and is a larger machine so you can for sure stuff more hay through it in an hour.

We wouldn't want our 12 to handle any more because we stack behind it on wagons and it's already hard to keep up with really thick hay. We've got some second crop cut right now, 14' cut doubled up and it was a good 2' tall. The baler takes it in full stride and the guy on the wagon really needs to be fast.

Parts availabilty is great. I was just at the MF dealer this afternoon getting shear bolts and some twine tension springs. All stuff they keep on the shelves and ready to go. Our's is a little more worn so it really likes the 7200 twine, but for years we ran 9000 until the quality started to go down and the knots would break. Not really the balers fault. We really had these problems in extremely thick canary grass in the swamps. Those bales would come out an extremely solid 45-50 lbs of grass and the knot would break when hiking it up to the top of the load- Those bales would EXPLODE because there really is alot of stuff crammed in those bales and the grass still springs back after being compressed in the baler, unlike alfalfa. Once that's been compressed, it really doesn't spring back all that much.

Donovan from Wisconsin

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Doug in IL

07-20-2007 20:40:50




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
Of those 3, a JD 336 hands down. Nothing makes a better bale than a Deere baler. I had a NH 276 once for about 2 or 3 seasons. I was glad to see it go down the road. I spent more on repairs on that thing than all the Deere's I've had combined. I'm not anti NH, as I use quite a bit of New Holland equipment. But the Deere balers have been better for me.



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Jason Simmerman

07-20-2007 20:18:25




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
All things considered, all three machines will do an excellent job if in good repair. Obviously these are used machines and are in different conditions. On our farm as I was growing up we used an old MF baler once while we had our New Holland rebuilt and it was an ok baler. A family friend of ours had a larger MF baler from the mid 80's I think that worked pretty good, but he always had to use the plastic twine in it. I am uncertain of what the parts availability is for the MF baler being that is a pre AGCO piece, so I'd check at a local AGCO dealer and check on the prices on a few common items IE pickup teeth and shear pins ect ect. I'd also compare the prices and availability of a few odd ball things like plunger bearings (if it actually uses roller bearings for the plunger) ect ect. I've said it before and others have too, it doesn't matter when you break something but it's when and how bad you break. A machine might be the best deal in the world until you find out once you break it you can't get parts for it. Most anything New Holland made as far as balers go is still supported, and from what I hear from the JD guys the same holds true for their stuff too. I'd base my decision off parts availability, dealer availabily, and just general comfort of the condition of the machine. All of our stuff is eithor NH or CaseIH, but there is a dealer within 15 miles of the house. Until a few years ago you had to drive 50-60 miles to get parts for anything other than a NH or CaseIH machine. Check the bearings on the packing arm assembly and ensure the tracks the bearings ride in aren't terribly torn up. Repairs are normal IE patched or reinforced track is somewhat normal on higher usage machines, but neglect or in a state of disrepair is another matter entirely. I'd check similar on all the machines and go from there. Just because one has more paint than the other that doesn't mean it's the better machine mechanically. Best of luck I'm sure you'll pick the right one.

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Curious George

07-20-2007 19:57:58




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
I love my 336, very reliable, parts no problem and I like the squareness of the bales. The New Holland users here will maybe know how to make a good bale but my neighbors NH's are banana machines. No experience with the MF.

What do you have now?



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georgeky

07-20-2007 20:06:24




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to Curious George, 07-20-2007 19:57:58  
Properly adjusted NH balers as well as others will make excellent bales.



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georgeky

07-20-2007 19:53:13




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
The 276 will eat hay.



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Faillafarm4320

07-20-2007 19:20:15




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 Re: Which is the best bayliner : NH276 ,JD336 ,MF124 in reply to BRK, 07-20-2007 19:00:51  
John Deere 336 all the way weve had our befor i was born and its never geven us a problem go with the deere. Nick Failla



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