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Can't comment on the baler. I run a Claas, and I've not yet seen a reason to try anything else... On the NH tedder/rake, I could write a book on that catologue of crime...
I have a 254 which is an older version of the 255. The theory was good for a small operation. It does a nice job of raking and builds nice even rows which would be handy 4' wide... well suited for a 4' baler. As a tedder it's slow, and if you want any kind of a job you have to narrow it up fully and take what it can handle with the arms locked up in it's tedding mode. Don't try to use the cam for tedding... So, it's a fairly fast 2 basket tedder.
Other than that it's the most unreliable miserable ba$tard of a machine that was ever built. Period. I'll argue that with anyone, anytime, anywhere. They cost a fortune to operate, break at any time for no reason and cause a lot of heartache. I know that the 255 had a somewhat changed design, but I doubt that they changed it enough in any material way to make a reliable machine of it.
We've gon to a Kuhn rotary rake, and I'm looking for a good 4 basket tedder. When I find that the 254 is going to the auction, and my hands are staying in my pockets....
I wouldn't advise travelling that road with the tedder rake. The old haybobs are fairly good, but just plain slow... but an option if you're stuck on a tedder/rake. Rod
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