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New Holland 276 or 310?

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blillie90

04-10-2008 01:59:04




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Trying to decide which baler to buy to bale 40 acres. I have read a lot on this site about the issues with the 310 and by just looking at it it really looks made lightweight. I need to drive 3 hours to see the 276 so I was wondering if you guys could tell me if it is made heavier, has the same issues as the 310 and such before I drive over there. Which one is considered the larger, faster. I have read contradicting posts on here about the punger speed? Does someone have the manuals to these that would post this info?

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backwoodsfarm

04-11-2008 05:14:47




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to blillie90, 04-10-2008 01:59:04  
I know a lot of guys with 310, 315, 320 balers who have removed the bar between the feeder carriage. Have never had a problem with the fedder carriage getting torn up. In fact, a farmer I mow hay for on occasion, has a 315 he bought brand new, and the first thing he did was remove that bar. And Fordfarmer, you are exactly right about the 276 being the medium size baler, I forgot about the 278!!

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dweitzel

04-12-2008 08:13:55




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to backwoodsfarm, 04-11-2008 05:14:47  
Can you explain to me a little better what bar is being removed and where exactly is it located? Can it be seen from the front outside or do I need to look inside the top cover near the push fingers? Just not picturing this bar. Also, can you explain a little better what removing this bar does as far as not tearing up the baler? Was it a jamming issue or something else?

Thanks.



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RICK165

04-11-2008 02:05:19




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to blillie90, 04-10-2008 01:59:04  
i just bought a 310 baler is there certain trouble spots i should lookout for thanks RICK



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kossuth

04-11-2008 04:23:13




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to RICK165, 04-11-2008 02:05:19  

RICK165 said: (quoted from post at 02:05:19 04/11/08) i just bought a 310 baler is there certain trouble spots i should lookout for thanks RICK
The areas that I've seen problems with em is the feeder assembly. The bearings and/or the tracks associated with the feeder assembly get torn up and give you fits. The bearings aren't super expensive though and if you mess up a track if you have some welding skills you can fix her up pretty good like. We have a 310 at home and we haven't had to put a track in ours yet. Had to patch it couple times because when the bearing when out it tore the track up too but it wasn't a super huge deal.

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blillie90

04-10-2008 19:30:46




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to blillie90, 04-10-2008 01:59:04  
Lots of people on here say the 310 has to be ran at 20% less than 540rpm or it with come apart. Is that the case also with the 276?



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backwoodsfarm

04-11-2008 05:20:39




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to blillie90, 04-10-2008 19:30:46  
The 310 and I believe the 315 could be ran at pto speed without much problem. The 320 on the other hand had a much faster plunger speed and if ran at pto speed was known to cause quite a few problems. I run a NH273 and a NH575. The 273 I run a little below PTO speed just because it makes a better bale as long as I rake a big windrow and go painfully slow!! The 575 is ran at full pto speed and about as fast as I can go while pulling the baler and 18' kicker wagons.

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Fordfarmer

04-10-2008 06:11:50




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to blillie90, 04-10-2008 01:59:04  
I'll agree with backwoodsfarm except the part about the 276 being the biggest of it's time. It was the middle model. (or, if they had 4 models, it was one down from the biggest... can't remember for sure.) Probably overkill on 40 acres, but if the price and condition are right, you won't be sorry. No first-hand experience on the 310. Went from the 276 to a 565. That 276 did 10,000+ bales a year from '76 until '91 or '92.

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kossuth

04-10-2008 15:55:52




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to Fordfarmer, 04-10-2008 06:11:50  
310 is as good a machine as the rest of em it just depends on how well it was maintained and when it broke if it was repaired correctly or if it was a half assed fix.



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backwoodsfarm

04-10-2008 05:33:47




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 Re: New Holland 276 or 310? in reply to blillie90, 04-10-2008 01:59:04  
The 276 was built from 1971-1976, the 310 was built from 1977-1981. The 276 was the highest capacity baler of its time where as the 310 was the low capacity baler of it's time. You could probably bale a gear or two faster with the 276. I have a 1977 NH 273 that I bale 5000 or so bales a year with and if it misses 5 bales a year it's because of my knot tying!! If the 276 was in good shape and taken care of, I wouldn't be afraid of the age. 310 is a good baler if taken care of. I guess it depends on condition and price. Let us know how you make out.

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