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Craig

08-24-2001 19:03:53




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What can anyone tell me good or bad about a JD 328 square baler.




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Doug in Il.

08-26-2001 06:34:10




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 Re: John Deere Square Baler in reply to Craig, 08-24-2001 19:03:53  
Craig, the only difference in a 328 and a 338 are, basically, 2 things. The standard pickup on the 328 has 4 bars and 104 teeth. The 336 has 6 bars and 156 teeth. The width of both pickups are the same, 74 inches to the flares. Also the 328 is standard with a 2 joint PTO shaft, the 338 has a 3 joint shaft. A 3 joint PTO is optional on the 328. Both have a 289 Square inch feed opening, a 30" baler stroke, a 227 pound flywheel and 80 stokes per minute. Essentially they are the same machine, except for the pickup. The 348 is another story. 93 strokes per minute, 295 pound flywheel and other differences. I have a 338 and a 346. The 346 is an older version of the heavy duty 40 series balers, It will out bale the 338. But the 338 is a very good baler! The 328 should be just as good.

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Kevin

07-31-2002 21:08:59




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 Re: Re: John Deere Square Baler in reply to Doug in Il., 08-26-2001 06:34:10  
But how to you deal with the twine routing on the 346? I hay a lot of bottom land canary grass and it seems that the twine would get caught on stems



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Kevin

07-31-2002 21:08:59




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 Re: Re: John Deere Square Baler in reply to Doug in Il., 08-26-2001 06:34:10  
But how to you deal with the twine routing on the 346? I hay a lot of bottom land canary grass and it seems that the twine would get caught on stems



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Kevin

07-31-2002 21:05:59




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 Re: Re: John Deere Square Baler in reply to Doug in Il., 08-26-2001 06:34:10  
But how to you deal with the twine routing on the 346? I hay a lot of bottom land canary grass and it seems that the twine would get caught on stems



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JD70Jim

08-25-2001 07:09:05




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 Re: John Deere Square Baler in reply to Craig, 08-24-2001 19:03:53  
The 328 is currant production, that is to say it is the model being made today. It has two bigger brothers---the 338 and the 348. The 338 is the direct descendant of the 14T, with the 348 being the heavy duty and the 328 being the lighter, lower cost unit. They all share the same knotters. These balers have been in production, essentially unchanged since 1955. The model progression from 14t to 24t, to the 336,337 and now the 338 has only added extra features including a wider pickup, more shields, etc.

These are VERY good balers. I have a 337, and have run a 14t as well. If you are not a big commercial hay producer, you will like it just fine. The really big commercial users would want a 348! (Assuming they didn't switch to large squares or large round bales)

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Duane(Pa)

08-24-2001 20:20:22




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 Re: John Deere Square Baler in reply to Craig, 08-24-2001 19:03:53  
Based on my 336, Good, Very good.



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Tim(nj)

08-24-2001 20:51:10




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 Re: Re: John Deere Square Baler in reply to Duane(Pa), 08-24-2001 20:20:22  
There is one thing. The 328 is the small end of the line, but that wide pickup that Deere put on it tempts people to jam too much hay into the machine at once. The idea of putting the wider pickup on the 328 wasn't to tackle huge windrows, but to get the windblown stuff that the small pickup on the 336 (of which I happen to have two) misses on regular windrows.



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