Anyone bought any from a dealer lately? We had to buy a pair for our 276 baler - bought from the dealer with Made in the USA. First we had to grind around the tip because they were just a slightly
different size than the originals - and no it wasn't due to wear. Then when we went to install and the bolts turned in horribly hard - after the custom fit work and the second install one of the bolts snapped
off. Since we were having some machine shop work done the needle went with the tractor head they turned the broken bolt out then cleaned up the threads - they said the threading was horrible and they cleaned
a lot up with their tap (not paint).
If we wanted almost right we would pay less than half price and buy some needles of EBAY made in China. Thankfully it was end of season and happened on the final 4 acres and we just put it in big round
bales. Something like that with 80 acres on the ground with rain coming would have made us very unpopular at the dealership.
different size than the originals - and no it wasn't due to wear. Then when we went to install and the bolts turned in horribly hard - after the custom fit work and the second install one of the bolts snapped
off. Since we were having some machine shop work done the needle went with the tractor head they turned the broken bolt out then cleaned up the threads - they said the threading was horrible and they cleaned
a lot up with their tap (not paint).
If we wanted almost right we would pay less than half price and buy some needles of EBAY made in China. Thankfully it was end of season and happened on the final 4 acres and we just put it in big round
bales. Something like that with 80 acres on the ground with rain coming would have made us very unpopular at the dealership.