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I have one, been a good baler. I believe the manual says that the standard bale is 40-60 pds, but like the previous post stated you can adjust the length from about 12" to like 70-80", I tried the 12" bales one time just for the fun of it, had to slow the RPMs because the kicker was throwing them over the back of the wagon, only did a few. Was thinking there could be a market for them since they are small and easy to handle, too much trouble/effort to move around for the amount of hay in them though. Not sure of HP requirement, use mine on a case 930 (93HP) and a 1466 (135HP). Have a few smaller tractors (8n, IH M, JD1010) but never tried it on them, those are mostly wagon pullers. A full load of hay attached to the 8n pushes the tractor down hill, so I would say that it could not handle both, had the 1010 connected in the barn rebaling and it seemed to work ok, but did not have it in the field. As far as problems, seems to get into a fit with the knotters once in a while, it's best to swing both sides out and clear ALL of the strings and retie when this happens, clearing one side will normally continue the problem. I also replaced the hay dogs and springs, an occasional bearing on the kicker, the tine forks above the pickup, get some shear pins for the flywheel, a regular bolt is softer and breaks easier, I have been heating them and cooling them in oil to harden, but still break them, the dealer type are harder, just never got around to buying any. I replaced the knotter brake a couple of years ago, it didn't fix my problem completely. When the knotter is tripped, the tying forks are pushed into the chamber and tie the bale, however, the tines do not always go far enough back, actually the cam that drives them doesn't go far enough around, this will allow the tines to pulsate and if they move too far the safety wedge engages which shears the pin on the flywheel, the brake is suposed to hold everything in place at the end of each tying cycle, just doesn't seem to go far enough, if anyone has had this problem before, I be willing to pay for what you done to fix it, worked at it for days and resigned myself to living with it. Other than that, make sure you use the 9000ft sisal twine rather than the thin stuff, manuals and parts books are still available for NH. Sorry this is so long, if you want to know anything else let me know.
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