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jw57

08-13-2003 18:33:31




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Just wondering about experiances anyone has with life of a NH 853 round baler.Mine has 6ooo bales on it now. Other than three bearings and a leaking air bag to replace,I have not had any other work to do.Just trying to figure out how long until I may have to replace it .




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Indydirtfarmer

08-14-2003 06:44:25




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 Re: lifespanof balers in reply to jw57, 08-13-2003 18:33:31  
I have a John Deere 336 baler that has baled hay and straw to the tune of about 50,000 bales. I do custom baling, as well as my own. I have a practice of NEVER letting it get wet. I also let the local dealer service it every winter. They replace ANYTHING that needs attention. By letting them do it, I don't "cheap out" and leave in parts that are "almost" OK. I don't try to see just how much hay I can force through it. Take it easy on the equipment! Then there is the luck factor. My brother-in-law has the same identical baler, and he has spent a fortune keeping his going. He bales about 1/3rd as much as I do. I just got ahold of a better baler. I have a neighbor that has a New Holland baler that is about 35 years old. I helped put up hay out of this baler, when I was in highschool. The old man takes it apart, and cleans it every winter. He even touches up the paint to prevent rust. He has probably re-built it 10 times over, through-out the years, but it still keeps on going.

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tim[in]

08-15-2003 19:21:33




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 Re: Re: lifespanof balers in reply to Indydirtfarmer, 08-14-2003 06:44:25  
i had heard online that the jd 336 was the most trouble free baler jd ever made. i had wondered about them when i get another baler. thanks



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kyhayman

08-13-2003 19:44:32




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 Re: lifespanof balers in reply to jw57, 08-13-2003 18:33:31  
Rust generally gets balers before use. I had an NH 847 that I had to replace the floor in 2 times (wear from the hay, not rust, never got wet). Would literally wear through. It was getting to be a lot of trouble, rolled between 50 and 60 thousand with it over a 12 year period. Sold it to a guy down the road and he still bales a couple of hundred a year with few problems. Square baler has no telling how many over 150,000. Once again, keeping them dry, and using plenty of grease and oil is the key to longivity. Probably not what you want to hear if you want a new baler :-).

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jw57

08-14-2003 04:42:15




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 Re: Re: lifespanof balers in reply to kyhayman, 08-13-2003 19:44:32  
At 50-60 K over a 12 year span someone baled about 4-5K per year All I can say is impressive.Don't want to trade but I didn't want to get to the nickel and dime stage in the middle of hay season.



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kyhayman

08-14-2003 19:54:26




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 Re: Re: Re: lifespanof balers in reply to jw57, 08-14-2003 04:42:15  
That's about right. We did a lot of custom work back then. Ran 2-3 haybines every day that it wasnt raining (and a few it was) from May 1 to November 1. That one baler was it to roll for them. Even this year with all the rain and no custom work counted yesterday and rolled just under 2000. That's with no fall hay yet. We are running 2 balers now (NH 650's). The old baler only let me down 3 times. Once a broken apron chain, one broken weld on PTO housing, and 1 broken floor chain shafft.

You are right, nickle and dime stuff will kill you. Age and weather is worse on a baler than use. One reason that when we decided to add a second baler we got one just like the other one. That way can rob parts off one to the other if you need something (like a spring) on Sunday afternnon.

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