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Hi Earl, Thanks for the compliments :-). As far as my 650 goes, when I got it, it was 'well' used. Belts were quite worn and gouged (guy before me rolled corn stalks with it). I roll set on 4x4 for baleage. Makes all the roll I want on the front end of a 7710 Ford in the mud (feeding). For rolling you really need to reduce windrow size. Pick up wants to stall if not, and it halves ground speed over dry hay. Takes a lot of HP rolling, a 4x4 roll of alfalfa or soybeans at 60% moisture takes everything I've got in 86 HP. Roll moisture, I try to start at 60% and would like to stop at 40% but in reality I've made acceptable silage down into the low 30's. An example operation for me making baleage (until summer break, I teach high school) I try to cut on Saturday morning for 4 hours with a disc mower, go for lunch, grease rake, rake for 4 hrs (wet hay rakes slow). Roll on Sunday morning and wrap Sunday afternoon. I've used individual bale wrappers that I rented (and would quit 'wet hay' if I had to use one again). Our county Farm Bureau bought a Tube-line which they rent for $1.00 a bale and you furnish plastic. My next door neighbor has an Anderson (inline) and I usually hire him. He wraps thousands of rolls a year and charges me under $3 a roll including plastic, twine, and use of his skidloader. No special features on my 650 (but I did put crowder wheels on the front this winter for dry hay along with some new belts), it's a right off the lot hay unit. The scraper kits dont clean the one roll that needs it (so I clean that roll by hand after I finish) so I didn't buy them. Never chaged out the gear sets, sorry I cant help on that. Mine still have nice square points. Regards,
David
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