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dorset farmer

08-18-2005 09:40:45




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I'd appreciate any opinions regarding the good/bad of the Hesston in-line small square balers. They appear to me to be a compact, well designed machine.




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dorset farmer

08-22-2005 05:06:13




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 Re: hesston small square baler in reply to dorset farmer, 08-18-2005 09:40:45  
Thanks for all your comments. Mike



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Roy B

08-20-2005 09:11:11




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 Re: hesston small square baler in reply to dorset farmer, 08-18-2005 09:40:45  
DF;
I use a 8520 CIH which was built by Hesston and I am very happy with it. Tight, consistant bales, easy to move between fields. I don"t like fooling around with the bolt in the hitch either. Roy



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broker farmer

08-19-2005 08:47:53




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 Re: hesston small square baler in reply to dorset farmer, 08-18-2005 09:40:45  
Everything that Tim said is exactly right. I have a 4550 that I just absolutely love. I bought it used and paid $5000.00 for it. I bought it this year. It's the best toy I own! I've baled about 7000 bales with it this year and it has yet to miss a bale! I use a 210 pound knot strength plastic twine. I am pretty sure the baler is at least 10 years old.
Problems I've had with it are that I've shelled out the universals on the pto shaft(both front and rear) because I probably have been trying to feed it too fast! I also bale 20-26% moisture hay with it and use a preservative. My bales will weigh about 75-90 pounds so things get pretty "tight" in the bale chamber. My wife says my universal problems are because the bales are too heavy. I ain't tellin' her but she's probably right. I mounted extra lights on the rear bale chamber so I could see the accumulator I pull (at night). I also mounted a knotter fan in front of the knotters to keep all the trash from gathering over the knotters. It works amazingly well. The low profile pick up attachment does like to throw rocks at you every now and then. The Hesston in-line balers are a big "thumbs up" in my book! One other aggravation is having to twist around in order to see the hay feeding into it..... .hard on the neck and back after a long day baling.

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Tim(nj)

08-18-2005 19:27:17




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 Re: hesston small square baler in reply to dorset farmer, 08-18-2005 09:40:45  
I have a 4550, bought new in 2002, put about 7000 bales a year through it. Good--no side-draft on hills. Easy to move down the road. Fits into smaller door openings in storage buildings (goes through narrow bridges, too). Center feeding means no banana bales. Low profile pickup and stuffer fork/packer system right behind pickup doesn"t lose a lot of leaves off of alfalfa and clover. Also does a good job in collecting fine grass hay and chopped straw from a rotary combine.

Problems--you need a wide-front tractor, and you need clearance under it for the windrow, so row-crop tractors are better in front of it than utility tractors. Low-profile pickup can grab stones that other balers will kick out of the windrow. If the stuffer shears a bolt, it can be a bear to unplug (this only happens if you pick up a wad of really green grass or are driving too fast in thick hay.)

The chain drive knotter is not a problem if you pay regular attention to chain tension and lubrication.

Mine has a big bolt that you put through the eye socket on the hitch to attach to the tractor. I am going to get the optional bracket and pin for the tractor drawbar so that I can just back up and lower the eye socket on the pin and snap in a lynchpin, instead of using wrenches to tighten and loosen the big nut every time.

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broker farmer

08-19-2005 08:53:36




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 Re: hesston small square baler in reply to Tim(nj), 08-18-2005 19:27:17  
Tim,
I use the same bolt that you do only I only tighten the big nut by hand. I drilled a hole through the bolt just above the tightened nut and slip a lynchpin through it. It works great.



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caseyc

08-18-2005 18:02:15




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 Re: hesston small square baler in reply to dorset farmer, 08-18-2005 09:40:45  
i've heard good things about them, no experience with one other than i almost bought one myself a few years back. another 'normal' one came along at a better price, otherwise i would have bought it.

casey in SD



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