Round balers

NH's roll belt balers have changed very little over the years. The 660's,664's and 688's are almost identical. The BR780 has different sheet metal, but the basic baler is the same. On 660 and 664 models check to see that the pickup cam track is not worn out. If it is the replacement is inner and outer parts from the 688. Stay away from the endless belts. My 664 has them. Great when they work. One delaminated on me this year and had to be replaced. Looks like others are not far behind. If you want to keep then endless it is an 8 hour job to strip all the rollers to replace the belt. As you can guess I put in a laced belt. Was told by my dealer that others tried to put lacings in the old endless belts as a repair, but due to different internal construction the lacings will not hold for 1 day. The first year of the BR780's had problems, but those were suposedly fixed. Personally I would steer clear of the '03 models.

These are awesome balers. 20 bales an hour no sweat. This summer I timed myself in huge windrows the guy on the rake made. One minute and ten seconds from start of one bale to start of the next.That works out to 51 bales an hour. Your capacity is limited only by the size of the windrow and how fast you can travel. If the windrow fits under the tractor, the baler will handle it.

Hope this helps.

John

Mark