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I was surprised that the local dealer still had one for sale.
Must be for the horse people around here.
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They still sell around here as most of the dealers carry at least one new small square baler on their lot. Probably a mix of customer types. Still a few old school dairy farms around.
 
Still lots of use for square balers around horse and other small uses plus all that straw that gets baled. I saw once a farmer baled his straw in 4x5 rounds and didn't get much more than the squares.
 
Classic and still an excellent square baler. Really like our JD 348 and would like to have a JD 328 like that one pictured for a backup or just to run along side,

Still a demand for squares here. Mostly horses, but goats, cows and sheep too. The problem with squares here is not so much the demand (though there is a hay glut here), the problem is fewer and fewer folks are making squares - which helps support good pricing on squares.
 
Local man still in his 20s is making one heck of a living right now on small squares of hay and straw and he is doing it with all newer equipment. Been in business for maybe 5-6 years and can sell many times what he can get baled while big rounds can be seen rotting about anywhere you drive around here which is central Ohio. His market is horses, hobby "farmers", mulch etc. Sells locally and several states away. He even has a drive through on the edge of town where people seem to be more than happy to pay 2x the going rate for a bale or 2 or 10. Smart businessman he is.
 
New small square balers are as uncommon as rocking horse turds. Dealers will still get them in for a customer, but you just don’t see new balers sitting on display ready to take home like we used to.some still want to buy small bales, but not many want to go to the work of making them.
 
Not uncommon around here. Was a new one on the JD lot about a year ago don't know if they still have it or not. Sons and I still use one occasionally as there is nothing handier for gathering cattle than a few small squares of alfalfa on the flat bed truck. Also nice to have a few small squares of wheat straw for bedding or garden mulch. I had one JD 346 until one son bought a 348 with an accumulator so I sold mine and now use his.
 
i have an Oliver 62 t make a few squares every years Tall Kid complains about it about tomorrow when cows have round bales ate he will be glad we don't have to fight with snow to feed the cows. not hard to throw a few squares out of the barn.
 
Good market for small squares here. Lots of horse people with small 2 or 3 stall barns. They can't handle rounds or store enough for the whole winter. I usually sell most of mine in March thru May. Not much new hay gets baled till mid June here.
 
I doubt that. Most sizable operators here back in the 1960's and 1970's went with the accumulator system (Farmhand). Then there was some that used the New Holland bale wagons. The guys that used kickers, basket wagons, and elevators into mows got to be fewer and fewer the last 40 years.
 
I haven't seen a new small square baler on a Deere lot around here since I don't remember when. There might be one large round baler for the cornstalk guys.
 
I cut back to putting up about 10,000 small squares a year. Used to do 15,000 to 18,000. Real good demand here in so. Mn. My neighbor said--wow, that must be a job! I said--yes it is and I'm glad to have it. Lots of people don't have a job.
I'm 67 years old and still handle about two thirds of the bales. If you pace yourself and start out slow at beginning of season I get feeling better and better as season goes along.
I pay my high school help 16/hr. and all the popsicles they want and they line up to work for me. Good workers too. Well there has been a couple through the years that weren't worth a darn but for the most part good workers.
 
Mostly big rounds and big squares here, near Billings Mt.
I make a couple hundred or so small squares every year. I do my best to sell
it in the field. I'll even take my Kubota B7510 with loader out and help
load!! I'll let the buyer count. I'm so busy getting the bales
to the P/U or trailer and I lose count!!!
I'm seriously considering building a small "loafing" type shed to
store some hay in, just to keep the rain(if any!!) off it.
I like to get the hay off the field as fast as I can, so I can
turn the water in.
I just stack it with my little loader 5-6 bales high.
As I sell it as soon as I can, I don't need to make good tight stacks.
 
And you still have to feed em by hand . We had a new holland stack wagon to makes it easy to haul but somebody still gets to load a truck 6 times a day and pitch em off by hand
 
Never bought a new one, but we do 35,000 to 40,000 bales per year with our 2 348s and 2 328s plus 20 bale wagons. Our market is horse people and boarding stables. We have no need to advertise, and can always sell out as soon as the bales are made. We pull the full wagons to the customer's barn and often hire an unloading crew. We work hard to keep our customers happy with our service. The rural areas surrounding the metro Minneapolis area have a lot of hobby farms and horses. Our family has 3 generations currently involved in this business, with the grandkids earning their college money. I am proud of them.

Paul in MN
 
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