Baler Recommendations?

Paul Wald · May 28, 2010

Since we stopped square baling 20 years ago, been paying custom balers to roll up 400 - 500 big round bales a year (1800lbs). I can't afford a new baler. Need some honest input on economical big round baler, any color. Would be on a 100 hp, 540 RPM tractor. Most hay stored inside, none sold or shipped. I do unroll a lot during the winter. Thanks

Stuart · May 28, 2010

Whats your price range. Maybe a JD 535,566 or 567? They are a great machine.

Paul Wald · May 28, 2010

Thought about 535, Gettin a little expensive with a 567. I am looking for best value in 3000-10,000 dollar range.

Anonymous-0 · May 29, 2010

(quoted from post at 20:51:06 05/28/10) Since we stopped square baling 20 years ago, been paying custom balers to roll up 400 - 500 big round bales a year (1800lbs). I can't afford a new baler. Need some honest input on economical big round baler, any color. Would be on a 100 hp, 540 RPM tractor. Most hay stored inside, none sold or shipped. I do unroll a lot during the winter. Thanks

I play around on ebay looking at balers & stuff over here. Krone seems to hold it's value used compared to JD and others except Welger but don't know if they are available in the States.
Just out of curiosity, what do you pay per roll for baling? and how big of roll does it take for 1800 pounds?

Heaviest I've bought were 4x5 rolls and may have weighed 800 pounds tops.

Dave

Anonymous-0 · May 29, 2010

In 2006 I bought a Massey Ferguson 1745, makes a 4 by 5 bale, bought it new for 13500, with zero percent intrest for 48 months. It makes a great solid bale. This is the cheap model. Payments were 272 a month.

msb · May 29, 2010

Don't overlook a Vermeer.Should be able to find a nice one in that price range.

M Nut · May 29, 2010

I bought my 5 year old 5x5 Vermeer with electronic monitor, gathering wheels, and dual tension system in 2000 for $9000. I think you can still buy a new Vermeer 4x5 baler for around $13,000 brand new, and also, as mentioned, a new Massey runs about the same. I have friends who each bought a new Vermeer 5400 Rebel and a new 4x5 Massey Ferguson. I am very impressed with the bales each makes, and both owners love their balers and figure their balers bought new will last them the rest of their hay baleing days.
That said, I also believe you can find some good machines with plenty of life left in them for about 4-5000. Usually the ones I see for less than $2500 are nothing more than someone else's problems.

Paul Wald · May 29, 2010

2 guys I usually have bale have new balers. One a JD 568, the other a 5x6 Case IH. Baling mostly clover and timothy, it takes a good bale to hit 1800 pounds. Costs between 10 and 12 bucks a bale. I will probably never get back to doing all the hay, work mornings 6 days a week now. Right now I have some heavy fescue/clover, and all the big guys are busy planting or puttin up alfalfa. Fescue dries up and loses weight so fast, would be nice to have an option to get some done myself.

Anonymous-0 · May 29, 2010

(quoted from post at 05:38:17 05/29/10) 2 guys I usually have bale have new balers. One a JD 568, the other a 5x6 Case IH. Baling mostly clover and timothy, it takes a good bale to hit 1800 pounds. Costs between 10 and 12 bucks a bale. I will probably never get back to doing all the hay, work mornings 6 days a week now. Right now I have some heavy fescue/clover, and all the big guys are busy planting or puttin up alfalfa. Fescue dries up and loses weight so fast, would be nice to have an option to get some done myself.

My area it's 6.50 a roll for the guy to roll a windrow and leave it on the field. Not a big deal to get someone to do it here but you folks are spread out a lot more and have a much bigger requirement. I ed 60 rolls between 5 and 8 hundred pounds :roll:

Lost 25 rolls last year because the guy rolling forgot a field and it got rained on, so I bought a small square baler to put up enough to fill the barn (rolls are stored elsewhere).

Dave

camju · May 29, 2010

535 JD used one for ten years I would not buy anything else. Very simple machine not a lot of extra moving parts. down side is you can't use net wrap. I made 45 bales an hour and we had the twine set at 35 seconds to tie. That was probably twice the twine nessasary but thats what the boss wanted. my dad has a new NH with net wrap and loves it 55 seconds per bale. but I find if anything ever goes wrong on it takes for ever to fix

MN Scott · May 29, 2010

Why can't you use net wrap on a 535? Just buy one with it installed. 535 was the first model net wrap was an option, I had one. If you want a Deere baler with net wrap I would seriously consider a 567 or newer, much improved net wrapper.

camju · May 29, 2010

it was 20 years ago I used a 535 just when they came out with them. I didn't know they came with net wrap capabiliteis thanks for the corection

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