Yeah it’d be worth a lot to me too if I dropped 13k to repair,
That link, both string and surface wrap? Which do you prefer? I bought some net wrapped for first time and my only complaint is taking the schidt off then disposing if it. I’m sure it’s worth it in some cases .
I really like the time savings when it comes time to stop and make a bale with net wrap.
Wrapping a bale with twine is slow.
Depending on winter time conditions I like to feed/move bales with both twine and wrap.
We run JD balers, a 468 silage special and 469 mega wide. We definitely have bearing problems around 10k bales on the drive side. But we don't make egg shaped rolls, my son knows how to properly adjust a 10 wheel rake with kicker wheels. I can easily make 10 cover edge rolls to a New Holland's 9 in thick hay. So far I've never clogged our JD balers up. Never baled against a Vermeer, but McHale is a badazz baler.
Yeah it’d be worth a lot to me too if I dropped 13k to repair,
That link, both string and surface wrap? Which do you prefer? I bought some net wrapped for first time and my only complaint is taking the schidt off then disposing if it. I’m sure it’s worth it in some cases .
I really like the time savings when it comes time to stop and make a bale with net wrap.
Wrapping a bale with twine is slow.
Depending on winter time conditions I like to feed/move bales with both twine and wrap.
The one in the link is probably due for $13k in repairs. LMAO
We run JD balers, a 468 silage special and 469 mega wide. We definitely have bearing problems around 10k bales on the drive side. But we don't make egg shaped rolls, my son knows how to properly adjust a 10 wheel rake with kicker wheels. I can easily make 10 cover edge rolls to a New Holland's 9 in thick hay. So far I've never clogged our JD balers up. Never baled against a Vermeer, but McHale is a badazz baler.
Used balers don’t bring much around here unless they’re barely used. I couldn’t imagine dropping 13k on a used baler unless I was gonna run it a while longer. Hell it’s probably 1.9% interest on a new one.
We run JD balers, a 468 silage special and 469 mega wide. We definitely have bearing problems around 10k bales on the drive side. But we don't make egg shaped rolls, my son knows how to properly adjust a 10 wheel rake with kicker wheels. I can easily make 10 cover edge rolls to a New Holland's 9 in thick hay. So far I've never clogged our JD balers up. Never baled against a Vermeer, but McHale is a badazz baler.
somebody else well out of touch of new equipment Jesus [bleep] Christ he can make 10 cuz I don't hold as much hanging a bale .
We run JD balers, a 468 silage special and 469 mega wide. We definitely have bearing problems around 10k bales on the drive side. But we don't make egg shaped rolls, my son knows how to properly adjust a 10 wheel rake with kicker wheels. I can easily make 10 cover edge rolls to a New Holland's 9 in thick hay. So far I've never clogged our JD balers up. Never baled against a Vermeer, but McHale is a badazz baler.
somebody else well out of touch of new equipment Jesus [bleep] Christ he can make 10 cuz I don't hold as much hanging a bale .
FYI, We all make a 68 -69" roll of hay - straw, which is somewhat close to the same weight and density. We sell a lot of hay that's unrolled into squares. And a roll of hay or straw has to make at least 27 square bales when it's unrolled.
We run JD balers, a 468 silage special and 469 mega wide. We definitely have bearing problems around 10k bales on the drive side. But we don't make egg shaped rolls, my son knows how to properly adjust a 10 wheel rake with kicker wheels. I can easily make 10 cover edge rolls to a New Holland's 9 in thick hay. So far I've never clogged our JD balers up. Never baled against a Vermeer, but McHale is a badazz baler.
somebody else well out of touch of new equipment Jesus [bleep] Christ he can make 10 cuz I don't hold as much hanging a bale .
FYI, We all make a 68 -69" roll of hay - straw, which is somewhat close to the same weight and density. We sell a lot of hay that's unrolled into squares. And a roll of hay or straw has to make at least 27 square bales when it's unrolled.
sorry I worded that like that I was having kind of a bad night. I should not have done that my apologies. they're an awful lot of variables when you talk bale density and speed and production.. just ground speed can make a tremendous difference in the density of your bales , and you are 100% correct a good winrow helps make a good bail the best boilers in the world have a hard time making a great bale with [bleep] windrows. big factors on bake density would include the type of crop. short crop tall crop course stuff like sorghum or fine stuff like tough grass ground speed, whether you have the knives out on a chopper-type baler. moisture. not a lot of other stuff people don't even realize..
Late to the conversation but we have a Claas 240 and also a NH 7060 both with close to 20,000 bales each on them. Netwrap is a time saver and since we store them outside, it also keeps the hay from spoiling as bad as with twine. We still try and make 2-3,000 small squares a year and that's with an old NH 311 and kicker. When we hit the jackpot we'll maybe upgrade to the new McHales like a bunch of neighbors at $40-57,000 each... Hard to justify that cost when you only make 1500/year.
Lord, thank you for making me completely ignorant of all things farming ever since my in laws moved off the farm and his bitch cows stopped trying to kill me.
I can't help but let my guard down around you pard. Get burned every time by these phony threads. Spillin' my heart out to you about hay balers and again I feel like a used up chump. But these titles just hit so close to home I can't but fly head first into the trap. Patiently waiting for a bovine preg testing inquiry, but I've already promised myself I won't post. This forum used to be semi-real, now it's all just an illusion manipulated by conniving house cats.
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