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East Central Saskatchewan | When and why did they stop building them? Are they any good, or did they go back to a traditional style because they had so many complaints and where terrible? Looking at one from a dealer right now, and on the look for one privately if I can find a good one. Just wanted to ask the NAT community before I express any interest. I'm looking at this to be my secondary small square baler to back up/help my 348 (which yes, is broke down again, twine knife and wiper plate broke). Thanks. |
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SC WI | I thought they were just re-badged Hesstons. |
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| In 2000, I was running a 327 & 348 Deere balers. I ordered a 8545 with belt thrower brand new. I liked the wide pickup and crop flow, but the plunger shear bolt sheared way more often then on my deeres. On the thrower end, with the bottom cut, resulted in a wagon 6-10 inches deep in loose hay that fell to the ground on my Deere balers with side cut. Ended up walking thru deep material unloading kicker racks and had all that loose material to deal with after. The bottom cut didn't hand stack like I wanted and the machine went back to Case IH after one season. It could eat the hay but the pairing with bale racks ultimately was a deal breaker for me. |
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Elmira, Ontario | brudno - 8/26/2017 10:23 I thought they were just re-badged Hesstons. At the time, CIH owned half the plant, so you could make an argument in the other direction too. Without their money, it's doubtful the plant would have stayed alive. The reason for going to the side-pull style is the CIH/NH merger. To be allowed to happen, CIH had to sell their share of the Hesston plant (called HFI for Hay Forage Industries). The balers offered now would be from the New Holland plant. |
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East Central Saskatchewan | So it wastes a lot of hay? I am looking to make bales to pick with a stackliner, so would it be ok for that? I don't like to see lots of wasted hay so that could be a deal breaker for me. Are the bales of uniform quality and length? That's also very important too. |
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East Central Saskatchewan | Omar - 8/26/2017 09:32
The balers offered now would be from the New Holland plant.
So new Case balers are just NH's with red paint and Case decals? That's what I thought:) |
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SC WI | Learn something new everyday thanks |
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RINGWOOD, IL | Yes thats all they were was rebadged IH's, case has not built a baler since the early 60's.
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Snipesville, GA | We have two inline balers and really like them. I think the bottom cut helps bales tie together on top and bottom and haul better. |
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| I'm not saying that they waste hay. There will always be loose chaff from each flake cut. With the side cuts you don't see it as it drops to the ground. I liked the baker, just didn't need the chaff in the wagon. Dropping bales on th ground would be fine |
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East Central Saskatchewan | Ok. But you would still rather have a JD over a Case In-line I'm assuming? |
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Moreauville LA | Neighbor had one, sure looked like the tool truck stayed beside the baler plenty. |
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WY, OK | Get an inline. If a Case model you can get parts from a Hesston dealer. They have less parts, harder to plug easier to bale with and faster. Our Hesston was new in about '92 and used it until sold this year. Fantastic baler. I'd never go back to an offset. |
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sw wisconsin | We have an inline Heston, best small baler we have ever had. |
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Wallis, TX | We've ran the Case inline, Case (NH style) and a JD348. The inline was a good baler, but it had one 'problem' in that in would choke up and pop a shear bolt on a way too often. If it even thought it saw a clump it would choke the stuffer. The 348 wouldn't make a straight bale no matter what you did. Constantly had to adjust the stuffer arm or we got banana bales. The NH style is the most forgiving on windrow size and keeps a generally good bale with minimal effort.
Edited by twraska 8/26/2017 15:03
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| Thank you for confirming my memory of many shear bolts popping! |
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| Go find a Freeman. New or used, they are the best hands down!
http://www.alliedsystems.com/freeman/ |
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Snipesville, GA | We have a 7110 Magnum on ours and love it with the powershift. We keep it full and don't play with it. We bale Bermuda grass only in our area. |
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