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| Just my personal opinion, but no baler is better than the Hesston design (be it from case or whomever). We've ran them all, and the Hesstons edge them all out in every category that counts. The older 'mechanical' ones are pretty simple to maintain (not as simple as a round baler I suppose) unless they are completely worn out. If there are no other big squares around you, you can almost certainly pick up some custom baling; there are a number of advantages to square bales, the biggest probably being shipping, which is becoming more important again in the hay business.
We ran a Lot of hay through a JD100 (and a few years on a JD110 too), but it has some real design flaws. It is literally a scaled up small baler, which is not effective for making that heavy of a bale.
Get the 'newest' (least amount of honest bales) one you can afford, fix anything thats too worn out, and it will probably outlive you.
I'd like to second the Maize corporation too. They have been a Very important resource for us for many years now. I try to use our local Hesston dealer as much as I can, but Maize has always outclassed them in pretty much every aspect. Quality service outfit in my opinion. | |
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Just thinking out loud. Tell me about big square balers
