Question on moving a New Holland 68 baler

We've located a New Holland 68 baler in working condition for a very good price, but a considerable drive from home. Will it fit on a regular car trailer or do we need to hire a hauler? We've looked at several other balers and most of them are right at 9 foot wide. How does everyone else deal with this problem?
Thanks for the input.

Addy (clueless newbie)

I have towed 3 balers long distance. 2 NH 68's about 80 mi each and a NH 268 about 200 mi.
I do 30 mi many times a year.

Biggest thing is route planning. get a copy of Microsoft Streets and trips. Plan your route using only county roads. No state highways and no Federal highways. Only drive on main roads if you need to get to the next county road. Tar roads only, unless you have to go dirt for a short wile.

Works great for me. I think on my 200 mi road trip I maybe got passed 3 times. Takes longer to get where you need to go, but the danger is alot less and your not the hold up.

Tires, Get a spare set of rims. Put used car tires
on them. Use these for the road trip and save the ones that came with the baler as spares. Just in case.

Grease the bearings on the baler before you leave the yard. Also I have one set of wheel bearings as a spare. just incase.

Take a SMV sign. Take jacks, chains, tools, Bolts, ect.
I purchased a set of red flashing lights on magnets that hook to my trailer light on my truck. $50 but I road trip alot.

I have also found that removing the front PTO shaft from the baler helps as I drug one a bit once.

40 to 50 mph is easy to do when you dont have any other cars around. Slow to 25 when you see any one else on the road. 20 when they pass.
Get there early and dont tow after dark.

I bought a NH 310 from a farmer and towed it 30 miles to get home. Stayed on back roads as much as possible and went slow, no difficulties. Pulling the baler should be no problem, even with a relatively small vehicle. Stopping is your main concern.

Worst thing I brought home was a tail-heavy 13 foot field cultivator for 100 miles. That was a long, ugly day mostly on a 2-lane state hyway. Blew a tire 20 miles from home, but all in a day's work.

Second worst thing was a tail-heavy JD disk with wobbly hitch - it would wobble feirce if I got over 12 mph. Long aftenoon in a cold drizzle getting that towed home 15 miles on another state hyway.

Balers & grain augers are a breeze to tow home from longer away.

And the wet grain tank I got from across the state line last month was cool. Sure made some wind resistance! :)

--->Paul

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I have pulled a JD 14T behind my truck several times. Towed that thing probably 240 miles total, I put good tires on it and redid the bearings. I could comfortably tow that baler at 65 mph as it tracked real nicely, when it came to stopping it wasn't any worse than a small boat or trailer to stop it, this was behind a 3/4 ton truck.

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