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Differences in balers.

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lpc

07-09-2003 23:23:04




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I'm wondering if there are anycodes in the model number/names for balers that would hint to as how heavy or fast or whatever I could bale. There has to be something that will let a fella know which baler to pick. At best I can bale a bit more than a ton/hr. with my baler if I remember right. It won't make a dry bale heavier than about 55lbs. Max length, tensioned up TIGHT. I'm sure theer has to be balers that will double and maybe triple that for small squares. Where would a JD 346 fit in that story? Thanks, Loren.

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Mike (WA)

07-11-2003 09:34:35




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 Re: Differences in balers. in reply to lpc, 07-09-2003 23:23:04  
Remember that if you're selling to the horse folks (esp. out of the field), 50 lb. bale is the max you want to go, and 40 is probably better. Most of the horse folks are of the feminine persuasion, and can't handle the bigger bales. You want 14 x 18, not 16 x 18. In my area, hay is priced by the bale, and of course, the less hay per bale, the more bales you have for sale. Guys in this area are using mostly round bales for serious cattle feeding, but most retain a small baler and bale to order for the horse people. You can get about twice as much money for hay in small squares vs. round bales (or big bales).

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Dan

07-10-2003 07:27:23




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 Re: Differences in balers. in reply to lpc, 07-09-2003 23:23:04  
I don't think there is any easy way to tell how fast the baler is. In my area the smaller balers are the 16x18 size where most of the people here use smaller balers and I hear of a lot of throwers. The serious growers here use the 3 tie bales and the popular type baler is the Freeman. For many years NH was the one everyone wanted. The JD 346 should be a fairly fast baler as it is one of the newer ones. In NH I haven't kept up with newer models but the 283, 285, 286 were fast balers. They incresed strokes per minute in those. The smaller balers do not make as heavy of bales as larger ones. With my NH 282 I can make 90 to 100 pound bales if the hay is not too dry. The 3 tie ones go 100 to 115 or better. Weight is affected also by the tension on the bale case and restricters used in the bale case.

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