Felt Dumbern' a Bucket of Rocks

Went back into the local implement dealer this morning and looked that NH 849 baler over real good.

Evidently, at one time the main chain had broken and tore up some sheet metal and ripped loose one arm of the compression sissor. Someone had done a real good repair on the sheet metal, the arm had been welded, then reinforced and like I say, a new chain installed.

I just think I can make the old sister bale hay, but still, I sure felt a little "uneasy" 'bout buying a New Holland baler and four spools of 16K twine for $552 when all the big boys are lining up at the check out window to buy those new outfits like there is no tomorrow. :>)

Allan

I go around every nite, checking the throw away piles set out for the garbage man to take next morning! Wonderful stuff--lawn furniture tossed because it is dirty! Never heard of water and elbow grease and soap/cleaner? Aluminum step ladders and extension ladders thrown away because of paint spilled on it! Propane grills pitched because of grease build-up! Folding alum. chairs with one strip broken--woo-haw--pitch it--buy the new ones, with the plastic strips, which, after a half hour of sitting, have yer butt on the ground! My motor home is a '79, my truck is a '91, car a '95, motorcycle an '82, home built in 1940! Do i worry about what people think---naw, it doesn't bother me--everything works is all that counts! Rustyj

KEH

Yes, the big chains that bolt to the cross bars on the main chain. Both sides are brand spankin' new, as well as all the bolts and lock nuts to all the bars. I don't know what they sell for, but I'd guess they'd have to be upwards of $900, wouldn't they?

The fella who sold it to me says that the guy just traded it for a new baler and that it is what he has been using up until now.

Dunno anything else about it, 'cept for what you guys have shared with me here. Like I say, my only experience with round balers was that NH 851 and I thought that thing could probably walk on water if ya asked it to.

Things are just plain high anymore. Yesterday, I bought two 14' hydraulic hoses for the swather. $90 for the two; ouch!

Allan

KEH

darn good buy there my friend. if you can even find one around here they fetch 2-3k. 851's are plentiful for 1-2k and 855's can be had for 2-3k also. the only ones under a grand are the 850's.

casey

We haven't seen the little sweetheart bale anything yet. Gonna hold off pattin' myself on the back til that happens. :>)

Although, if it turns out as good as this swather did, I'm gonna be one happy camper!

Allan

The way i see it, you could get MOST of your money back in a day or two by selling off parts if it doesn't work out.

The only down-side is, you know the drill, you get 40 acres of hay on the ground, a storm is brewin', and the old one lays down on the job....

That said, I'll send you the phone # of my favorite Vermeer dealer when I hit the house later today.

It's only money.....

Whadda mean "Ol deep pockets Allan"? That is a totally unfounded fabrication! :>(

Watch closely. I've been buying other people's discarded junk. :>)

Allan

Glad to see that your back in the saddle.... let me know when your loading up the truck with a couple of dozen eggs and tomatoes, and doing a drive by of your old banker. count me in, we'll take the gleam out of his eye, thats been there for so many years:)Hound

Now one other question...ain't ya gonna need a square baler for horse feedin? Looks like yer pal at the implement dealer has a good lookin NH sittin there. Then a few hay wagons....and oh yeah don't you need a rake too?

Ah, the fun has just begun.

That would be a definite “no”.

All I have to put up this season is something like 10 acres of grass hay, as the prior owners get the crop off the rest of the place for this year.

So, I’m gonna go out there tonight, knock ‘er down, bale it up round and sell it in the little local “shopper” as ‘horse hay’.

Small square bales and I just don’t go together. I’d plow ‘er up and plant wheat first before I’d ever mess around with that routine. :>)

Allan