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Between my limited use(an old and very tired 845?) and my conversations with my New Holland dealer, who I"d trust with my checkbook, they are both pros and cons to chain balers. But they are not all bad, as a lot of people seem to think. My dealer actually wishes they still made a couple of models, he says he could sell them and you do see quite a few of the old girls out working around here. The major cons are that they don"t roll the tightest roll in the world, not to say that they don"t do a good enough job, but they don"t roll one as tight as some of the newer belt balers. Also, with the chains and bars, when something does go wrong, you stand a much better chance of of a major blow up, ie run a fence post through it and get it caught in the bars, that"ll be expensive. And another(at least to most people) con is that they are one noisy machine. But hey, I"m already deaf so what does that matter. Some of the pros are that they will roll just about anything(including that fence post, just as long as it doesn"t get turned sideways, go ahead, ask me how I know.....) that you can cram in it. I also like the fact that you can look over your shoulder, look into the baler, and actaully see whats going on. That"s something I like a lot, especially when your having problems. And at least in the smaller NH round balers, the chain balers are a lot tougher than the belt balers....I wouldn"t own another 630, 634, 638, or the new br 730 if someone give it to me. Talk about a weak baler. Yeah, it"ll make a nice bale, when it works, but thats about it. But for the money you"ve got in it, I really don"t see how you could go wrong. I"d take it anyday. Sorry for the long post, I just started rambling.... Casey
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