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Hi Neighbor, Could you put up a picture of the damage? It’s really kind of hard to tell over the phone what is tearing the metal. Just some Monday morning trivia: I “think” I've finally figured out New Holland's numbering scheme on these old things; I just assumed they were in sequential order with the newer ones being the higher numbers. Not so, they are labeled according to width of the bale. All chain-type balers start with an "8" but the last two digits of the model number designate bale width in feet. For instance, an 850 will build a 5 foot wide bale because it's chamber is 60" across, an 855 will build a bale 66" wide or 5.5 feet. My 849 is right at 58.8 inches across the chamber so the bale ends up being 4.9 feet wide, etc. Here again, I “think” this is the case. Also, New Holland was continually playing with the balers’ design. Every model has different compression methods, different pickup arrangements and different bale drives. Some have air bladders and some have spring tension. Some have floor chains and while others have rollers. Some are manual tie, some auto wrap, some electric, some are hydraulic, others are double tie and others yet are net wrap. Go figure. The first chain-type was the 850 and the last to be produced was that monster 855 (Boy, would I like to find one of those!) :>) At any rate (and in my humble opinion), if it’s a chainer, it’s a keeper. :>) Allan 850:
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