Around here, central MD, if in good shape, $2-3K would be about average. I have an older model 5530, have had few problems with it, was relatively easy to repair. Check the pickup reel bars, they can get bent up on groundhog holes, look across the teeth, from the side, if the teeth aren't in a straight line, bowed toward the middle, it will have a hard time starting the bale. Run it for a while, if possible, listening for squeeks, check the sealed bearings for hot ones, on the pickup drive. Look into the pickup reel, if possible, each reel bar runs in black ABS, or polyethylene bushings, and if these are in bad shape, they take some doing to replace. I have never had any problems with properly cured hay molding from the inside out. I have had thick sudax/sudangrass bales rot, but it was my own fault for baling it before a rain, when it was too wet.
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