Posted by Bill VA on August 12, 2014 at 08:37:53 from (76.3.243.86):
In Reply to: NH Super 68 baler posted by oldtanker on August 11, 2014 at 20:24:50:
My vote would be to fix the baler.
Here's my thinking: I just bought a NH68 and am touching it up for field work and in the mean time I have and am spending a ton of time reading online about this model baler and really I can't recall any negativity - other than they can be slow or are a lower capacity baler than later models.
No more $$$'s than I have in my baler, plus the overall condition of it is good AND if what I read about the NH68 is for real, then I can see myself spending a fair amount of $$$'s when something breaks to keep it going. No more hay than we would bale, I kind of think it's a good investment vs something newer and more expensive.
FWIW - when I was looking I had my sights set on a NH273. I found a few 273's and a few 269's that beneath the rust must have been some gold parts. I'm thinking I spend X amount on the newer baler, sink several $$$ into it and have a good machine - or I can buy the NH68 at a much lower price, spend a similar amount of $$$'s to bring it up to a good machine and still be below the price point of the newer baler before any repairs were made to it. When I consider the NH68 is fundamentally a sound design - read, if it don't make a bale, it's not the design, but something is out of adjustment, worn or needs to be replaced - then I like the idea of keeping the NH68 going long term.
This winter, me and my boys might visit the wooden plunger slides too. What I'd like to know is - if original material the slides were made of - oak, maple, ash, etc.
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