The bale size really depends on several things including location. 1)It is harder to get hay dry enough for a 3x4 or 4x4 bale than a 3x3 bale. If you have higher humidity then think twice about the 3x4 or 4x4 bales.
2)Also how your planning to feed the hay is an issue on bale size. If your going to be hand feeding flakes then the larger 3x4 and 4x4 bales are much harder to hand feed compared to the 3x3 bales.
3)Now the plus of the larger bales. You have fewer bales to move. Good 3x3x8 bales will weight in at 800-900 Lbs. where the 3x4x8 bales will be at 1200-1300 and the 4x4x8 bales will be more in the 1500-1600 Lbs. (These weight are in dry alfalfa) Also hauling the 4 foot wide bales is easier on trucks they just load easier. Most 3x3 balers are not really 3 foot wide bales. They are more of a 33" x 33" bale. You can stack three wide and three high on an 102" trailer.
As for balers??? I would steer away from the JD 100 3x3 balers. This baler is a Krone designed/built baler and it has some issue. Most of them where taken care of with factory updates but it is still a complicated baler compared to a NH or Hesston. Also most bales are more 7-7 1/2 foot over 8 foot long. They are easier to handle. An eight foot bale can easily "break/sag" if handles with spears towards the middle.
So if your dry enough and are not going to be hand feeding I would look at the 4 foot wide balers. If your hand feeding and have higher humidity then go with a 3x3 baler.
!!!! Caution!!!! Even the 3x3 balers are HEAVY. Any big square baler is going to take horsepower/weight to run. IF you have steeper ground to bale on then even the smaller 3x3 balers will need a good size tractor to keep you form getting pushed around on hills. I had a customer with a JD 100 baler. He pulled it with a JD 4640 with duals. He had to watch on down hill sloops as the baler would push the 2wd tractor around. If the ground was wet to where the tries where damp then it was dangerous. I would really recommend a MFWD tractor on a large square baler.
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