That hay monster sold for double what I thought it would, so I was not ready to pay that for it. But, there were some things the auction outfit left out that made a difference. It had a new engine, new tires, had been recently painted and was in top mechanical condition. I visited with the seller after the sale and he told me the buyer told him he would have paid 2X and possibly more, to get it. Sale was in OK City and it is believed the buyer hauled it to NW Kansas.
Seller also told me his boys had used it for several years to do custom hauling and for that, there was nothing better. The young man I found in SE KS that has 3 of them also does custom hauling. I know of two of them built years ago by farm kids to do custom hauling. Your custom baler guy uses them for custom hauling. When you look at it in that light, a pattern starts emerging.
But finding another good commercial built one in operating condition is not going to be easy. Seller of the good one also told me he had looked for 10 years before finding the one that sold. And it was a DewEze, which I'm told were far better than either the Kent or United Technology competitors. And again, these things emerged only a year or two before the advent of big round balers, which pulled the plug on what would have been a huge market for them. They were just getting started when the rug was pulled out from under them.
It is also possible that as many or more of these monsters were farm built as opposed to commercial units. Kids with a knack and a welder turned out some pretty good ones when given free rein. Once you understand the concept, there is not that much to them. That may be what it would take today to get a good one. Build it.
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