I seem to recall you were impressed with the neighbor's NH688. That baler is part of what New Holland calls Roll Belt Balers. Rollers on the lower front, mounted on a swinging arm, and belts on the rest. This provides an small open area for the core to form, kinda like a soft core baler, but then the belts tension up and form the rest of the bale. This means almost no plugs or failure to start the core.
The series started with the model 660 in the early 90's. I heard there were some problems with bearings, but my cousin ran one from new to until last year and never replaced a belt or bearing. The next model was the 664, just a minor upgrade of the 660. I THINK it also added the option of net wrap. The 688 had a few more minor changes, but were basically the same. The BR780 was the next model, new sheet metal, same baler underneath. I think the current BR780A isn't all that much different from a BR780, but I haven't been around enough to know. Case-IH now sells the Roll Belt balers under their model numbers, and have done so for at least 3 or 4 years. If you stand behind a 660 with the tailgate open and then stand behind a BR780 with the tailgate open, there is no difference in the major components. Also the pickup on my 664 looks to be almost identical to the pickup on a late chainer baler, and I know you are already familiar with the Bale Command system some used.
It shouldn't be be hard to find an earlier series Roll Belt for reasonable coin, have a lot of parts familiar to what you already have and enjoy the capabilities of one of the newer balers.
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