Best Balers - McHale, Vermeer, New Holland, Kuhn

crcrofton

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Livestock Farmer
Looking for advice on choosing between these round balers. We need hassle free reliability with minimum down time. Does anyone have thoughts?
 

Yale

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Livestock Farmer
Good question. We were looking to buy at least to begin with.. We need to make a start somewhere.
So second hand?

Its a minefield buying a S/H baler.

Over the last few years we had two older S/H balers,they were OK however always niggles and issues.

Year before last we bought a new Kuhn and 5 years interest free finance was on offer.

The finance costs us £300 a month which is affordable and it’s the best thing we have done.

A baler which we know what it has done,you just hitch and go,no hassle. (y)
 

crcrofton

Member
Livestock Farmer
So second hand?

Its a minefield buying a S/H baler.

Over the last few years we had two older S/H balers,they were OK however always niggles and issues.

Year before last we bought a new Kuhn and 5 years interest free finance was on offer.

The finance costs us £300 a month which is affordable and it’s the best thing we have done.

A baler which we know what it has done,you just hitch and go,no hassle. (y)
Sorry.. Looking to buy *new at least to begin with. Which agrees with your assessment.
 
Between the Mchale and Kuhn baler for me. The Mchale would be first choice. Really a good baler and we do silage. Where we have done drier materials it really does an excellent job.
 

Yale

Member
Livestock Farmer
Tucked away in the shed atm.
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The Kuhn auger rotor system works well. John Deere also have it.
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wdah/him

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tyrone
have a mchale 5500, but the intake of the kuhn would be very hard to beat. biggest downside to the mchale is the intake is poor in lght crops or wet crops i find, but then welgar is the same intake.
 

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