Best Big Square Baler

[Farmerpickle]

What is the best big square baler on the market under £8000?
For example:
Krone Big Pack
Welger D4000
Heston 4750
New Holland D1010/4860s

 

[goodevans]

What is the best big square baler on the market under £8000?

You may have missed a nought off the end

 

[Farmerpickle]

You may have missed a nought off the end

No, no it is nought wrong!

 

[goodevans]

Ah but you have edited it now

 

[Farmerpickle]

Ah but you have edited it now

Just a few examples. Are they all crap?

 

[goodevans]

They probably will be if they are less than £8000, 30 spoils of twine is near £800

 

[Hesston4860s]

I’d have the D1010/4860s as I’ve previously had 2 and still run a NH BB950, the Heston 4750 would be next !.
The other 2 I wouldn’t even bother with.

 

[Goweresque]

Presumably whichever one that you can still get spares for?

 

[Chae1]

Why not a 190 8x4x4 type baler, these won't have baled silage so will have had a easier life.

 

[Phil P]

Can you even buy a large square bailer for 8k thought was the annual cost in parts to run one.

Saw a conventional advertised for 16k the other day!

 

[agcon1]

Why not a 190 8x4x4 type baler, these won't have baled silage so will have had a easier life.

why does everyone assume that baling grass gives them some hammer, our 3 balers get more grief baling straw with the pressure screwed right up

 

[Chae1]

why does everyone assume that baling grass gives them some hammer, our 3 balers get more grief baling straw with the pressure screwed right up

Wet grass is horrible corrosive stuff.

I know baling 3rd cut and water running out bottom of baler, a lot harder than baling straw with pressure screwed up full. With a round baler.

Presume would be same with square balers.

A lot easier to block pickup, pre chamber with wet grass. So harder on clutches etc.

Baling straw with square baler pressure full up more strain on driveline packing it. What else?

 

[agcon1]

Wet grass is horrible corrosive stuff.

I know baling 3rd cut and water running out bottom of baler, a lot harder than baling straw with pressure screwed up full. With a round baler.

Presume would be same with square balers.

Baling straw with square baler pressure full up more strain on driveline packing it. What else?

probably going twice the forward speed, over tramlines, ramming it in stuffer box as hard as you can, yes drive line, but the drive line, ram, main gearbox are pretty much everything on a baler that there is to go wrong.....a hard worked straw only baler will be f**ked before a grass only baler

 

[Jim B]

Can you even buy a decent working big square baler for under £8k?

 

[RAF]

Do u like pain

 

[kill]

Massey 185 ????

 

[michael N123]

With that budget get a round baler

 

[Andrew]

With that budget you’re looking at something not much better than scrap.
I’d go Hesston made, purely as parts are readily available and reasonably priced.

 

[Farmerpickle]

What's wrong with the D4000?

 

[kill]

What's wrong with the D4000?

Made of chocolate!!!!